Lou Costello

Mar 06, 1906 - Mar 03, 1959 (52 years old) in Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Louis Francis Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959) was an American actor and comedian best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. Costello was famous for his bumbling, chubby, clean-cut image that has appealed to many Americans over the decades, and for his shouted line of "HEEEEYYY ABBOTT!!."

Known For

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self - Host

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The Steve Allen Show

Self - "Who's On First?"

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The Abbott and Costello Show

Lou Costello

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In Society

Albert Mansfield

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!

(archive footage)

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Rio Rita

Wishy

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Buck Privates

Herbie Brown

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Little Giant

Benny Miller

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The Cossacks

Extra (uncredited)

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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

Credits

Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! Future

Himself

★ 8
Midget Car Maniacs Future

Costello

★ NR
Hey Abbott (1978) Future

Self

★ NR
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies 2025

Self - (archive footage)

★ NR
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored 2013

Self (archive footage)

★ 5.5
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? 2011

Self (archive footage)

★ 8
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes 2011

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge 2008

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1 2007

★ 8
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2 2007

★ NR
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed 2000

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
The Many Faces of Dracula 2000

Wilbur Gray (archive footage)

★ 3.5
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! 2000

(archive footage)

★ 7.3
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' 1999

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.9
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live 1997

★ NR
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography 1996

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld 1994

Self (Archive Footage)

★ 7
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook 1991

Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)

★ 5.7
Abbott and Costello in the Movies 1990

Himself

★ NR
Abbott & Costello in the Movies 1990

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Classic Comedy Teams 1986

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers 1985

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 1983

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Showbiz Goes to War 1982

(archive footage)

★ 10
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! 1982

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
The Hollywood Clowns 1979

(archive footage)

★ NR
The Horror Show 1979

(archive footage)

★ 3.8
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976

(archive footage)

★ 6.9
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Brasileiros em Hollywood 1970

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
The Movie Orgy 1968

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.3
The World of Abbott and Costello 1965

Character in Film Clips (archive footage)

★ 6.3
The Big Parade of Comedy 1964

Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

★ 6.3
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock 1959

Artie Pinsetter

★ 5.8
The Lux Show 1957

Self

★ 6
Dance with Me, Henry 1956

Lou Henry

★ 5.1
The Steve Allen Show 1956

Self - "Who's On First?"

★ 5.6
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy 1955

Freddie Franklin

★ 6
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops 1955

Willie 'Tubby' Piper

★ 6.1
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1953

Tubby

★ 6.3
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1953

Orville

★ 5.4
General Electric Theater 1953

Neal Andrews

★ 6.4
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd 1952

Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill

★ 5.9
The Abbott and Costello Show 1952

Lou Costello

★ 7.2
Lost in Alaska 1952

George Bell

★ 6
Jack and the Beanstalk 1952

Jack / Jack Strong

★ 5.6
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show 1952

Costello

★ 5.5
Comin' Round the Mountain 1951

Wilbert Smith

★ 5.8
Knights of the Bath 1951

Albert (archive footage)

★ NR
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man 1951

Lou Francis

★ 6.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950

Self - Host

★ 6.8
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion 1950

Lou Hotchkiss

★ 6
Fun on the Run 1949

★ NR
Kitchen Mechanics 1949

★ 5
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff 1949

Freddie Phillips

★ 6.5
Africa Screams 1949

Stanley Livington

★ 5.7
Mexican Hayride 1948

Joe Bascom / Harry Fish

★ 5.6
10,000 Kids and a Cop 1948

Self

★ 6
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948

Wilbur Grey

★ 7.1
The Noose Hangs High 1948

Homer Hinchcliffe

★ 6.8
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap 1947

Chester Wooley

★ 6.1
Buck Privates Come Home 1947

Herbie Brown

★ 6.3
The Time of Their Lives 1946

Horatio Prim

★ 7.1
Little Giant 1946

Benny Miller

★ 5.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood 1945

Abercrombie

★ 5.6
The Naughty Nineties 1945

Sebastian Dinwiddle

★ 6.6
Here Come the Co-Eds 1945

Oliver Quackenbush

★ 5.7
Lost in a Harem 1944

Harvey Garvey

★ 5.4
In Society 1944

Albert Mansfield

★ 5.8
Twenty Years After 1944

(archive footage)

★ 6
Hit the Ice 1943

Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy

★ 5.9
It Ain't Hay 1943

Wilbur Hoolihan

★ 6.4
Who Done It? 1942

Mervin Q. Milgrim

★ 7
Pardon My Sarong 1942

Wellington Pflug, aka Moola

★ 6.4
Rio Rita 1942

Wishy

★ 5.8
Keep 'Em Flying 1941

Heathcliff

★ 6
Ride 'Em Cowboy 1941

Willoughby

★ 5.9
Hold That Ghost 1941

Ferdinand Jones

★ 6.8
In the Navy 1941

Pomeroy Watson

★ 6.4
Buck Privates 1941

Herbie Brown

★ 6.7
One Night in the Tropics 1940

Costello

★ 5.6
The Cossacks 1928

Extra (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Circus Rookies 1928

Extra

★ NR
The Battle of the Century 1927

Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Fair Co-Ed 1927

★ 5.5
Bardelys the Magnificent 1926

Extra (uncredited)

★ 7.4