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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA" title="باد ابوت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باد ابوت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%93_%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95%D7%98" title="באד אבוט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="באד אבוט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA" title="باد ابوت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="باد ابوت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott" title="Bud Abbott – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bud Abbott" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a 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style="display:none">(1974-04-24)</span> (aged 76)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Woodland_Hills,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodland Hills, California">Woodland Hills, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Comedian</li><li>actor</li><li>producer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1924–1968</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Betty Smith</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1918)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abbott-Bud_Signature.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Abbott-Bud_Signature.jpg/150px-Abbott-Bud_Signature.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Abbott-Bud_Signature.jpg/225px-Abbott-Bud_Signature.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Abbott-Bud_Signature.jpg/300px-Abbott-Bud_Signature.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2225" data-file-height="1039" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Alexander</b> "<b>Bud</b>" <b>Abbott</b> (October 2, 1897<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – April 24, 1974) was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known as the <a href="/wiki/Straight_man" title="Straight man">straight man</a> half of the comedy duo <a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello" title="Abbott and Costello">Abbott and Costello</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bud_Abbott&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abbott was born in <a href="/wiki/Asbury_Park,_New_Jersey" title="Asbury Park, New Jersey">Asbury Park, New Jersey</a>, on October 2, 1897,<sup id="cite_ref-familysearch.org_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-familysearch.org-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> into a <a href="/wiki/Show_business" title="Show business">show business</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dob_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dob-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His parents, Rae Fisher and Harry Abbott, had met while working for the <a href="/wiki/Barnum_and_Bailey_Circus" class="mw-redirect" title="Barnum and Bailey Circus">Barnum and Bailey Circus</a>. She was a bareback rider of <a href="/wiki/German_Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="German Jewish">German Jewish</a> background<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was a concessionaire and forage agent.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bud was the third of the couple's four children. When Bud was a toddler, the family relocated to <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a>, then to the <a href="/wiki/Coney_Island" title="Coney Island">Coney Island</a> section of Brooklyn, and his father became a longtime advance man for the <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Burlesque_Wheel" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia Burlesque Wheel">Columbia Burlesque Wheel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the summer, when burlesque was on hiatus, his father worked at <a href="/wiki/Dreamland_(Coney_Island,_1904)" title="Dreamland (Coney Island, 1904)">Dreamland Park</a> in Coney Island. Bud dropped out of grammar school to work at the park. In his teens, Abbott signed on as a cabin boy on a Norwegian steamer, but was soon forced to shovel coal. He worked his way back to the United States a year later.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bud_Abbott&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his late teens, Abbott began working in the box office of the Casino Theatre in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, a burlesque house on the Columbia wheel.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent the next few years in burlesque box offices, rising to treasurer. In 1918, while working in Washington, D.C., he met and married Jenny Mae Pratt (1902–1981), a burlesque dancer and comedienne who performed as Betty Smith. They remained together until his death 55 years later. Betty performed on the Columbia Wheel, while Bud mostly remained behind the scenes. In 1923, he produced a cut-rate <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">vaudeville</a> <a href="/wiki/Tab_show" title="Tab show">tab show</a> called <i>Broadway Flashes</i>, which toured on the small-time Gus Sun circuit.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abbott began performing as a <a href="/wiki/Straight_man" title="Straight man">straight man</a> in the show when he could no longer afford to pay one.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued producing and performing in burlesque shows on the <a href="/wiki/Mutual_Burlesque_Association" title="Mutual Burlesque Association">Mutual Burlesque</a> wheel, and as his reputation grew, he began working with veteran comedians like <a href="/wiki/Harry_Steppe" title="Harry Steppe">Harry Steppe</a> and Harry Evanson.