# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bud-abbott
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:17:33.361Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bud-abbott"
name: "Bud Abbott"
slug: "bud-abbott"
description: "William Alexander \"Bud\" Abbott was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known as the straight man in the comedy duo Abbott and Costello."
tagline: "American actor, producer and comedian (1897–1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bud_Abbott_in_a_crop_from_a_promotional_photograph_for_Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Frankenstein_in_1948.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1897-10-02"
deathDate: "1974-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump