William Alexander "Bud" Abbott (2 Oktober 1895 – 24 April 1974) adalah seorang pemain film, pelawak, dan produser asal Amerika Serikat. Ia paling dikenal sebagai anggota pasangan tim komedi Abbott and Costello, bersama Lou Costello.
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Abbott bertemu dengan Lou Costello dalam pertunjukan burlesque beberapa kali pada permulaan tahun 1930-an. Abbott memproduksi dan turut main dalam show Minsky's Burlesque, sementara Costello mulai menanjak kariernya sebagai pelawak. Keduanya secara formil membentuk tim pada tahun 1936, setelah pasangan yang biasa menemani Costello jatuh sakit. Keduanya terus berperan bersama dalam berbagai burlesque, vaudeville, minstrel show, dan pertunjukan panggung.
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Bud dan Betty Abbott menikah selama 55 tahun. Pasangan ini mengadopsi dua anak: Bud Jr. pada tahun 1942 dan Vickie pada tahun 1949. Bud Jr. meninggal pada tangal 19 Januari 1997 pada usia 57 tahun.
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Abbott menderita epilepsi dalam hidupnya. Pada awal tahun 1960-an, ia mulai mengalami stroke yang kemudian terjadi berulang. Pada tahun 1972, ia mengalami patah kaki. Abbott meninggal karena kanker pada usia 78 tahun, tanggal 24 April 1974, di rumahnya, di Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. His wife Betty died on September 12, 1981 at the age of 79.
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| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics | Abbott | Film Debut |
| 1941 | Buck Privates | Slicker Smith | Komedi pertama |
| In the Navy | Smoky Adams | ||
| Hold That Ghost | Chuck Murray | ||
| Keep 'Em Flying | Blackie Benson | ||
| 1942 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Duke | |
| Rio Rita | Doc | ||
| Pardon My Sarong | Algy Shaw | ||
| Who Done It? | Chick Larkin | ||
| 1943 | It Ain't Hay | Grover Mickridge | |
| Hit The Ice | Flash Fulton | ||
| 1944 | In Society | Eddie Harrington | |
| Lost in a Harem | Peter Johnson | ||
| 1945 | Here Come The Co-Eds | Slats McCarthy | |
| The Naughty Nineties | Dexter Broadhurst | ||
| Abbott and Costello in Hollywood | Buzz Kurtis | ||
| 1946 | Little Giant | John Morrison/Tom Chandler | |
| The Time of Their Lives | Cuthbert/Dr. Greenway | ||
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home | Slicker Smith | Sequel to Buck Privates |
| The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Duke Egan | ||
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Ted Higgins | Also Producer (uncredited) |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | Chick Young | ||
| Mexican Hayride | Harry Lambert | ||
| 10,000 Kids and a Cop | Himself | Documentary short | |
| 1949 | Africa Screams | Buzz Johnson | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Casey Edwards | ||
| 1950 | Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion | Bud Jones | |
| 1951 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Bud Alexander | |
| Comin' Round The Mountain | Al Stewart | ||
| 1952 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Mr. Dinklepuss | Also Producer |
| Lost in Alaska | Tom Watson | ||
| Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | Rocky Stonebridge | Also Executive Producer | |
| 1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Lester | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Slim | ||
| 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Harry Pierce | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Peter Patterson | ||
| 1956 | Dance With Me, Henry | Bud Flick | |
| 1965 | The World of Abbott and Costello | - | Compilation Film |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1952–1954 | The Abbott and Costello Show | bud Abbott | 52 Episode |
| 1961 | General Electric Theater | ernie Kauffman | episode: "The Joke's On Me" (04/16/61) |
| 1967–1968 | The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show | abbott (suara) | 39 Episode, 156 segmen |
Sebagai diri sendiri sunting
- ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999) (TV) (voice)
- The Century: America's Time (1999) (TV Mini Series)
- This Is Your Life (1956) (TV Series)
- Toast of the Town (1955) (TV Series)
- Screen Snapshots Series 33, No. 10: Hollywood Grows Up (1954)
- News of the Day (1952)
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951) (Host, 1951–1954)
- Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc. (1949)
- 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)
- Picture People No. 10: Hollywood at Home (1942)
- Meet the People (1941)
Referensi sunting
- [1][pranala nonaktif permanen] WW1 Draft Registration, in his own hand, from 1918, at Ancestry.com [subscription]
- The year of birth has been reported as 1895, 1896, 1897, and 1898 in different reliable sources. This has been discussed in some depth on this article's talk page. Following are a small selection of references supporting the different values. Oct 2, 1898: William A. Abbott "California Deaths, 1940 - 1997" Periksa nilai
|url=(bantuan). Family Tree Legends Records Collection (Online Database). Pearl Street Software. 2004–2005. Records for William, Abbot.. Oct 2, 1895: Thomas, Bob (1977), Bud & Lou: the Abbott & Costello story (Google eBook), Lippincott, hlm. 25, ISBN 978-0-397-01195-7, diakses tanggal March 31, 2011 Oct 6, 1897 and Oct 2, 1895: Nollen, Scott Allen (2009), "New Jersey Boys Make Good", Abbott and Costello on the Home Front: A Critical Study of the Wartime Films (Google eBook), McFarland, hlm. 7, ISBN 978-0-7864-3521-0, diakses tanggal March 31, 2011; "Abbott, Bud; and Costello, Lou". Encyclopædia Britannica. I: A-Ak - Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. 2010. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8. - ^ "Abbott, Bud; and Costello, Lou". Encyclopedia Britannica. I: A-Ak - Bayes (edisi ke-15th). Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. 2010. hlm. 13. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
- Bud Abbott dies at 78
Pranala luar sunting
- Bud Abbott di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- (Inggris) Bud Abbott di AllMovie