"Bud Abbott William Alexander ""Bud"" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) was an American actor, best known for his film comedy double act, as straight man to Lou Costello. Born into a showbusiness family, Abbott worked in the box office of several theatres, before becoming a comedian/producer of burlesque shows on Broadway, where he allowed Costello to appear with him when his own partner was off ill. They formally teamed up in 1935. Their signature routine, ""Who's on First?"", was carried through to radio and then to their film debut ""One Night in the Tropics"" (1940) and ""Buck"
"Bud Flanagan Bud Flanagan, (born Chaim Reuben Weintrop, 14 October 1896 – 20 October 1968) was a popular British music hall and vaudeville entertainer and comedian, and later a television and film actor. He was best known as a double act with Chesney Allen. Flanagan was famous as a wartime entertainer and his achievements were recognised when he was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1959. Flanagan was born in Whitechapel, in the East End of London. His parents, Wolf Weintrop (1856–1932) and Yetta (Kitty) Weintrop (1856–1935) were Polish Jews who were"
"he was the host of ""Suspicion"", a TV series produced by Alfred Hitchcock. From 1959-1960, he was the star of the CBS Television situation comedy, ""The Dennis O'Keefe Show"". A heavy cigarette smoker, O'Keefe died of lung cancer in 1968 at the age of sixty at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California and was buried at Wee Kirk O' the Heather, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale). As Bud Flanagan: As Dennis O'Keefe: Dennis O'Keefe Dennis O'Keefe (born Edward Vance Flanagan, 29 March 1908 – 31 August 1968) was an American actor. Born in Fort Madison, Iowa, O'Keefe was the"
"his death the estate of Bud Flanagan started a charity to promote cancer research. A primary aim of the Bud Flanagan Leukaemia Fund is to support the Leukaemia/Myeloma Unit at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, Surrey. Bud Flanagan Bud Flanagan, (born Chaim Reuben Weintrop, 14 October 1896 – 20 October 1968) was a popular British music hall and vaudeville entertainer and comedian, and later a television and film actor. He was best known as a double act with Chesney Allen. Flanagan was famous as a wartime entertainer and his achievements were recognised when he was awarded the Officer of"
"Bob Flanagan Bob Flanagan (December 26, 1952 – January 4, 1996) was an American performance artist and writer known for his work on sadomasochism and cystic fibrosis. Flanagan was born in New York City on December 26, 1952 and grew up in Costa Mesa, California, with his mother, Kathy; father, Robert; brothers John and Tim; and sister, Patricia. In childhood, Flanagan was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, from which his sister, Patricia, who died from at age 21, and a second sister, who died soon after birth, also suffered. At age 14, in 1967, Flanagan was named the first poster child"
"the Arches"", as Bud Flanagan. On 29 November 2010 Hudd was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Westminster, where he had once studied commercial art at a time when the institution was known as the Regent Street Polytechnic. Roy Hudd Roy Hudd, OBE (born 16 May 1936) is an English comedian, actor, presenter, radio host, author and authority on the history of music hall entertainment. Hudd was born in Croydon. His father was a carpenter and he attended Tavistock Secondary Modern School in Croydon and Croydon Secondary Technical School. He then worked as a"
"ending), Flanagan pierces his upper and lower lips together and then he hammers a nail through the head of his penis before bleeding on the lens of the camera recording him. Flanagan also had a small role in Godflesh's ""Crush My Soul"" video, as an upside-down suspended Christ, hoisted on to the ceiling of a church by Sheree Rose. Bob Flanagan Bob Flanagan (December 26, 1952 – January 4, 1996) was an American performance artist and writer known for his work on sadomasochism and cystic fibrosis. Flanagan was born in New York City on December 26, 1952 and grew up"
"Bud Collyer Bud Collyer (born Clayton Johnson Heermance Jr., June 18, 1908 – September 8, 1969) was an American radio actor/announcer who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars. He is best remembered for his work as the first host of the TV game shows ""Beat the Clock"" and ""To Tell the Truth,"" but he was also famous in the roles of Clark Kent/Superman on radio and in animated cartoons, initially in theatrical short subjects and later on television. Collyer was born in Manhattan, to Clayton Johnson Heermance and Caroline Collyer. He originally sought a career"
"Walt Flanagan Walter Flanagan (born October 23, 1967) is a comic book store manager, reality television personality, podcaster, and comic book artist. Flanagan is a long-time friend of Kevin Smith, and (according to Smith's book ""Silent Bob Speaks"") it was Flanagan who turned Smith onto comic books. He currently manages Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank, New Jersey. Flanagan was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, grew up in nearby Highlands and attended Henry Hudson Regional High School with Smith. Flanagan is co-host of the ""Tell 'Em Steve-Dave!"" podcast with longtime friends Bryan Johnson and Brian Quinn."
