Biography
Teaming up in 1931, Abbott And Costello were in vaudeville before gaining success in radio, films and television. Bud Abbott (William A. Abbott, 2 October 1895, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA, d. 24 April 1974, Woodland Hills, California, USA) was born into a circus family, he worked front-of-house in a New York theatre until called to stand in as Lou Costello’s straight man. Lou Costello (b. Louis Francis Cristillo, 6 March 1906, Paterson, New Jersey, USA, d. 3 March 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA), after failing to break into films, went into vaudeville and had his chance encounter with Abbott. In the late 30s, they had a radio show and appeared in Broadway’s Streets Of Paris (1939) and in the 1940 Allan Jones film, One Night In The Tropics. Their follow-up, Buck Privates (1941), was a hit and they had many moneymaking films through the decade. In the 50s their film popularity waned, although they were successful on television. Their act broke up in...
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