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lou_Costello_and_Hollywood">Lou Costello and Hollywood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bud_Abbott&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lou Costello and Hollywood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abbott crossed paths with <a href="/wiki/Lou_Costello" title="Lou Costello">Lou Costello</a> in the early 1930s, when Abbott was producing and performing in <a href="/wiki/Minsky%27s_Burlesque" title="Minsky's Burlesque">Minsky's Burlesque</a> shows in New York, and Costello was a rising comic. They worked together for the first time in 1935 at the <a href="/wiki/Eltinge_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Eltinge Theatre">Eltinge Theatre</a> on 42nd Street, after an illness sidelined Costello's regular partner.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They formally <a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello" title="Abbott and Costello">teamed up</a> in 1936, and performed together in burlesque, <a href="/wiki/Minstrel_show" title="Minstrel show">minstrel shows</a>, what was left of vaudeville, and stage shows.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1938, they received national exposure as regulars on the <i><a href="/wiki/Kate_Smith" title="Kate Smith">Kate Smith</a> Hour</i> <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a> show, which led to roles in a <a href="/wiki/Broadway_musical" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway musical">Broadway musical</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Streets_of_Paris" title="The Streets of Paris">The Streets of Paris</a></i> in 1939. In 1940, <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal</a> signed the team for their first film, <i><a href="/wiki/One_Night_in_the_Tropics" title="One Night in the Tropics">One Night in the Tropics</a></i>. Despite having minor roles, Abbott and Costello stole the film with several classic routines, including an abbreviated version of "<a href="/wiki/Who%27s_on_First%3F" title="Who's on First?">Who's on First?</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Universal signed the team to a two-picture deal, and the first film, <i><a href="/wiki/Buck_Privates" title="Buck Privates">Buck Privates</a></i> (1941), became a major hit and led to a long-term contract with the studio.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Lubin" title="Arthur Lubin">Arthur Lubin</a>, who directed the team's first five starring films, later said: "I don't think there has ever been a finer straight man in the business than Bud Abbott. Lou would go off the script – because he was that clever with lines – and Bud would bring him right back."<sup id="cite_ref-kings_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kings-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Abbott and Costello were among the most popular and highest-paid stars in the world. Between 1940 and 1956, they made 36 films and earned a percentage of the profits on each.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were among the <a href="/wiki/Top_Ten_Money_Making_Stars_Poll" title="Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll">Top 10 box office stars</a> from 1941 through 1951, and placed No. 1 in 1942. They also had their own radio program (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Abbott_and_Costello_Show_(radio_program)" title="The Abbott and Costello Show (radio program)">The Abbott and Costello Show</a></i>) throughout the 1940s, first on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> from 1942 to 1947, and from 1947 to 1949 on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>. During a 35-day tour in the summer of 1942, the team sold $85 million worth of War Bonds.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1950s, they introduced their comedy to live television on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Colgate_Comedy_Hour" title="The Colgate Comedy Hour">The Colgate Comedy Hour</a></i>, and launched their own half-hour filmed series, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Abbott_and_Costello_Show" title="The Abbott and Costello Show">The Abbott and Costello Show</a></i> (1952–54). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Strain_and_split">Strain and split</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bud_Abbott&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Strain and split"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Relations between Abbott and Costello were strained by egos and salary disputes. In burlesque, they split their earnings 60/40, favoring Abbott, because the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/straight_man" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:straight man">straight man</a> was always viewed as the more valuable member of the team. This was eventually changed to 50/50, but after a year in Hollywood, Costello insisted on a 40/60 split in his favor. It remained 40/60 for the rest of their careers. Costello also demanded that the team be renamed "Costello and Abbott," but this was rejected by Universal because the studio had been promoting "Abbott and Costello" for years. Abbott's top billing resulted in a "permanent chill" between the two partners, according to Lou's daughter Chris Costello in her biography <i>Lou's on First</i>. Their relationship was further strained by Abbott's alcohol abuse, a habit motivated by his desire to stave off <a href="/wiki/Epileptic_seizures" class="mw-redirect" title="Epileptic seizures">epileptic seizures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In mid-1945, the comedians were not on speaking terms after Costello fired a maid and Abbott, having no grievance with the maid, hired her. As Costello recalled in 1958: "She went to work for Abbott. I explained to Bud why I let her go, and asked him to fire her, but he wouldn't."