"Flanagan's alter ego Baron Von Flanagan resides in TESD Town. Walt Flanagan Walter Flanagan (born October 23, 1967) is a comic book store manager, reality television personality, podcaster, and comic book artist. Flanagan is a long-time friend of Kevin Smith, and (according to Smith's book ""Silent Bob Speaks"") it was Flanagan who turned Smith onto comic books. He currently manages Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank, New Jersey. Flanagan was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, grew up in nearby Highlands and attended Henry Hudson Regional High School with Smith. Flanagan is co-host of the ""Tell 'Em"
"Army, he worked as a driver and entertained the troops with his singing and impersonations. Here he met the unpopular Sergeant-Major Flanagan from whom he later adopted his stage name. In 1919 he formed a comedy double act, 'Flanagan and Roy'. Bud Flanagan is best remembered as part of a double act with Chesney Allen, ""Flanagan and Allen"". They had first met on active service in Flanders, but did not work together until 1926, touring with a ""Florrie Forde"" show. They established a reputation and were booked by Val Parnell at the Holborn Empire. As music hall comedians they would"
"Dennis O'Keefe Dennis O'Keefe (born Edward Vance Flanagan, 29 March 1908 – 31 August 1968) was an American actor. Born in Fort Madison, Iowa, O'Keefe was the son of Irish vaudevillians working in the United States. As a small child, he joined his parents' act and later wrote skits for the stage. O'Keefe started in films as an extra in the early 1930s and appeared in numerous films under the name Bud Flanagan. After a small but impressive role in ""Saratoga"" (1937), Clark Gable recommended O'Keefe to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which signed him to a contract in 1937 and renamed him Dennis"
"Budd Friedman Budd M. Friedman (born as Gerson M. Friedman on June 6, 1932 in Los Angeles, California) is best known as the founder and original proprietor and MC of the Improvisation Comedy Club, which opened in 1963, on West 44th Street near the SE corner of 9th Avenue, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. He was instrumental in launching the comedy careers of Rodney Dangerfield, Richard Lewis, Robert Klein, Jay Leno, Andy Kaufman, Freddie Prinze, Steve Landesberg, Jimmie Walker, and for a brief time, managed Bette Midler at the early stages of her career. It was with Friedman's"
"originals. Fans of either comedy team may be slightly disappointed by this album, since all of the selections are performed absolutely straight, with no comedy except for a brief amount of banter after one of the songs. Flanagan and Allen's song ""Run Rabbit Run"" had a surprising revival in 2016-17, featuring prominently in two films: ""Get Out"" and ""Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"". Flanagan and Allen Flanagan and Allen were a British singing and comedy double act popular during World War II. Its members were Bud Flanagan (1896–1968) and Chesney Allen (1894–1982). They were first paired in a Florrie"
"in Manhattan, which he ran for fifteen years. Forced out of the space due to increased rent, the Night Cafe closed in September 2007. Brian Flanagan Brian Flanagan is an Irish-American former member of the American radical left organizations Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Weather Underground Organization (WUO). Flanagan was born on October 20, 1946, and raised in Manhattan, New York. Both his parents were Irish. His father was an advertising executive and his mother a teacher, stockbroker and antique dealer. Flanagan was introduced to politics by his parents who supported Illinois Democratic governor Adlai E. Stevenson,"
"Wayde Preston, while investigating a series of raids on the railroad, meets Cody, who offers to sell Colt .45 pistols. The episode falsely implies that Colt gave Cody his nickname of ""Buffalo Bill. From 1955-1958, Lloyd Corrigan played Buntline in six episodes of the ABC western series ""The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"", starring Hugh O'Brian. Burt Lancaster played Buntline (referred to as ""The Legend Maker"") in Robert Altman's 1976 film ""Buffalo Bill and the Indians"". Ned Buntline Edward Zane Carroll Judson Sr. (March 20, either 1821 or 1823 – July 16 or 18, 1886), known by his pseudonym"
"while he was still recuperating in the hospital. Budd Friedman Budd M. Friedman (born as Gerson M. Friedman on June 6, 1932 in Los Angeles, California) is best known as the founder and original proprietor and MC of the Improvisation Comedy Club, which opened in 1963, on West 44th Street near the SE corner of 9th Avenue, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. He was instrumental in launching the comedy careers of Rodney Dangerfield, Richard Lewis, Robert Klein, Jay Leno, Andy Kaufman, Freddie Prinze, Steve Landesberg, Jimmie Walker, and for a brief time, managed Bette Midler at the early"
