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Bud Abbott was an American comedian, actor and producer, best known as the straight man of the comedy duo Abbott and Costello. Learn about his early life, career, films, radio shows, television series and death.
Bud Abbott. Actor: Hold That Ghost. Long acknowledged as one of the best "straight men" in the business, Bud Abbott was born William Alexander Abbott in Reading, Pennsylvania to Rae (Fisher) and Harry Abbott, who had both worked for the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
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Learn about Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s, and their famous routine "Who's on First?". Find out about their careers in burlesque, radio, film, and television.
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi. 212 votes. In the first of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's horror vehicles for Universal Pictures, the inimitable comic duo star as railway baggage handlers in northern Florida.
- Hold That Ghost. Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Shemp Howard. 171 votes. Hold That Ghost is a 1941 comedy horror film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello and featuring Joan Davis, Evelyn Ankers, and Richard Carlson.
- Who Done It? Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Mary Wickes. 136 votes. is a 1942 comedy-mystery film starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.
- Buck Privates. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, The Andrews Sisters. 138 votes. When two sidewalk salesmen, Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) and Herbie Brown (Lou Costello), duck into a theater to avoid being busted by the cops, they never expect it will lead to their enlisting in the army.
Apr 24, 2014 · Learn about the life and career of Bud Abbott, the straight man of the legendary comedy duo Abbott and Costello. Find out how he rose from vaudeville to Hollywood, created the classic routine "Who's on First?" and died 40 years ago.
One of the greatest comedy teams of all time, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, appear in a compilation of classic sketches and routines they performed live on Th...
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Apr 25, 1974 · Bud Abbott, the tall, thin, I‐am‐not‐amused straight man who fed Lou Costello the lines and the Situations that got the pair into trouble and laid, their audiences into the aisles with ...