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Costello refused to speak to Abbott except when they were working. In 1946, the team's box office ranking dropped out of the Top 10 and the studio, with Costello's assent, split the team in character roles in two films: <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Giant" title="Little Giant">Little Giant</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Time_of_Their_Lives" title="The Time of Their Lives">The Time of Their Lives</a></i>. "Bud didn't like doing them at all," said Abbott's nephew <a href="/wiki/Norman_Abbott" title="Norman Abbott">Norman Abbott</a>. "He felt that Lou wanted to go on and be a different kind of comedian, that he didn't want to be a team anymore. So the parts were written that way in couple of pictures, and it didn't work."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abbott resolved their personal situation when he suggested that the team's ongoing plans to build a civic center for underprivileged children be named after Costello's son, who drowned before his first birthday. The Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation opened in Los Angeles in 1947 and is still serving the community. </p><p>The team's popularity waned in the mid-1950s, and the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">IRS</a> demanded substantial back taxes, forcing the partners (both of whom had been free spenders and serious gamblers) to sell most of their assets, including the rights to many of their films. When the team's long-term contract with Universal was up in 1954, they demanded more money than the studio was willing to pay, and they were dropped after 14 years at the studio.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 1956, Costello was the subject of the Ralph Edwards–produced TV show <i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Your_Life_(American_franchise)" title="This Is Your Life (American franchise)">This Is Your Life</a></i>. A month later the team opened in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a>. The act went badly. Witnesses differ on exactly what happened<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (one version has Costello leading a drunk Abbott off the stage), but the accounts agree that Abbott's timing had slowed down noticeably, throwing Costello's responses off and embarrassing him. </p><p>Abbott and Costello split in 1957, shortly before Costello appeared on <a href="/wiki/Steve_Allen" title="Steve Allen">Steve Allen</a>'s variety show.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Costello made solo appearances on several TV shows, including the Steve Allen show, and did one film, <i><a href="/wiki/The_30_Foot_Bride_of_Candy_Rock" title="The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock">The Thirty-Foot Bride of Candy Rock</a></i> (released posthumously in 1959). Costello died on March 3, 1959. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_years">Later years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bud_Abbott&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abbott faced financial difficulties in the late 1950s when the IRS disallowed $500,000 in tax exemptions which forced him to sell his home and come out of semi-retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1960, Abbott began performing with a new partner, <a href="/wiki/Candy_Candido" title="Candy Candido">Candy Candido</a>, to good reviews. But Abbott called it quits, remarking that "No one could ever live up to Lou." The following year, Abbott played a straight role in a dramatic television episode of <i><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Theater" title="General Electric Theater">General Electric Theater</a></i> titled "The Joke's on Me". In 1962, he was interviewed by NBC's <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lescoulie" title="Jack Lescoulie">Jack Lescoulie</a>, in a nostalgic segment. That year, as it's reported, Abbott was considered for a cameo in Stanley Kramer's comedy <i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Mad,_Mad,_Mad,_Mad_World" title="It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World">It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1964, he suffered the first in a series of <a href="/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke">strokes</a> and recuperated at the <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Country_Home" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion Picture Country Home">Motion Picture Country Home</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, he was filmed on the set of the Elvis Presley movie, <i>Frankie and Johnny</i>, with <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stanwyck" title="Barbara Stanwyck">Barbara Stanwyck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> and other celebrities when Presley donated $50,000 to the Motion Picture Relief Fund to help its $40 million building and endowment drive.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1967, Abbott provided his own voice for the <a href="/wiki/Hanna-Barbera" title="Hanna-Barbera">Hanna-Barbera</a> animated series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Abbott_and_Costello_Cartoon_Show" title="The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show">The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show</a></i>. Stan Irwin provided the voice of Lou Costello. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bud_Abbott&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bud_Abbott%27s_Walk_of_Fame_Star.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Bud_Abbott%27s_Walk_of_Fame_Star.jpg/220px-Bud_Abbott%27s_Walk_of_Fame_Star.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Bud_Abbott%27s_Walk_of_Fame_Star.jpg/330px-Bud_Abbott%27s_Walk_of_Fame_Star.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Bud_Abbott%27s_Walk_of_Fame_Star.jpg/440px-Bud_Abbott%27s_Walk_of_Fame_Star.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2312" data-file-height="2312" /></a><figcaption>Abbott's star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> for his work in television</figcaption></figure> <p>Abbott suffered from <a href="/wiki/Epilepsy" title="Epilepsy">epilepsy</a> starting from about 1926. </p><p>Bud and Betty Abbott were married for 55 years. The couple adopted two children: Bud Jr. (August 23, 1939 – January 19, 1997<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) in 1942 and Rae Victoria (Vickie) (March 27, 1942 – April 28, 2021<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) in 1949. