Bud Abbott

William Alexander Abbott was born on October 2, 1895, known simply as Bud Abbott, was an American actor, producer, and comedian.1 He was very popular as a comic actor in the 1940s. , forming part of the duo Abbott and Costello with Lou Costello.

William Alexander Abbott was born in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He spent his early years at the Ringling Brothers Circus, where his parents worked; From this experience came his vocation to act and he began to work.

In the 1920s, together with his brother Harry, he tried to organize a chain of theaters that turned out to be a failure, so he dedicated himself to music hall, in which he played the serious character in comic duets.

In 1936 he teamed up with Lou Costello to form the comedy duo Abbott and Costello, having hits especially on the radio. Buster Keaton even said that they were radio actors more than film actors.

In June 1939 they also triumphed on Broadway, in the magazine Streets of Paris, and the following year they moved to the movies. Their great success led the Universal production company to make a few films about the couple's comedic skills. They stood out from the rest of the film and television duos because of the peculiarities that set them apart. The role of Bud Abbott, within the duo, was a serious character but who evidently took advantage of the naive Costello, whom he used for everything, causing healthy hilarity, since acting clumsily always spoiled the former's intentions.

The success they had, motivated or inspired the birth of other duos that undoubtedly took on many of their characteristics, such as the one formed by Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.
Their collaboration would last until 1956, when they resumed their separate artistic careers. At that time Abbott again made an association, now with Candy Candido, performing in nightclubs, but the union was a total failure, due to the public's memory of their previous union.

In 1967 he was hired by Hanna-Barbera as a voice actor for his same character in a series of cartoons inspired by Abbott and Costello, after working on 156 episodes he was forgotten again.

He died from prostate cancer in 1974, at the age of 78.