Bud Abbott

Bud Abbott

October 2, 1897 · 129 years old

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

24 titles
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948 · 1h 23m · Movie

The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955 · 1h 19m · Movie

Two bumbling Americans stumble on the discovery of a lifetime when their search for a mummy leads them to a sacred medallion that holds the key to buried treasure.

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951 · 1h 22m · Movie

Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.

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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953 · 1h 16m · Movie

Two bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.

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Hold That Ghost

Hold That Ghost

1941 · 1h 26m · Movie

After inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.

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Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff

1949 · 1h 24m · Movie

Two employees of a secluded hotel investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect.

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Africa Screams

Africa Screams

1949 · 1h 19m · Movie

Two booksellers search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.

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The Time of Their Lives

The Time of Their Lives

1946 · 1h 22m · Movie

A psychiatrist stays in a mansion haunted by prankish ghosts from the Revolutionary War.

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9
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953 · 1h 17m · Movie

Two workmen accidentally launch a space rocket intended for Mars, and find mistakenly landing in New Orleans just the beginning of their misadventures.

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Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion

1950 · 1h 20m · Movie

Two Brooklyn wrestling promoters go to French Algeria in search of a famous Algerian wrestler but accidentally end-up in the French Foreign Legion.

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11
In the Navy

In the Navy

1941 · 1h 26m · Movie

Russ Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to ge...

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12
Who Done It?

Who Done It?

1942 · 1h 17m · Movie

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 after the station owner is killed during a broadcast.

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13
Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong

1942 · 1h 24m · Movie

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 trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans...

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14
The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties

1945 · 1h 16m · Movie

When their captain is swindled out of his riverboat by a trio of gamblers, stage show star Abbott and his bumbling sidekick Costello must put things right.

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15
Buck Privates Come Home

Buck Privates Come Home

1947 · 1h 17m · Movie

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 running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car ...

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16
Lost in Alaska

Lost in Alaska

1952 · 1h 16m · Movie

Two firemen rescue a gold miner from suicide. However, discovering the police want them for murder, they travel with the miner to Alaska to help chase his girl. There, they discover that the town wants the miner dead.

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In Society

In Society

1944 · 1h 15m · Movie

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 into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.

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One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

1940 · 1h 22m · Movie

Jim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancee, Cynthia (Na...

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19
Hit the Ice

Hit the Ice

1943 · 1h 22m · Movie

Two newspaper photographers get mixed up with gangsters at a ski resort.

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20
Here Come the Co-eds

Here Come the Co-eds

1945 · 1h 30m · Movie

Two bumblers become caretakers at an all-girls' college. During their misadventures, the duo raise money to free the school from its traditionally-minded landlord.

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21
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947 · 1h 18m · Movie

Chester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana en route to California. During the stopover, notorious criminal Fred Hawkins is murdered and the two are cha...

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22
Mexican Hayride

Mexican Hayride

1948 · 1h 17m · Movie

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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The Noose Hangs High

The Noose Hangs High

1948 · 1h 17m · Movie

Two window washers mistakenly receive, and lose, $50,000 belonging to a shady bookie, and have only forty-eight hours to retrieve the money.

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It Ain't Hay

It Ain't Hay

1943 · 1h 20m · Movie

The horse of a street vendor is replaced by a racehorse.

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