- It was Bud Jamison, not any of the Stooges, who delivered the first eye-poke in a Three Stooges short. He gives one to each of the Stooges - Moe, Larry and Curly - as part of the initiation ceremony in the opening scene of Woman Haters (1934).
- In 1944, he picked up an infection that he refused to treat. This infection turned gangrenous and possibly triggered his fatal heart attack that same year.
- Was born the day before Vernon Dent, who was also a frequent collaborator of The Three Stooges. Sadly, they both died of complications from diabetes.
- Character actor who provided backup hijinks for filmdom's top comic stars (Chaplin, Lloyd, and particularly The Three Stooges) in scads of two-reelers.
- Possessed a barbershop-quality tenor voice that was often utilized in movies.
- Appeared in many of The Three Stooges short films.
- Bud's distinctive "Oh" was used as a sound effect for years whenever somebody would take a bump in a Columbia short comedy.
- He was a devout Christian Scientist.
- Following his death, he was interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.
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