Date of birth: 1897-10-02
Place of birth: Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: William Alexander 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.

1985-01-01
William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilari

1953-08-01
As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

1948-06-01
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster'

1968-01-01
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloop

1949-05-04
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know abo

1942-08-07
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their

1948-12-27
Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend

1990-01-01
See America's funniest comedy team in rare movie trailers, hilarious highlights, belly-busting bloop

1941-05-30
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tomm

1952-08-13
After two volunteer firemen rescue a gold prospector from suicide, they discover that the police mis

1945-06-20
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act

1948-04-05
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick u

1941-11-17
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train h

1946-08-13
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th cen

1947-10-08
Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while

1955-04-16
Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy.

1953-04-06
Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to

1950-08-05
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them

1951-03-14
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.

1949-05-26
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize

1955-02-02
Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They de

1947-04-04
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan g

1956-12-17
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trou

1951-07-26
Al Stewart and Wilbert are magicians doing a stage act when they run into Wilbert's cousin, Dorothy

1945-02-02
Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publi

1943-06-02
After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the mountain r

1941-11-27
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to

1979-02-06
A history of horror movies.

1979-03-23
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.

1941-01-31
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop

1940-11-15
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'lov

1944-08-16
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the p

1946-02-22
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the cro

1941-08-07
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. The

1952-12-27
Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and ta

1945-10-05
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder

1942-10-30
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio stat

1952-04-07
A young boy trades the family cow for magic beans. Ascending the beanstalk with the butcher who sold

1982-12-31
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War

1943-02-22
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feedin

1942-03-11
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican bord

1983-02-25
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war

1951-04-01
Short film cobbled from the Abbott & Costello feature In Society for the home movie market.

1944-11-08
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic unc

2000-08-29
Documentary featured on the Classic Monster Collection and Monster Legacy Collection for The Mummy (

1972-01-10
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t

1991-01-01
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.

2000-01-01
Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula
1991-01-01
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual

1982-01-01
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions sp

2007-11-06
Offering 1950s television audiences night after night of vaudeville-style hilarity, comic legends Ab

2007-11-06
Join the most popular comedy team in history with a collection of their most loved classic skits! Hi

1965-04-01
A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In the Na
1949-08-18
Bixby College needs to win the girls' basketball tourney prize-money in order to survive, but a pair

1949-08-18
Lou and Bud start their new job as live-in caretakers on a college campus by trying - very trying -

2013-01-29
Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers f

2010-04-23
Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque.
The best collection of the famous duel's live performances.

2011-02-01
Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends like “Who’s On First?,” and “The Lemon Bit,” th

2011-01-01
A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC dram

1948-10-01
A documentary showing the constructive approach taken by the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation in L
1990-01-01
The funniest moments of legendary comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are captured in this choice

2008-03-18
A compilation that highlights works from the Three Stooges. It includes the shorts Brideless Groom,

1976-05-16
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time includi

1944-01-01
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then

1994-11-24
Jerry Seinfeld celebrates the lives and careers of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Featured are clips f

1964-09-02
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

1996-04-29
A biography of comedian double act Bud Abbott & Lou Costello

1952-02-22
Celebrate the season with this collection of sketches starring the hilarious Abbott and Costello and

2000-01-01
A documentary from Universal about the movie Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.

1999-01-01
Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a

1997-01-28
"He-e-ey Abb-o-o-o-tt!!" screamed Lou. And all America knew the fun was about to begin. For decades
Abbott and Costello partake in a midget car race, and things quickly go south.

1986-01-01
Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and televis

Take a golden trip down memory lane with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and their classic zany, rapid-f

1970-01-01