"Chesney Allen William Ernest Chesney Allen (5 April 1894 – 13 November 1982) was a popular English entertainer of the Second World War period. He is best remembered for his double act with Bud Flanagan, Flanagan and Allen. Allen was born in Battersea, London, married Aleta Cosette Turner in Leeds in 1926 and died in Midhurst, Sussex, England, in 1982 He began his career in straight acting, making his debut in stock at the Wimbledon Theatre, London, in 1912. Serving in Flanders in the First World War, he made friends with Bud Flanagan, and worked with him from 1924. As"
"Flanagan and Allen Flanagan and Allen were a British singing and comedy double act popular during World War II. Its members were Bud Flanagan (1896–1968) and Chesney Allen (1894–1982). They were first paired in a Florrie Forde revue, and were booked by Val Parnell to appear at the Holborn Empire in 1929. As music hall comedians, they would often feature a mixture of comedy and music in their act; this led to a successful recording career as a duo and roles in film and television. Just prior to and throughout the Second World War they appeared in several films helmed"
"Sundance Kid Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (1867 – November 7, 1908), better known as the Sundance Kid, was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch in the American Old West. He likely met Butch Cassidy (real name Robert Leroy Parker) after Parker was released from prison around 1896. Together with the other members of ""The Wild Bunch"" gang, they performed the longest string of successful train and bank robberies in American history. After pursuing a career in crime for several years in the United States, the pressures of being pursued, notably by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, forced Longabaugh, his"
"Songs on the Beatles Channel. Flanagan acts as Ombudsman of the Sundance Channel series """". He also appears on air as an essayist on ""CBS News Sunday Morning"". Bill Flanagan Bill Flanagan is an American author, television executive and radio host. He was born in Rhode Island in 1955 and graduated from Brown University in 1977. His books include ""Written in My Soul"" (1986), ""Last of the Moe Haircuts"" (1986), ""U2 at the End of the World"" (1995), and the novels ""A&R"" (2000), ""New Bedlam"" (2007) and ""Evening's Empire"" (2010). From 1995 until 2015 he was an executive at MTV"
"a sketch comedy troupe inspired by science. Between 2008 and 2010, as a member of The Second City e.t.c. ensemble, Flanigan helped create the revues ""Campaign Supernova"", ""Brother, Can You Spare Some Change?"", ""Studs Terkel's Not Working"", and ""The Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life"" Flanigan was hired as a writer for Season 36 of Saturday Night Live in August 2010. Tom Flanigan Tom Flanigan is an American actor, writer and comedian. Flanigan grew up in Eden, NY, south of Buffalo in western New York state. He attended the University of Iowa where he majored in Biomedical Engineering and"
"Bud Duncan Bud Duncan (October 31, 1883 – November 25, 1960) was an American actor of the silent era, most known for his early work with silent film comedian Lloyd Hamilton. He appeared in 167 films between 1912 and 1942. Duncan was born on October 31, 1883 in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a traveling salesman and ventriloquist and Duncan joined his act at age 6. Although his father sent him to a military school, Duncan started taking on more acting roles after graduation and eventually ended up in vaudeville. During his early vaudeville career, Duncan worked with vaudeville"
"been ""x"" number of days since a terrorist attack in the United States. He often opens his shows with an announcer saying, ""It's all right, have another Bud,"" in reference to his name. Bud Hedinger John Harris Brady ""Bud"" Hedinger III (born January 23, 1947) is an American talk radio host in the Orlando, Florida area on station WFLA AM 540 (WFLF). Born in Glen Rock, New Jersey, his mother nicknamed him ""Bud"" the day he was born. He received a bachelor's degree from Colgate University and a master's degree from Syracuse University. During his time at Colgate Hedinger was"
"Bill Flanagan Bill Flanagan is an American author, television executive and radio host. He was born in Rhode Island in 1955 and graduated from Brown University in 1977. His books include ""Written in My Soul"" (1986), ""Last of the Moe Haircuts"" (1986), ""U2 at the End of the World"" (1995), and the novels ""A&R"" (2000), ""New Bedlam"" (2007) and ""Evening's Empire"" (2010). From 1995 until 2015 he was an executive at MTV Networks, retiring as Executive Vice President of the Viacom Music Group. As EVP/Editorial Director of MTV Networks, Flanagan oversaw the series ""VH1 Storytellers"" and ""CMT Crossroads"". He has"
