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Caption: Still of Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and Glenn Strange in Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
About William Alexander Abbott
Actor, Soundtrack
Born: October 2, 1895
Star sign: Libra
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Known for: The Abbott and Costello Show (1952), Africa Screams (1949), Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Source: IMDB
Long acknowledged as one of the best "straight men" in the business, Bud Abbott was born William Alexander Abbott in Asbury Park, New Jersey, to Rae (Fisher) and Harry Abbott, who had both worked for the Barnum and Bailey Circus. He himself worked in carnivals while still a child and dropped out of school in 1909. He worked as assistant treasurer ...
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