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Norman_Abbott" title="Norman Abbott">Norman</a> and Betty Abbott, the children of Bud's older sister, Olive, started their careers in Hollywood working behind the scenes on the Abbott and Costello films. Betty became <a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a>' longtime script supervisor, and Norman directed many episodic television series, including <i><a href="/wiki/Leave_It_to_Beaver" title="Leave It to Beaver">Leave It to Beaver</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jack_Benny_Program" title="The Jack Benny Program">The Jack Benny Program</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sanford_and_Son" title="Sanford and Son">Sanford and Son</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Welcome_Back,_Kotter" title="Welcome Back, Kotter">Welcome Back, Kotter</a></i>. </p><p>Bud has three stars on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>: the radio star is located at 6333 <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Boulevard" title="Hollywood Boulevard">Hollywood Boulevard</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_actors_with_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame_motion_picture_stars" title="List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars">motion pictures star</a> is located at 1611 <a href="/wiki/Vine_Street" title="Vine Street">Vine Street</a>, and the television star is located at 6740 Hollywood Boulevard.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abbott was a <a href="/wiki/Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry">Freemason</a> via Daylight Lodge No. 525 in <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bud_Abbott&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abbott died of cancer at age 76 on April 24, 1974, at his home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-apobit_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apobit-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was cremated at Grandview Crematory in <a href="/wiki/Glendale,_California" title="Glendale, California">Glendale, California</a>, and his ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean three miles out from <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Monica">Santa Monica</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His widow, Betty, died on September 12, 1981.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>When asked about Abbott shortly after his death, <a href="/wiki/Groucho_Marx" title="Groucho Marx">Groucho Marx</a> replied that Abbott was "the greatest straight man that ever lived."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bud_Abbott&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Honors and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abbott and Costello are among the few non-baseball personnel to be memorialized in the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>, although they are not inductees of the Hall itself. A plaque and a gold record of the "Who's On First?" sketch have been on permanent display there since 1956, and the routine has run on an endless video loop in the exhibit area since 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abbott and Costello each have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their work in radio, television and motion pictures. </p><p>In 1942, they were voted the country's No. 1 Box Office Stars by exhibitors. They ranked among the Top Ten in 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951. </p><p>Abbott received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting (posthumously) from the Garden State Film Festival in 2006; it was accepted on his behalf by his daughter Vickie Abbott Wheeler.<sup id="cite_ref-Film_Festival_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Film_Festival-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abbott is a 2009 inductee of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Hall_of_Fame" title="New Jersey Hall of Fame">New Jersey Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NJ_Star_Ledger_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NJ_Star_Ledger-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bud_Abbott&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background:#B0C4DE;">Film </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="background: #CCCCCC;">Year </th> <th style="background: #CCCCCC;">Film </th> <th style="background: #CCCCCC;">Role </th> <th style="background: #CCCCCC;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1940</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/One_Night_in_the_Tropics" title="One Night in the Tropics">One Night in the Tropics</a></i></td> <td>Abbott</td> <td>Film Debut/Supporting Role </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1941</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Buck_Privates" title="Buck Privates">Buck Privates</a></i></td> <td>Slicker Smith</td> <td>Starring Role<sup id="cite_ref-EB_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Navy_(film)" title="In the Navy (film)">In the Navy</a></i></td> <td>Smoky Adams</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hold_That_Ghost" title="Hold That Ghost">Hold That Ghost</a></i></td> <td>Chuck Murray</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Keep_%27Em_Flying" title="Keep 'Em Flying">Keep 'Em Flying</a></i></td> <td>Blackie Benson</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1942</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ride_%27Em_Cowboy_(1942_film)" title="Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942 film)">Ride 'Em Cowboy</a></i></td> <td>Duke</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rio_Rita_(1942_film)" title="Rio Rita (1942 film)">Rio Rita</a></i></td> <td>Doc</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pardon_My_Sarong" title="Pardon My Sarong">Pardon My Sarong</a></i></td> <td>Algy Shaw</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Done_It%3F_(1942_film)" title="Who Done It? (1942 film)">Who Done It?