 He became the pirate Captain Kidd again, this time for comic effect, in "Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd" (1952).Laughton made a guest appearance on the "Colgate Comedy Hour" (featuring Abbott and Costello), in which he delivered the Gettysburg Address.In 1953 he played Herod Antipas in "Salome", and he reprised his role as Henry VIII in "Young Bess", a 1953 drama about Henry's children.