"Roderick Flanagan Roderick Flanagan (1 April 1828 – 13 March 1862) was an Irish historian, anthropologist, poet, newspaper proprietor, and journalist. He was born in Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland and died when he was 34 years of age in East London, after spending 22 years in Australia. However, in that short span he made a major contribution to the understanding of Indigenous Australians, established a newspaper in Melbourne, wrote many poems and prose about his adopted land, and wrote a major history of New South Wales which into the beginning of the 20th century was considered to be the main"
"as ""the unhappiest year of my life ... everything that was wrong about the school system when I was young was still the same"". Flanagan became a professional comedian in 1997 after attending a comedy course at Jacksons Lane in 1996. His earliest comedy gigs were unpaid, so he worked as a painter and decorator during this time. He mined his upbringing for early comic material. In 2001 he performed in the ""Big Value Comedy Show"" at the Edinburgh Fringe as one of four headline acts, and in 2003 co-headlined a show with Nina Conti. He performed his first full-length"
"Anthony 'Scooter' Teague Anthony Scott Teague (born Edwin Ardell Teague, January 4, 1940 – June 2, 1989), also known as Scooter Teague, was an American actor and dancer. Born to Herman Charles Teague and Oleta Jones Teague in Jacksboro, Texas, Teague graduated from North Hollywood High School, class of Summer 1958. Teague first appeared on television on ""The Danny Thomas Show"", ""Alcoa Theatre"", and ""The Donna Reed Show"". In film he appeared as ""Big Deal"", one of the Jets, in ""West Side Story"" (1961), as Bud Frump in ""How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"" (1967), and as Clarence"
"that she was Longabaugh's girlfriend, Etta Place. Sundance Kid Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (1867 – November 7, 1908), better known as the Sundance Kid, was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch in the American Old West. He likely met Butch Cassidy (real name Robert Leroy Parker) after Parker was released from prison around 1896. Together with the other members of ""The Wild Bunch"" gang, they performed the longest string of successful train and bank robberies in American history. After pursuing a career in crime for several years in the United States, the pressures of being pursued, notably by"
"Brian Flanagan Brian Flanagan is an Irish-American former member of the American radical left organizations Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Weather Underground Organization (WUO). Flanagan was born on October 20, 1946, and raised in Manhattan, New York. Both his parents were Irish. His father was an advertising executive and his mother a teacher, stockbroker and antique dealer. Flanagan was introduced to politics by his parents who supported Illinois Democratic governor Adlai E. Stevenson, an unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956. From early on Flanagan felt the pull of militancy. He recalls, ""I know that from a"
"a Disney channel at regular intervals throughout the day. In April 2014 Brad performed in Showcase Live alongside Hollywood Ending. In October 2014 he will be opening for the band on their UK headliner tour, Punk A$$ Kids tour. Brad Kavanagh Brad Lewis Kavanagh (born 21 August 1992) is an English actor and singer-songwriter, originally from Whitehaven, Cumbria, and is best known for being the guitarist, writer and singer for the English band FLYNT. Brad Kavanagh started acting as a child in a local acting group in Cumbria before training at Scream Theatre School in Blackpool. Here, he became a"
"Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist is a 1997 documentary film directed by Kirby Dick about Bob Flanagan, a Los Angeles writer, poet, performance artist, comic, and BDSM celebrity, who suffered from and later died of cystic fibrosis. The film premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded a Special Jury Prize. The film chronicles Flanagan for several years leading up to his death in 1996. It explores various aspects of his life, artwork, and philosophy through interviews and other personal footage depicting Flanagan, his"
"blocked artery. Andrew Dice Clay Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and producer. He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with a brash, macho, offensive persona known as ""The Diceman"". In 1990, he became the first stand-up comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden for two consecutive nights. That same year, he played the lead role in the comedy-mystery film ""The Adventures of Ford Fairlane"". Clay has appeared in several films and television shows and released a number of stand-up comedy albums. He continues to focus on acting"