Lou Costello
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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
Credits
Rio Rita (1942)
as Wishy
Buck Privates (1941)
as Herbie Brown
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
as Costello
Brasileiros em Hollywood (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville (1997)
as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
as Horatio Prim
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
as Wilbur Grey
Hit the Ice (1943)
as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
Hold That Ghost (1941)
as Ferdinand Jones
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
as Wilbert Smith
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
as Freddie Franklin
The Battle of the Century (1927)
as Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
as Lou Francis
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
as Sebastian Dinwiddle
Lost in a Harem (1944)
as Harvey Garvey
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1941)
as Willoughby
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
as Herbie Brown
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
as Heathcliff
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
as Jack / Jack Strong
Kitchen Mechanics (1949)
Actor
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
as Freddie Phillips
10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)
as Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self - (archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
as Extra (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Africa Screams (1949)
as Stanley Livington
Little Giant (1946)
as Benny Miller
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
as Homer Hinchcliffe
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
as Orville
Lost in Alaska (1952)
as George Bell
Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
as Oliver Quackenbush
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
as Chester Wooley
In Society (1944)
as Albert Mansfield
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
as Tubby
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
as Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
Mexican Hayride (1948)
as Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
Hey Abbott (1978)
as Self
Who Done It? (1942)
as Mervin Q. Milgrim
In the Navy (1941)
as Pomeroy Watson
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
as Artie Pinsetter
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
as Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
as Lou Hotchkiss
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
Oysters and Muscles (1948)
as Oliver
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! (2000)
as (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! (—)
as Himself
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
as Willie 'Tubby' Piper
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
as Abercrombie
Abbott & Costello in the Movies (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
It Ain't Hay (1943)
as Wilbur Hoolihan
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Fun on the Run (1949)
Actor
Dance with Me, Henry (1956)
as Lou Henry
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
Abbott & Costello Meet the Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2 (2007)
Actor
The Cossacks (1928)
as Extra (uncredited)
Circus Rookies (1928)
as Extra
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live (1997)
Actor
Knights of the Bath (1951)
as Albert (archive footage)
The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
The Fair Co-Ed (1927)
Actor
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show (1952)
as Costello
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990)
as Himself
Midget Car Maniacs (—)
as Costello
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1 (2007)
Actor