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{{Short description|American actor, comedian, and screenwriter}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Bud Ross
| image       = Budd Ross, stage actor (SAYRE 8603).jpg
| caption     = Ross in 1907
| birth_name  = Aaron Crawford Ross
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1868|11|08}}
| birth_place = [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]], [[Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1932|03|19|1868|11|08}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| other_names = Budd Ross
| occupation  = [[Actor]] <br> [[Comedian]] <br> [[Screenwriter]]
}}

'''Aaron Crawford''' "'''Bud'''" '''Ross''' (November 8, 1868 – March 19, 1932) was an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter.<ref name="travsd">{{cite web|url=https://travsd.wordpress.com/2019/11/08/in-which-we-buddy-up-to-budd-ross/|title=In Which We Buddy up to Bud(d) Ross|first=Trav|last=S.D.|website=Travalanche|date=November 8, 2019|accessdate=August 12, 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
Ross began his career in the 1880s, performing in [[Musical theatre|musical comedies]] and [[vaudeville]]. He made his screen debut in the silent film ''[[The Burglar's Dilemma]]'' (1912) and had supporting roles in [[W. C. Fields]]'s first two films, ''[[Pool Sharks]]'' and ''[[His Lordship's Dilemma]]'' (both 1915). He also supported [[Cissy Fitzgerald]] and starred in many [[Comedy (drama)|comedies]] himself. At [[Vim Comedy Company]] and King-Bee Films starting in 1917, Ross supported a young [[Oliver Hardy]] and Chaplin impersonator [[Billy West (silent film actor)|Billy West]] in several comedies. Ross and Hardy co-wrote and appeared in the film ''[[Tootsies and Tamales]]'' (1919). He co-wrote many ''Peggy'' comedies in 1925. By the late 1920s, he was mostly playing supporting roles for Sennett, in [[Raymond McKee]]'s ''Smith Family'' comedies and others.<ref name="travsd"/>

==Filmography==
*''[[The Burglar’s Dilemma]]'' (1912)
*''[[A Sprig of Shamrock]]'' (1913)
*''[[Ethel's Romeos]]'' (1915)
*''[[His Lordship’s Dilemma]]'' (1915)
*''[[Alias Mr. Jones]]'' (1916)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=saMbAQAAMAAJ&q=bud+ross+comedy+film&pg=PA442|title=The Moving Picture World|date=December 31, 1916|publisher=World Photographic Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''[[The Slave (1917 comedy film)]]''
*''[[The Candy Kid (1917 film)|The Candy Kid]]'' (1917)
*''[[Wanted - A Bad Man]]'' (1917)
*''[[The Fly Cop]]'' (1917)
*''[[The Villain (1917 film)|The Villain]]''
*''[[The Pest (1917 film)|The Pest]]''
*''[[Bright and Early]]'' (1918)
*''[[Tootsies and Tamales]]'' (1919)
*''[[Hypnotized (1932 film)|Hypnotized]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0743285}}

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