Lou Costello

Known for: Acting
Born: March 6, 1906, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Died: March 3, 1959
Movies: 85

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!!."

Upcoming Lou Costello Movies

Midget Car Maniacs

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Best-Known Movies

7.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948

5.9

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955

6.3

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951

6.2

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953

6.8

Hold That Ghost

1941

6.8

Buck Privates

1941

5.7

Africa Screams

1949

5.7

Jack and the Beanstalk

1952

6.6

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949

6.9

The Battle of the Century

1927

Filmography

2025	Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies	Self (archive footage)
2019	Abbott and Costello: Life and Legacy	Self (Archive Footage)
2013	Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored	Self (archive footage)
2011	The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?	Self (archive footage)
2011	Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes	Self (archive footage)
2008	Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge	Self (archive footage)
2007	Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2007	Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2005	The Great Man: W.C. Fields	Self (archive footage)
2000	Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed	Self (archive footage)
2000	Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!	(archive footage)
2000	The Many Faces of Dracula	Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
1999	Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'	Self (archive footage)
1997	Vaudeville	Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
1997	The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
1996	Abbott & Costello Meet Biography	Self (archive footage)
1994	Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld	Self (Archive Footage)
1992	Dracula in the Movies	(archive footage)
1991	Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook	Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
1990	Abbott and Costello in the Movies	Himself
1990	Abbott & Costello in the Movies	Self (archive footage)
1986	Classic Comedy Teams	Self (archive footage)
1985	Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers	Self (archive footage)
1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982	Showbiz Goes to War	(archive footage)
1982	Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!	Self (archive footage)
1979	The Hollywood Clowns	(archive footage)
1979	The Horror Show	(archive footage)
1978	Hey Abbott	Self
1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)
1972	Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self (archive footage)
1970	Brasileiros em Hollywood	Self (archive footage)
1968	The Movie Orgy	Self (archive footage)
1965	The World of Abbott and Costello	Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
1964	The Big Parade of Comedy	Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
1959	The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock	Artie Pinsetter
1956	Dance with Me, Henry	Lou Henry
1955	Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy	Lou Costello
1955	Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops	Willie 'Tubby' Piper
1953	Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Tubby
1953	Abbott and Costello Go to Mars	Orville
1952	Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd	Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
1952	Lost in Alaska	George Bell
1952	Jack and the Beanstalk	Jack / Jack Strong
1952	Abbott and Costello Christmas Show	Costello
1951	Comin' Round the Mountain	Wilbert Smith
1951	Knights of the Bath	Albert (archive footage)
1951	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man	Lou Francis
1950	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion	Lou Hotchkiss
1949	Fun on the Run
1949	Kitchen Mechanics
1949	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff	Freddie Phillips
1949	Africa Screams	Stanley Livington
1948	Mexican Hayride	Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
1948	10,000 Kids and a Cop	Self
1948	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein	Wilbur Grey
1948	The Noose Hangs High	Homer Hinchcliffe
1948	Oysters and Muscles	Oliver
1947	The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap	Chester Wooley
1947	Buck Privates Come Home	Herbie Brown
1946	The Time of Their Lives	Horatio Prim
1946	Little Giant	Benny Miller
1945	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood	Abercrombie
1945	The Naughty Nineties	Sebastian Dinwiddle
1945	Here Come the Co-Eds	Oliver Quackenbush
1944	Lost in a Harem	Harvey Garvey
1944	In Society	Albert Mansfield
1944	Twenty Years After	(archive footage)
1943	Hit the Ice	Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
1943	It Ain't Hay	Wilbur Hoolihan
1942	Who Done It?	Mervin Q. Milgrim
1942	Pardon My Sarong	Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
1942	Rio Rita	Wishy
1942	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Willoughby
1941	Keep 'Em Flying	Heathcliff
1941	Hold That Ghost	Ferdinand Jones
1941	In the Navy	Pomeroy Watson
1941	Buck Privates	Herbie Brown
1940	One Night in the Tropics	Costello
1928	The Cossacks	Extra (uncredited)
1928	Circus Rookies	Extra
1927	The Battle of the Century	Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
1927	The Fair Co-Ed
1926	Bardelys the Magnificent	Extra (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1952

Jack and the Beanstalk

Producer

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