Bud Abbott Net Worth
Bud Abbott Net Worth is
$15 Million
Bud Abbott Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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 ... | Full Name | Bud Abbott |
| Date Of Birth | October 2, 1895, Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | April 24, 1974, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA |
| Height | 5' 8" (1.73 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Betty Smith (m. 1918–1974) |
| Children | Vickie Abbott, Bud Abbott Jr. |
| Parents | Rae Abbott, Harry Abbott |
| Siblings | Olive Abbott |
| Partner | Lou Costello |
| Movies | Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Buck Privates, Hold That Ghost, Africa Screams, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, In the Navy, The Noose Hangs High, The Naughty Ni... |
| TV Shows | The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Abbott and Costello Show |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jacket was always buttoned |
| 2 | Often uses the "play on words" technique in order to confuse another person (examples include the "who's on first" routine and "loafing" bit) |
| 3 | Slapping 'Lou Costello' |
| 4 | Fedora hat |
| 5 | Deep voice |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) | $15,000 /episode |
| Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) | $250,000 |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) | $75,000 |
| In Society (1944) | $40,000 +% |
| Who Done It? (1942) | $25,000 + 5% of profits |
| Rio Rita (1942) | $75,000 |
| Hold That Ghost (1941) | $25,000 + 5% of profits |
| In the Navy (1941) | $25,000 + 5% of profits |
| Buck Privates (1941) | $25,000 + 5% of profits |
| One Night in the Tropics (1940) | $17,500 |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | Well, I always had a chauffeur, because I have never driven a car in my life. I still can't drive. |
| 2 | They liked me so long as the liquor flowed at my house, but I haven't seen any of them around lately. |
| 3 | You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you? |
| 4 | That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody. |
| 5 | They disallowed this and disallowed that, and now I can't even get my head above water! |
| 6 | It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on television? |
| 7 | Sitting at home the way I do, I'd just love the hear from people. It'd be a great help in passing the time. |
| 8 | Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon. |
| 9 | Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third. |
| 10 | [Speaking after his professional break-up with partner Lou Costello] I never understood Lou. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Abbott and Costello are known in France as "Les Deux Nigauds" ("The Two Simpletons"). |
| 2 | He married Betty Smith in 1918. They adopted two children. |
| 3 | Bud's twin sister Olive confirmed in an interview conducted by Chris Costello for the latter's book "Lou's on First" that she and her brother were actually born in Reading, Pennsylvania, only moving to Asbury Park at the age of 2 or 3. |
| 4 | His father had English and German ancestry. His maternal grandparents, Fredericka and Alexander Fisher, were immigrants from Germany. |
| 5 | The comedy team's 1941 salary was $291,905. |
| 6 | Uncle of Betty A. Griffin. |
| 7 | Uncle of Norman Abbott. |
| 8 | The performance of "Who's on First?" in the film The Naughty Nineties (1945) is considered the quintessential version of the routine, and the clip is enshrined in a looped video at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. |
| 9 | He has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio (6333 Hollywood Boulevard); Motion Pictures (1611 Vine Street) and Television (6740 Hollywood Boulevard); in Hollywood, California. |
| 10 | He and his professional partner, Lou Costello, were elected into the 2008 New Jersey Hall of Fame for their services to arts and entertainment. |
| 11 | 1960: He tried to form a new duo, this time with veteran comic/instrumentalist Candy Candido. Abbott quipped during an interview that he and Candy would star in "Space Privates", a futuristic version of his and Lou Costello's Buck Privates (1941) classic. "Space Privates" never materialized and the teaming was short-lived. They weren't attracting an audience, and Abbott was forced to leave after experiencing an epileptic attack while traveling to one of their personal appearances. |
| 12 | An avid gun collector, he once owned one of Adolf Hitler's shotguns and some of Tom Mix's pearl-handled pistols. |
| 13 | Uncle of TV producer Norman Abbott. |
| 14 | 1942: His salary was $393,314, making him one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood. |
| 15 | He and his professional partner Lou Costello were nominated for the 2007 inaugural New Jersey Hall of Fame for their services to entertainment. |
| 16 | September, 2003: Montclair State University in New Jersey dedicated a building in their new residence hall complex as "Abbott and Costello Center", after Bud and his partner Lou Costello. |
| 17 | Soon after former partner Lou Costello's death, the Internal Revenue Service demanded Bud pay over $750,000 in back taxes. He was forced to sell his estate in Encino, California (at a loss), as well as his 200-acre ranch. His wife sold her jewelry and furs and they relinquished their remaining share of profits from the old lucrative Universal movies. He said he'd have to start all over and begged for donations from Abbott & Costello fans, with little results. |
