Bud Abbott
William Alexander "Bud" Abbott was an American actor, producer and comedian. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.155 |
| Birthday | 1897-10-01 |
| Place of Birth | Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA |
| Also Known As | William Alexander Abbott, |
1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
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William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilarious collection of movie and TV bloopers.
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6.3/79
As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
7.05/303
Baggage handlers Bud and Lou accidentally stumble upon Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and the Wolf Man.
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1968
The Movie Orgy
6.2/9
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and gov...
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The Movie Orgy
1949
Africa Screams
5.7/57
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead D...
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Africa Screams
1942
Pardon My Sarong
6.521/24
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat t...
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Pardon My Sarong
1948
Mexican Hayride
5.6/13
Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend from their earlier days, who is now a bullfighter.
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Mexican Hayride
1990
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
0/0
See America's funniest comedy team in rare movie trailers, hilarious highlights, belly-busting bloopers, and scenes from their starring feature films,...
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Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1941
In the Navy
6.3/32
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter,...
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In the Navy
1952
Lost in Alaska
6/18
After two volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide, they discover that the police mistakenly want them for murder.
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Lost in Alaska
1945
The Naughty Nineties
6.7/23
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gamblin...
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The Naughty Nineties
1948
The Noose Hangs High
6.8/19
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two...
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The Noose Hangs High
1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy
5.8/24
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ra...
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
1946
The Time of Their Lives
6.9/42
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George...
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The Time of Their Lives
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
6.1/16
Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a not...
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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
6.056/108
Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1953
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
5.5/50
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced...
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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
6.1/34
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they...
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
6.4/99
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
6.5/53
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid...
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
6.1/29
Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where,...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
6.3/25
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up runnin...
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Buck Privates Come Home
1956
Dance with Me, Henry
5.1/15
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling...
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Dance with Me, Henry
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
6/17
Al Stewart and Wilbert are magicians doing a stage act when they run into Wilbert's cousin, Dorothy McCoy. They find out that Wilbert's grandfather, S...
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Comin' Round the Mountain
1945
Here Come the Co-eds
5.6/24
Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly cl...
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Here Come the Co-eds
1943
Hit the Ice
5.9/23
After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers, where they meet an o...
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Hit the Ice
1941
Keep 'Em Flying
5.9/18
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello,...
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Keep 'Em Flying
1979
The Horror Show
6/2
A history of horror movies.
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The Horror Show
1979
The Hollywood Clowns
0/0
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
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The Hollywood Clowns
1941
Buck Privates
6.6/64
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A...
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Buck Privates
1940
One Night in the Tropics
5.6/20
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million...
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One Night in the Tropics
1944
In Society
5.8/21
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree i...
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In Society
1946
Little Giant
5.3/19
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thum...
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Little Giant
1941
Hold That Ghost
6.742/66
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when...
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Hold That Ghost
1952
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
5.9/25
Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpk...
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
5.66/25
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1942
Who Done It?
6.9/35
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder wh...
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Who Done It?
1952
Jack and the Beanstalk
5.6/49
A young boy trades the family cow for magic beans. Ascending the beanstalk with the butcher who sold him the beans, he faces the giant terrorizing his...
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Jack and the Beanstalk
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
10/1
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the A...
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Showbiz Goes to War
1943
It Ain't Hay
6.4/12
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find...
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It Ain't Hay
1942
Rio Rita
5.8/16
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
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Rio Rita
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
6.5/2
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1986
Horrible Horror
7/5
A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.
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Horrible Horror
1951
Knights of the Bath
0/0
Short film cobbled from the Abbott & Costello feature In Society for the home movie market.
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Knights of the Bath
1944
Lost in a Harem
5.5/13
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
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Lost in a Harem
2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
7/12
Documentary featured on the Classic Monster Collection and Monster Legacy Collection for The Mummy (1932).
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Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
6/2
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
10/1
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
5/1
Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
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The Many Faces of Dracula
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
5.7/3
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.
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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
6/1
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
2007
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
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Offering 1950s television audiences night after night of vaudeville-style hilarity, comic legends Abbott and Costello frequently used their hosting du...
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Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2007
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
8/1
Join the most popular comedy team in history with a collection of their most loved classic skits! Highlights include Who's on First, The Piano Bit and...
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Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
6.3/7
A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In the Navy, Hit the Ice, Who Done It?, Abbott and Costello...
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The World of Abbott and Costello
1949
Fun on the Run
0/0
Bixby College needs to win the girls' basketball tourney prize-money in order to survive, but a pair of gamblers have brought in some Amazonian ringer...
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Fun on the Run
1949
Kitchen Mechanics
5/1
Lou and Bud start their new job as live-in caretakers on a college campus by trying - very trying - to get their own quarters cleaned up.
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Kitchen Mechanics
2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
5.5/4
Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers from some of the biggest movies in history . You'll...
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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2010
Behind the Burly Q
5.2/11
Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque. Cabaret star Leslie Zemeckis traces the art form...
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Behind the Burly Q
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
8/1
The best collection of the famous duel's live performances.
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Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
2011
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
8/1
Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends like “Who’s On First?,” and “The Lemon Bit,” this digitally restored and re-mastered “Best Of” co...
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The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
2011
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
0/0
A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC drama about their early lives.
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Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
1948
10,000 Kids and a Cop
6/1
A documentary showing the constructive approach taken by the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation in Los Angeles toward prevention of juvenile delinquen...
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10,000 Kids and a Cop
1990
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
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The funniest moments of legendary comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are captured in this choice collection of theatrical trailers, hit sketches,...
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Abbott & Costello in the Movies
2008
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
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A compilation that highlights works from the Three Stooges. It includes the shorts Brideless Groom, Sing a Song of Six Pants, and Malice in the Palace...
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Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
6.8/34
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...
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That's Entertainment, Part II
1944
Twenty Years After
6/1
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
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Twenty Years After
1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
7/1
Jerry Seinfeld celebrates the lives and careers of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Featured are clips from their movies and TV shows, plus home movies, n...
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Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
6.3/3
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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The Big Parade of Comedy
1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
0/0
A biography of comedian duo Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
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Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
1952
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
5.5/3
Christmas themed episode of the colgate comedy hour.
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Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
2000
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
7.3/6
A documentary from Universal about the movie Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
6.9/9
Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by...
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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1997
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
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"He-e-ey Abb-o-o-o-tt!!" screamed Lou. And all America knew the fun was about to begin. For decades, lanky straight man Bud Abbott and tubby spark pl...
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