</a></i></td> <td>Chick Larkin</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1943</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/It_Ain%27t_Hay" title="It Ain't Hay">It Ain't Hay</a></i></td> <td>Grover Mickridge</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hit_the_Ice_(film)" title="Hit the Ice (film)">Hit the Ice</a></i></td> <td>Flash Fulton</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1944</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/In_Society" title="In Society">In Society</a></i></td> <td>Eddie Harrington</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_a_Harem" title="Lost in a Harem">Lost in a Harem</a></i></td> <td>Peter Johnson</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1945</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Here_Come_the_Co-Eds" title="Here Come the Co-Eds">Here Come the Co-Eds</a></i></td> <td>Slats McCarthy</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Naughty_Nineties" title="The Naughty Nineties">The Naughty Nineties</a></i></td> <td>Dexter Broadhurst</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_in_Hollywood" title="Abbott and Costello in Hollywood">Abbott and Costello in Hollywood</a></i></td> <td>Buzz Kurtis</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1946</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Giant" title="Little Giant">Little Giant</a></i></td> <td>John Morrison / Tom Chandler</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Time_of_Their_Lives" title="The Time of Their Lives">The Time of Their Lives</a></i></td> <td>Cuthbert / Dr. Greenway</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1947</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Buck_Privates_Come_Home" title="Buck Privates Come Home">Buck Privates Come Home</a></i></td> <td>Slicker Smith</td> <td>Sequel to <i><a href="/wiki/Buck_Privates" title="Buck Privates">Buck Privates</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wistful_Widow_of_Wagon_Gap" title="The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap">The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap</a></i></td> <td>Duke Egan</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1948</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Noose_Hangs_High" title="The Noose Hangs High">The Noose Hangs High</a></i></td> <td>Ted Higgins</td> <td>(Also Producer, uncredited) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Frankenstein" title="Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein">Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein</a></i></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chick_Young_%26_Wilbur_Grey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chick Young & Wilbur Grey (page does not exist)">Chick Young</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Hayride" title="Mexican Hayride">Mexican Hayride</a></i></td> <td>Harry Lambert</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/10,000_Kids_and_a_Cop" title="10,000 Kids and a Cop">10,000 Kids and a Cop</a></i></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Documentary short </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1949</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Africa_Screams" title="Africa Screams">Africa Screams</a></i></td> <td>Buzz Johnson</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_the_Killer,_Boris_Karloff" title="Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff">Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff</a></i></td> <td>Casey Edwards</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1950</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_in_the_Foreign_Legion" title="Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion">Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion</a></i></td> <td>Bud Jones</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1951</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_the_Invisible_Man" title="Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man">Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man</a></i></td> <td>Bud Alexander</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Comin%27_Round_the_Mountain" title="Comin' Round the Mountain">Comin' Round the Mountain</a></i></td> <td>Al Stewart</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1952</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jack_and_the_Beanstalk_(1952_film)" title="Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film)">Jack and the Beanstalk</a></i></td> <td>Mr. Dinklepuss</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_Alaska" title="Lost in Alaska">Lost in Alaska</a></i></td> <td>Tom Watson</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Captain_Kidd" title="Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd">Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd</a></i></td> <td>Rocky Stonebridge</td> <td>Also Executive Producer </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1953</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Go_to_Mars" title="Abbott and Costello Go to Mars">Abbott and Costello Go to Mars</a></i></td> <td>Lester</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Hyde" title="Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde">Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</a></i></td> <td>Slim</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1955</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_the_Keystone_Kops" title="Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops">Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops</a></i></td> <td>Harry