Lou Costello
Acting1906Paterson, New Jersey, USA
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!!."
Known For
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Wilbur Grey
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Freddie Franklin
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Lou Francis
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Tubby
Buck Privates
Herbie Brown
Hold That Ghost
Ferdinand Jones
Africa Screams
Stanley Livington
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Freddie Phillips
Acting History
Future
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self (archive footage)
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
as (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (Archive Footage)
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
1990
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Himself
1986
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
1959
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
as Artie Pinsetter
1957
The Steve Allen Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Lux Show
TVas Self
1956
Dance with Me, Henry
as Lou Henry
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Freddie Franklin
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Willie 'Tubby' Piper
1954
The Abbott and Costello Show
TVWriter• 1 eps
1953
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as Orville
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TVas Self• 3 eps
General Electric Theater
TVas Neal Andrews
1952
Lost in Alaska
as George Bell
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jack / Jack Strong
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
as Costello
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
The Abbott and Costello Show
TVas Lou Costello• 52 eps
Jack and the Beanstalk
Producer
The Abbott and Costello Show
TVCreator
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Lou Francis
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Wilbert Smith
Knights of the Bath
as Albert (archive footage)
1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Lou Hotchkiss
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Freddie Phillips
Africa Screams
as Stanley Livington
1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as Wilbur Grey
The Noose Hangs High
as Homer Hinchcliffe
10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Self
Mexican Hayride
as Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self
The Noose Hangs High
Executive Producer
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
as Herbie Brown
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Chester Wooley
1946
The Time of Their Lives
as Horatio Prim
Little Giant
as Benny Miller
1945
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Oliver Quackenbush
The Naughty Nineties
as Sebastian Dinwiddle
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Abercrombie
1944
1943
It Ain't Hay
as Wilbur Hoolihan
Hit the Ice
as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
1942
1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Willoughby
In the Navy
as Pomeroy Watson
Keep 'Em Flying
as Heathcliff
Hold That Ghost
as Ferdinand Jones
Buck Privates
as Herbie Brown
1940
One Night in the Tropics
as Costello
1928
The Cossacks
as Extra (uncredited)
Circus Rookies
as Extra
1927
The Battle of the Century
as Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
1926
Bardelys the Magnificent
as Extra (uncredited)