- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 6, 1906
- Place of Birth
- Paterson, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- March 3, 1959
Lou Costello
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!!."
Filmography
movieLegacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 · Self - (archive footage)
movieClassic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieEric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011 · Self (archive footage)
tvStudio 42 with Bob Costas
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieShemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieAbbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2007
movieAbbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2007
movieMummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Many Faces of Dracula
2000 · Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
movieAbbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
2000 · (archive footage)
movieMonster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999 · Self (archive footage)
movieVaudeville
1997 · Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
movieThe Best of Abbott & Costello Live
1997
movieAbbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996 · Self (archive footage)
movieAbbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieDracula in the Movies
1992 · (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
movieAbbott and Costello in the Movies
1990 · Himself
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieClassic Comedy Teams
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieShowbiz Goes to War
1982 · (archive footage)
movieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Hollywood Clowns
1979 · (archive footage)
movieThe Horror Show
1979 · (archive footage)
movieHey Abbott
1978 · Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
movieBrasileiros em Hollywood
1970 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe World of Abbott and Costello
1965 · Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
movieThe 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959 · Artie Pinsetter
The Lux Show
1957 · Self
movieDance with Me, Henry
1956 · Lou Henry
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self
movieAbbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955 · Freddie Franklin
movieAbbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955 · Willie 'Tubby' Piper
movieAbbott & Costello Meet the Creature From the Black Lagoon
1954 · Self
movieAbbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953 · Tubby
movieAbbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953 · Orville
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Neal Andrews
movieAbbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952 · Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
tvThe Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Lou Costello, Writer
movieLost in Alaska
1952 · George Bell
movieJack and the Beanstalk
1952 · Jack / Jack Strong, Producer
movieAbbott and Costello Christmas Show
1952 · Costello
movieComin' Round the Mountain
1951 · Wilbert Smith
movieKnights of the Bath
1951 · Albert (archive footage)
movieBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · Lou Francis
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self - Host
movieBud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950 · Lou Hotchkiss
movieKitchen Mechanics
1949
Fun on the Run
1949
movieBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949 · Freddie Phillips
movieAfrica Screams
1949 · Stanley Livington
movieMexican Hayride
1948 · Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
movie10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948 · Self
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 · Wilbur Grey
movieThe Noose Hangs High
1948 · Homer Hinchcliffe, Executive Producer
Oysters and Muscles
1948 · Oliver
movieThe Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 · Chester Wooley
movieBuck Privates Come Home
1947 · Herbie Brown
movieThe Time of Their Lives
1946 · Horatio Prim
movieLittle Giant
1946 · Benny Miller
movieBud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945 · Abercrombie
movieThe Naughty Nineties
1945 · Sebastian Dinwiddle
movieHere Come the Co-Eds
1945 · Oliver Quackenbush
movieLost in a Harem
1944 · Harvey Garvey
movieIn Society
1944 · Albert Mansfield
movieTwenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
movieHit the Ice
1943 · Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
movieIt Ain't Hay
1943 · Wilbur Hoolihan
movieWho Done It?
1942 · Mervin Q. Milgrim
moviePardon My Sarong
1942 · Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
movieRio Rita
1942 · Wishy
movieKeep 'Em Flying
1941 · Heathcliff
movieRide 'Em Cowboy
1941 · Willoughby
movieHold That Ghost
1941 · Ferdinand Jones
movieIn the Navy
1941 · Pomeroy Watson
movieBuck Privates
1941 · Herbie Brown
movieOne Night in the Tropics
1940 · Costello
movieThe Cossacks
1928 · Extra (uncredited)
Circus Rookies
1928 · Extra
movieThe Battle of the Century
1927 · Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
movieThe Fair Co-Ed
1927
movieBardelys the Magnificent
1926 · Extra (uncredited)
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
— · Himself
Midget Car Maniacs
— · Costello