Pierce</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_the_Mummy" title="Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy">Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy</a></i></td> <td>Pete Patterson/Abbott</td> <td>Listed as "Pete Patterson" in the credits but called "Abbott" onscreen </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dance_with_Me,_Henry" title="Dance with Me, Henry">Dance with Me, Henry</a></i></td> <td>Bud Flick</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Abbott_and_Costello" title="The World of Abbott and Costello">The World of Abbott and Costello</a></i></td> <td>–</td> <td>Compilation Film </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background:#B0C4DE;">Television </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="background: #CCCCCC;">Year </th> <th style="background: #CCCCCC;">Title </th> <th style="background: #CCCCCC;">Role </th> <th style="background: #CCCCCC;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1951–1954</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colgate_Comedy_Hour" title="The Colgate Comedy Hour">The Colgate Comedy Hour</a></i></td> <td>Host</td> <td>Multiple episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952–1954</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Abbott_and_Costello_Show" title="The Abbott and Costello Show">The Abbott and Costello Show</a></i></td> <td>Bud Abbott</td> <td>52 Episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Theater" title="General Electric Theater">General Electric Theater</a></i></td> <td>Ernie Kauffman</td> <td>Episode: "The Joke's On Me" (04/16/61) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967–1968</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Abbott_and_Costello_Cartoon_Show" title="The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show">The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show</a></i></td> <td>Abbott</td> <td>Voice, 39 Episodes, 156 segments </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="background:#B0C4DE;">Other works </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="background: #CCCCCC;">Year </th> <th style="background: #CCCCCC;">Title </th> <th style="background: #CCCCCC;">Role </th></tr> <tr> <td>1941</td> <td><i>Meet the People</i></td> <td>Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td>1942</td> <td><i>Picture People No. 10: Hollywood at Home</i></td> <td>Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949</td> <td><i>Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc.</i></td> <td>Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952</td> <td><i>News of the Day</i></td> <td>Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954</td> <td><i>Screen Snapshots Series 33, No. 10: Hollywood Grows Up</i></td> <td>Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show" title="The Ed Sullivan Show">Toast of the Town</a></i></td> <td>Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Your_Life_(American_franchise)" title="This Is Your Life (American franchise)">This Is Your Life</a></i></td> <td>Himself; Episode <i>Lou Costello</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Century:_America%27s_Time" title="The Century: America's Time">The Century: America's Time</a></i></td> <td>Archival footage </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/ABC_2000_Today" title="ABC 2000 Today">ABC 2000: The Millennium</a></i></td> <td>Voice, Archival footage </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bud_Abbott&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Explanatory notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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different sources. The 1895 date was perpetuated by sources copying from earlier incorrect sources. His birth certificate lists Oct. 6, 1897, but his World War I draft card both use "October 2, 1897". It is likely that the birth, which occurred on a Saturday, wasn't registered until the 6th.<sup id="cite_ref-familysearch.org_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-familysearch.org-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bud_Abbott&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-familysearch.org-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-familysearch.org_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-familysearch.org_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCB1-1FP">"FamilySearch.org"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=FamilySearch.org&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFCB1-1FP&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABud+Abbott" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Furmanek_1991-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Furmanek_1991_3-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo (1991). <i>Abbott and Costello in Hollywood</i>. New York: Perigee Books. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-399-51605-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-399-51605-0">0-399-51605-0</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dob-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dob_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The year of birth has been reported as 1895, 1896, 1897, and 1898 in different sources. The 1895 date was perpetuated by sources copying from earlier sources. His birth certificate and World War I draft card both use "October 2, 1897". <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCB1-1FP">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCB1-1FP</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStafford" class="citation web cs1">Stafford, Tom. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/local/straight-man-abbott-vow-renewal-film-springfield-treasure/4xJRfFtKFPKw6oU33kWXVK/">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Straight man' Abbott's vow renewal film a Springfield treasure"</a>. <i>Springfield News Sun</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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