Bud Abbott - Actor Profile

Bud Abbott

20Movies
10.0 Best Rating

Biography

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.

Top Rated Movies

★10.0
Showbiz Goes to War (1982) movie poster
★10.0

Showbiz Goes to War — While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority use

Showbiz Goes to War

1982•Documentary
★10.0
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) movie poster
★10.0

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook — A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991•Documentary
★8.0
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1 (2007) movie poster
★8.0

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1 — Join the most popular comedy team in history with a collection of their most loved classic skits! Highlights include Who

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1

2007•Comedy
★8.0
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! (null) movie poster
★8.0

Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! — The best collection of the famous duel's live performances.

Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!

★8.0
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? (2011) movie poster
★8.0

The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? — Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends like “Who’s On First?,” and “The Lemon Bit,” this digitally restore

The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?

2011•Comedy

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (archive footage) ★ 10.0 HIT
1991 Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook Chick Young (archive footage) ★ 10.0 HIT
2007 Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1 - ★ 8.0 HIT
N/A Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! Himself ★ 8.0 HIT
2011 The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? Self (archive footage) ★ 8.0 HIT
2000 Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! (archive footage) ★ 7.3 HIT
1948 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein Chick Young ★ 7.1 HIT
1946 The Time of Their Lives Cuthbert Greenway / Dr. Ralph Greenway ★ 7.1 HIT
1942 Who Done It? Chick Larkin ★ 7.0 HIT
2000 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed Self (archive footage) ★ 7.0 HIT
1994 Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld Self (Archive Footage) ★ 7.0 HIT
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) ★ 6.9 HIT
1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' Self (archive footage) ★ 6.9 HIT
1948 The Noose Hangs High Ted Higgins ★ 6.8 HIT
1941 Hold That Ghost Chuck Murray ★ 6.8 HIT
1941 Buck Privates Slicker Smith ★ 6.7 HIT
1945 The Naughty Nineties Dexter Broadhurst ★ 6.6 HIT
1949 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff Casey Edwards ★ 6.5 HIT
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ★ 6.5 HIT
1942 Pardon My Sarong Algernon 'Algy' Shaw ★ 6.4 FLOP