Biography Bud Abbott & Lou Costello: Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (Season 8, Episode 52)
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TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Biography

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello: Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (Season 8, Episode 52)

TV-14

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Writer

Nancy Gimbrone

Producer

Nancy Gimbrone

Editor

Mark Walters

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 29, 1996

Release date

Apr 29, 1996 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 22 wins & 43 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
33 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Graves Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Stalag 17 (1953)
Bud Abbott Jr. Self - Bud Abbott's Son Self - Bud Abbott's Son See fewer	The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Bud Abbott Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hold That Ghost (1941)
Vickie Abbott-Wheeler Self - Bud Abbott's Daughter Self - Bud Abbott's Daughter See fewer	Memory Lane (1947)
Steve Allen Self Self See fewer	Casino (1995)
The Andrews Sisters Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Repo Man (1984)
Bobby Barber Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Adventures of Superman (1952)
Joe Besser Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Desert Hawk (1950)
Milt Bronson Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Candy Candido Self Self See fewer	The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Charles Chaplin Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Dictator (1940)
Anne Costello Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	This Is Your Life (1950)
Chris Costello Self - Lou Costello's Daughter Self - Lou Costello's Daughter See fewer	Code Name Zebra (1987)
Lou Costello Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hold That Ghost (1941)
Joan Davis Camille Brewster (archive footage) Camille Brewster (archive footage) See fewer	Hold That Ghost (1941)
Sid Fields Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
W.C. Fields Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Gift (1934)
Abe Haberman Self - Make-Up Man Self - Make-Up Man See fewer	Arabian Nights (1942)
Gordon Jones Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Flying Tigers (1942)
Joe Kirk Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Impact (1949)
John Landis Self Self See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Murray Leonard Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Lost in a Harem (1944)
Bela Lugosi Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Dracula (1931)
Jim Mulholland Self - Abbott & Costello Biographer Self - Abbott & Costello Biographer See fewer	Oscar (1991)
Ron Palumbo Self - Abbott & Costello Biographer Self - Abbott & Costello Biographer See fewer	Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014)
Nat Pendleton Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Thin Man (1934)
Jean Porter Self (as Jean Porter-Dmytryk) Self (as Jean Porter-Dmytryk) See fewer	Cry Danger (1951)
Louis Rege Self - Lou Costello's Cousin Self - Lou Costello's Cousin See fewer	Biography (1987)
Dick Smothers Self Self See fewer	Casino (1995)
Tom Smothers Self Self See fewer	The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967)
Gale Storm Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
Robb Weller Narrator Narrator See fewer	Wolfgang Puck (2003)
Henny Youngman Self Self See fewer	Goodfellas (1990)