| 18 | His father, Harry, was a publicity advance man for Barnum and Bailey Circus. |
| 19 | His twin sister, Olive Victoria Abbott, was also in vaudeville and lived to be 101 years old, dying on 8/8/1997. |
| 20 | 1940: He made his film debut in One Night in the Tropics (1940), which was also his first film pairing with his partner Lou Costello. It wasn't Costello's film debut, however, as he had been in several movies in the late 1920s as an extra and stuntman before he teamed up with Abbott. |
| 21 | He wore a front toupee for many of his early films. |
| 22 | March 1959: When his former partner Lou Costello died, a nationally run news photo showed him reading a newspaper article covering his former partner's death. |
| 23 | Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith; pg. 1-3. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 |
| 24 | A lifelong epileptic, he died of prostate cancer following two strokes. |
| 25 | With Lou Costello, starred on ABC (1941-1946) and NBC (1946-1949) Radio's "The Abbott and Costello Show." |
| 26 | Abbott and Costello are known in Italy as "Gianni and Pinotto", Abbott being Gianni and Costello being Pinotto. |
| 27 | Father of actor Bud Abbott Jr. |
| 28 | At Lou Costello's insistance, the monies earned from the their act were split 60/40, favoring Abbott. Costello's reasoning was that "comics are a dime a dozen. Good straight men are hard to find." |
| 29 | Pictured on one of five 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating famous comedians, issued in booklet form 29 August 1991. He is shown with his partner Lou Costello. The stamp designs were drawn by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. The other comedians honored in the set are Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy; Edgar Bergen (with alter ego Charlie McCarthy); Jack Benny; and Fanny Brice. |
| 30 | His mother was a bareback rider for the Ringling Bothers Circus. |
| 31 | He was cremated and his ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! | 1989 | Video | |
| Abbott & Costello | 1967 | TV Series | Abbott (voice) |
| General Electric Theater | 1961 | TV Series | Ernie Kauffman |
| Dance with Me, Henry | 1956 | Bud Flick | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | 1955 | Pete Patterson | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | 1955 | Harry 'Slim' Pierce | |
| Fireman Save My Child | 1954 | Man in Long Shots (uncredited) | |
| The Abbott and Costello Show | 1952-1954 | TV Series | Bud Abbott |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1953 | Slim | |
| Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | 1953 | Lester | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | 1952 | Rocky Stonebridge | |
| Lost in Alaska | 1952 | Tom Watson | |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | 1952 | Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss (as Abbott) | |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | 1951 | Al Stewart | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man | 1951 | Bud Alexander | |
| Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion | 1950 | Bud Jones | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | 1949 | Casey Edwards | |
| Africa Screams | 1949 | Buzz Johnson | |
| Mexican Hayride | 1948 | Harry Lambert | |
| 10,000 Kids and a Cop | 1948 | Short documentary | Bud Abbott |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | 1948 | Chick | |
| The Noose Hangs High | 1948 | Ted Higgins | |
| The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | 1947 | Duke Egan | |
| Buck Privates Come Home | 1947 | Slicker Smith | |
| The Time of Their Lives | 1946 | Cuthbert Greenway Dr. Ralph Greenway | |
| Little Giant | 1946 | Eddie L. Morrison T.S. Chandler | |
| Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | 1945 | Buzz Kurtis | |
| The Naughty Nineties | 1945 | Dexter Broadhurst | |
| Here Come the Co-eds | 1945 | Slats McCarthy | |
| Lost in a Harem | 1944 | Peter Johnson | |
| In Society | 1944 | Eddie | |
| Hit the Ice | 1943 | Flash Fulton | |
| It Ain't Hay | 1943 | Grover Mockridge | |
| Who Done It? | 1942 | Chick Larkin / Voice of Himself on Radio | |
| Pardon My Sarong | 1942 | Algy Shaw | |
| Rio Rita | 1942 | 'Doc' | |
| Ride 'Em Cowboy | 1942 | Duke | |
| Keep 'Em Flying | 1941 | Blackie Benson | |
| Hold That Ghost | 1941 | Chuck Murray | |
| In the Navy | 1941 | Smokey Adams | |
| Buck Privates | 1941 | Slicker Smith | |
| One Night in the Tropics | 1940 | Abbott |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | 1952 | performer: "Tonight We Sail" | |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | 1952 | performer: "Jack and the Beanstalk", "He Never Looked Better In His Life" | |
| The Naughty Nineties | 1945 | performer: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" 1908 - uncredited |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picture People Vol. 2 No. 6: Hollywood War Efforts | 1942 | Short | Himself |
