The Abbott and Costello Show The Actors' Home (Season 1, Episode 24)
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TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery

The Abbott and Costello Show

The Actors' Home (Season 1, Episode 24)

TV-G

TV Episode | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery

Thinking it's a counterfeit, bud tears up a $500 bill. When it turns out to be real, he goes nuts and is put in the old actors' home. This episode includes the "Who's On First" Routine.

Director

Jean Yarbrough

Writer

Sid Fields (story) (as Sidney Fields)

Producer

Composer

Cinematographer

Editor

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Edit Released

Updated May 15, 1953

Release date

May 15, 1953 (United States)

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Bud Abbott Bud Abbott Bud Abbott See fewer	Hold That Ghost (1941)
Lou Costello Lou Costello Lou Costello See fewer	Hold That Ghost (1941)
Sid Fields Sid Fields (as Sidney Fields) Sid Fields (as Sidney Fields) See fewer	Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Gordon Jones Mike Kelly (credit only) Mike Kelly (credit only) See fewer	Flying Tigers (1942)
Joe Kirk Mr. Bacciagalupe Mr. Bacciagalupe See fewer	Impact (1949)
Thurston Hall J. Peter Stuyvesant - Philanthropist J. Peter Stuyvesant - Philanthropist See fewer	Carson City (1952)
Allen Jenkins Retired Actors Home Man on Street Retired Actors Home Man on Street See fewer	Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
Lucien Littlefield Retired Actors Home Man Retired Actors Home Man See fewer	Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
Ray Walker Retired Actors Home Man on Street Retired Actors Home Man on Street See fewer	The Fighting Coward (1935)
Joan Shawlee Receptionist Receptionist See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)
Jarma Lewis Ice Cream Customer Ice Cream Customer See fewer	It's a Dog's Life (1955)
Jo-Carroll Dennison Ice Cream Customer (as Jo. Carroll Dennison) Ice Cream Customer (as Jo. Carroll Dennison) See fewer	Dick Tracy (1950)
Joe Besser Stinky Davis (uncredited) Stinky Davis (uncredited) See fewer	The Desert Hawk (1950)
Milt Bronson Baseball Catcher (uncredited) Baseball Catcher (uncredited) See fewer	Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Donald Kerr Man with Cane (uncredited) Man with Cane (uncredited) See fewer	Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
John 'Skins' Miller Retired Actors Home Magician (uncredited) Retired Actors Home Magician (uncredited) See fewer	Men of San Quentin (1942)
Jack Perry Passerby (uncredited) Passerby (uncredited) See fewer	Steady Company (1932)