Acting · 1895 to 1974

Bud Abbott

Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Bud Abbott, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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194037 films1984

Current formLast 5: 6.24 vs career 6.53 (−0.29)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Average

6.53

36 rated films

Vote weighted

6.53

bigger films count more

Median

6.5

half are better

Consistency

±0.42

rating spread

Career

45y

1940 to 1984

Total votes

124K

across every film

Best

7.3

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Worst

6.2

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Newest first

Acting filmography

1984	Terror in the Aisles	Chick Young	6.4	2,511
1956	Dance with Me, Henry	Bud Flick	·	994
1955	Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops	Harry 'Slim' Pierce	6.3	2,544
1955	Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy	Pete Patterson	6.2	7,010
1953	Abbott and Costello Go to Mars	Lester	5.9	3,849
1953	Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Slim	6.4	5,588
1952	Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd	Rocky Stonebridge	5.7	2,496
1952	Jack and the Beanstalk	Mr. Dinkel	5.8	3,844
1952	Lost in Alaska	Tom Watson	6.2	2,275
1951	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man	Bud Alexander	6.6	6,803
1951	Comin' Round the Mountain	Al Stewart	6.3	1,579
1950	Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion	Bud Jones	6.3	3,302
1949	Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff	Casey Edwards	6.7	4,545
1949	Africa Screams	Buzz Johnson	6.0	4,349
1948	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein	Chick Young	7.3	20,638
1948	Mexican Hayride	Harry Lambert	6.2	1,415
1948	The Noose Hangs High	Ted Higgins	6.6	1,319
1947	Buck Privates Come Home	Corporal Slicker Smith	6.8	2,341
1947	The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap	Duke Egan	6.7	1,365
1946	Little Giant	Eddie L. Morrison	6.7	1,521

Better together?

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

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