Bud Abbott biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Bud Abbott

Author Name:

Bud Abbott

Born As:

William Alexander Abbott

Other Names:

William Alexander Abbott

Born:

2 Oct 1897

Died:

24 Apr 1974




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Comedian, actor and producer                          
Selected Works:

One Night in the Tropics - 1940	
Buck Privates - 1940
In the Navy - 1940	
Hold That Ghost - 1941	
Keep 'Em Flying - 1941	
Ride 'Em Cowboy - 1942	
Rio Rita - 1942		
Pardon My Sarong - 1942	
Who Done It?	 - 1942
It Ain't Hay - 1943	
Hit The Ice - 1943
In Society - 1944
Lost in a Harem - 1944	
Here Come The Co-Eds - 1945	
The Naughty Nineties - 1945
Abbott and Costello in Hollywood - 1945	
Little Giant - 1946
The Time of Their Lives - 1946	
Buck Privates Come Home - 1947 - Sequel to Buck Privates
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap - 1947
The Noose Hangs High - 1948
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - 1948	
Mexican Hayride - 1948
Africa Screams - 1949	
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer , Boris Karloff - 1949
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion  - 1950
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man - 1951
Comin' Round The Mountain  - 1951
Jack and the Beanstalk - 1951
Lost in Alaska - 1952	
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd - 1952
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars - 1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - 1953
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops - 1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy - 1955
Dance With Me Henry - 1956
The World of Abbott and Costello - 1965.                          
Mother, Rae Fisher, was a bareback rider and his father, Harry, was an advance man at Barnum and Bailey Circus.
Married Betty Smith in 1918, adopted two children, Bud Jr in 1942 and Vicki in 1949.                          
Best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.                          
Bud Abbott has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: the radio star is located on 6333 Hollywood Blvd., the motion pictures star is located on 1611 Vine St., and the TV star is located on 6740 Hollywood Blvd.