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Bud Abbott

Bud AbbottAKA William Alexander Abbott

Born: 2-Oct-1895
Birthplace: Asbury Park, NJ
Died: 24-Apr-1974
Location of death: Woodland Hills, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Remains: Cremated (ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean)

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Half of Abbott and Costello

Father: Harry Abbott
Mother: (performer with Ringling Bros.)
Wife: Betty Smith (m. 17-Sep-1918, d. 1981, two adopted children)
Son: Bud Abbott, Jr. (actor, b. 23-Aug-1939, d. 19-Jan-1997)

    High School: (dropped out 1909)

    Shriners
    Freemasonry
    Baseball Hall of Fame For Who's on First?
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6333 Hollywood Blvd (radio)
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6740 Hollywood Blvd (television)
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1611 Vine Street (motion pictures)
    Risk Factors: Epilepsy

    TELEVISION
    The Abbott and Costello Show Bud Abbott (1952-54)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Baseball (18-Sep-1994) · Himself
    Dance with Me, Henry (22-Dec-1956) · Bud Flick
    Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (5-Sep-1955) · Pete Patterson
    Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (21-Feb-1955)
    Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (3-Aug-1953)
    Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1-Aug-1953) · Slim
    Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (27-Dec-1952) · Rocky Stonebridge
    Lost in Alaska (Aug-1952) · Tom Watson
    Jack and the Beanstalk (7-Apr-1952) · Dinkelpuss
    Comin' Round the Mountain (26-Jul-1951)
    Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (7-Mar-1951) · Bud Alexander
    Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (19-Feb-1950)
    Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (18-Sep-1949)
    Africa Screams (4-May-1949) · Buzz Johnson
    Mexican Hayride (Dec-1948)
    Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (15-Jun-1948) · Chick
    The Noose Hangs High (5-Apr-1948) · Ted Higgins
    The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (8-Oct-1947)
    Buck Privates Come Home (Mar-1947)
    The Time of Their Lives (16-Aug-1946)
    Little Giant (22-Feb-1946)
    Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (5-Oct-1945) · Buzz Kurtis
    The Naughty Nineties (20-Jun-1945) · Dexter Broadhurst
    Here Come the Co-Eds (2-Feb-1945)
    Lost in a Harem (8-Nov-1944) · Peter Johnson
    In Society (18-Aug-1944)
    Hit the Ice (2-Jun-1943) · Flash Fulton
    It Ain't Hay (19-Mar-1943)
    Who Done It? (9-Nov-1942) · Chick Larkin
    Pardon My Sarong (7-Aug-1942)
    Ride 'Em Cowboy (13-Feb-1942)
    Rio Rita (1942) · Doc
    Keep 'Em Flying (19-Nov-1941)
    Hold That Ghost (7-Aug-1941)
    In the Navy (30-May-1941)
    Buck Privates (31-Jan-1941)
    One Night in the Tropics (30-Oct-1940)


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