| Meet the Stars #4: Variety Reel #2 | 1941 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Is Your Life | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| Unit One | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1956 | TV Series | Himself - "Who's On First?" |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1955 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1951-1955 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Himself - Comic Actor / Himself - Comedian / ... |
| News of the Day | 1952 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Olympic Fund Telethon | 1952 | TV Special | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc. | 1949 | Short | Himself |
| Mail Call | 1944 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Picture People No. 10: Hollywood at Home | 1942 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The O'Reilly Factor | 2008-2014 | TV Series | Himself / Chick Young |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Chick |
| Reagan | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Chick Young |
| Behind the Burly Q | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Morecambe and Wise: The Show What Paul Merton Did | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Close-up | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Elvis Presley: Hot Shots and Cool Clips Volume 3 | 2007 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Story of Light Entertainment | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| Back to the 1950s | 2004 | Video documentary | |
| The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | 2002 | Video documentary | Bud (uncredited) |
| ABC 2000: The Millennium | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed | 1999 | Video documentary short | Peter |
| The Century: America's Time | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - selling war bonds |
| American Masters | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star | 1996 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 1994-1996 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Various |
| Television's Christmas Classics | 1994 | TV Special | Himself |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | |
| It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Legends of Comedy | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | 1991 | Documentary | Chick Young / Slim |
| When It Was a Game | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Three Stooges 60th Anniversary Special | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Entertaining the Troops | 1988 | Documentary | Himself |
| Classic Comedy Teams | 1986 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Horrible Horror | 1986 | Video | Chick, In clips from 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein' |
| Into the Night | 1985 | Chick Young in 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein' | |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | 1983 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Showbiz Goes to War | 1982 | TV Movie | |
| Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Actor - 'In Society' (uncredited) |
| The Horror Show | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Hollywood Clowns | 1979 | Video documentary | |
| Hey, Abbott! | 1978 | ||
| Funny Business | 1978 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Bob Hope's World of Comedy | 1976 | TV Movie | Tribute Montage |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary | Clips from 'Rio Rita' (as Abbott) |
| The World of Abbott and Costello | 1965 | Character in Film Clips | |
| Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... | 1965 | TV Series documentary | |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | 1964 | Documentary | Doc in 'Rio Rita' |
| Project XX | 1960 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Comedian |
| Screen Snapshots Series 33, No. 10: Hollywood Grows Up | 1954 | Documentary short | Film Clips Character |
| Champs of the Chase | 1954 | Short | Eddie |
| Oh, My Achin' Tooth! | 1954 | Short | Bud |
| Gobs in a Mess | 1953 | Short | Smokey |
| Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians | 1952 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Knights of the Bath | 1951 | Short | Eddie |
| Fun on the Run | 1949 | Short | Slats [Bud, in silent versions] |
| Kitchen Mechanics | 1949 | Short | Slats [Bud, in silent versions] |
| Oysters and Muscles | 1948 | Short | Slats [Bud, in silent versions] |
| Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 8: Looking Back | 1946 | Short | Himself |
| Twenty Years After | 1944 | Short | |
| The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' | 1943 | Documentary short | Himself - in a Jeep in Parade (uncredited) |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Garden State Film Festival | For acting. | |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 1611 Vine Street. |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | Awarded February 8, 1960 at 6740 Hollywood Blvd. |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Radio | Awarded February 8, 1960 at 6333 Hollywood Blvd. |
Known for movies
The Abbott and Costello Show (1952-1954)
as Bud Abbott
Africa Screams (1949)
as Buzz Johnson
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
as Chick
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
as Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss