Lou Costello
Acting • Born 1906-03-06 – Died 1959-03-03
Biography
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
89 credits
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Movie • 1985
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 1953
Tubby
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Movie • 1948
Wilbur Grey
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
Africa Screams
Movie • 1949
Stanley Livington
Pardon My Sarong
Movie • 1942
Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
Mexican Hayride
Movie • 1948
Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Movie • 1990
Himself
Lost in Alaska
Movie • 1952
George Bell
In the Navy
Movie • 1941
Pomeroy Watson
The Naughty Nineties
Movie • 1945
Sebastian Dinwiddle
The Noose Hangs High
Movie • 1948
Homer Hinchcliffe
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Movie • 1941
Willoughby
The Time of Their Lives
Movie • 1946
Horatio Prim
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Movie • 1947
Chester Wooley
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Movie • 1955
Freddie Franklin
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Movie • 1953
Orville
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Movie • 1950
Lou Hotchkiss
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Movie • 1951
Lou Francis
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie • 1955
Willie 'Tubby' Piper
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Movie • 1949
Freddie Phillips
Buck Privates Come Home
Movie • 1947
Herbie Brown
Comin' Round the Mountain
Movie • 1951
Wilbert Smith
Dance with Me, Henry
Movie • 1956
Lou Henry
Here Come the Co-Eds
Movie • 1945
Oliver Quackenbush
Hit the Ice
Movie • 1943
Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
Keep 'Em Flying
Movie • 1941
Heathcliff
The Horror Show
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
Buck Privates
Movie • 1941
Herbie Brown
One Night in the Tropics
Movie • 1940
Costello
In Society
Movie • 1944
Albert Mansfield
Little Giant
Movie • 1946
Benny Miller
Hold That Ghost
Movie • 1941
Ferdinand Jones
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Movie • 1952
Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Movie • 1945
Abercrombie
Who Done It?
Movie • 1942
Mervin Q. Milgrim
Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie • 1952
Jack / Jack Strong
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
It Ain't Hay
Movie • 1943
Wilbur Hoolihan
Rio Rita
Movie • 1942
Wishy
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Knights of the Bath
Movie • 1951
Albert (archive footage)
Lost in a Harem
Movie • 1944
Harvey Garvey
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Movie • 1959
Artie Pinsetter
The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie • 2000
Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
The Fair Co-Ed
Movie • 1927
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
Movie • 2007
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
Movie • 2007
The World of Abbott and Costello
Movie • 1965
Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
Fun on the Run
Movie • 1949
Kitchen Mechanics
Movie • 1949
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
The Cossacks
Movie • 1928
Extra (uncredited)
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
Movie
Himself
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
The Battle of the Century
Movie • 1927
Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
10,000 Kids and a Cop
Movie • 1948
Self
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Twenty Years After
Movie • 1944
(archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Movie • 1994
Self (Archive Footage)
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie • 1964
Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
Bardelys the Magnificent
Movie • 1926
Extra (uncredited)
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
Movie • 1952
Costello
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
Movie • 2000
(archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
Movie • 1997
Midget Car Maniacs
Movie
Costello
Circus Rookies
Movie • 1928
Extra
Classic Comedy Teams
Movie • 1986
Self (archive footage)
Hey Abbott (1978)
Movie
Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie • 2025
Self - (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Movie • 1970
Self (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self - Host
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Neal Andrews
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
Lou Costello
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Lux Show
TV • 1957
Self
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
TV • 2009
Self (archive footage)