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William Alexander "Bud" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known as the straight man half of the comedy duo Abbott and Costello.
Bud Abbott. Actor: Hold That Ghost. Long acknowledged as one of the best "straight men" in the business, Bud Abbott was born William Alexander Abbott in Reading, Pennsylvania to Rae (Fisher) and Harry Abbott, who had both worked for the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
- January 1, 1
- Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
- January 1, 1
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Bud Abbott. Actor: Hold That Ghost. Long acknowledged as one of the best "straight men" in the business, Bud Abbott was born William Alexander Abbott in Reading, Pennsylvania to Rae (Fisher) and Harry Abbott, who had both worked for the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
- October 2, 1895
- April 24, 1974
Apr 24, 2014 · Bud Abbott died 40 years ago today, following decades in Hollywood in which he rose from the vaudeville circuit to the heights of film and television – performing as one-half of the iconic...
Actor, Comedian. He is best remembered for his partnership with Lou Costello that formed the highly successful Abbott and Costello comedy team. Born William Alexander Abbott in Asbury Park, New Jersey, he worked in carnivals while still a child, and dropped out of school in 1909. He worked for awhile as a treasurer for...
Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work in radio, film, and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s, and the highest-paid entertainers in the world during the Second World War.
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Apr 25, 1974 · Bud Abbott, the tall, thin, I‐am‐not‐amused straight man who fed Lou Costello the lines and the Situations that got the pair into trouble and laid, their audiences into the aisles with...