Person

Lou Costello

Acting · 1906–1959 · Paterson, New Jersey, USA

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!!."

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  The Colgate Comedy Hour

  Self - Host

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  The Ed Sullivan Show

  Self

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  The Steve Allen Show

  Self

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  The Abbott and Costello Show

  Lou Costello

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  Vaudeville

  Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)

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  Buck Privates

  Herbie Brown

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  The Movie Orgy

  Self (archive footage)

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  Studio 42 with Bob Costas

  Self (archive footage)

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  Rio Rita

  Wishy

• Bob Hope's World of Comedy

  Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

• 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror MoviesSelf - (archive footage)
• 2013Classic Movie Bloopers: UncensoredSelf (archive footage)
• 2011The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?Self (archive footage)
• 2011Eric & Ernie: Behind the ScenesSelf (archive footage)
• 2009Studio 42 with Bob CostasSelf (archive footage)
• 2008Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original StoogeSelf (archive footage)
• 2007Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
• 2007Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
• 2000Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition UnearthedSelf (archive footage)
• 2000The Many Faces of DraculaWilbur Gray (archive footage)
• 2000Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!(archive footage)
• 1999Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'Self (archive footage)
• 1997VaudevilleSelf (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
• 1997The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
• 1996Abbott & Costello Meet BiographySelf (archive footage)
• 1994Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry SeinfeldSelf (Archive Footage)
• 1992Dracula in the Movies(archive footage)
• 1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic ScrapbookWilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
• 1990Abbott and Costello in the MoviesHimself
• 1990Abbott & Costello in the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
• 1986Classic Comedy TeamsSelf (archive footage)
• 1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star BloopersSelf (archive footage)
• 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1982Showbiz Goes to War(archive footage)
• 1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!Self (archive footage)
• 1979The Hollywood Clowns(archive footage)
• 1979The Horror Show(archive footage)
• 1978Hey AbbottSelf
• 1976Bob Hope's World of ComedySelf - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
• 1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
• 1970Brasileiros em HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
• 1968The Movie OrgySelf (archive footage)
• 1965The World of Abbott and CostelloCharacter in Film Clips (archive footage)
• 1964The Big Parade of ComedyWishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
• 1959The 30 Foot Bride of Candy RockArtie Pinsetter
• 1957The Lux ShowSelf
• 1956Dance with Me, HenryLou Henry
• 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf
• 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the MummyFreddie Franklin
• 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone KopsWillie 'Tubby' Piper
• 1954Abbott & Costello Meet the Creature From the Black LagoonSelf
• 1953Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeTubby
• 1953Abbott and Costello Go to MarsOrville
• 1953General Electric TheaterNeal Andrews
• 1952Abbott and Costello Meet Captain KiddCaptain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
• 1952The Abbott and Costello ShowLou Costello
• 1952Lost in AlaskaGeorge Bell
• 1952Jack and the BeanstalkJack / Jack Strong
• 1952Abbott and Costello Christmas ShowCostello
• 1951Comin' Round the MountainWilbert Smith
• 1951Knights of the BathAlbert (archive footage)
• 1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible ManLou Francis
• 1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf - Host
• 1950Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign LegionLou Hotchkiss
• 1949Fun on the Run
• 1949Kitchen Mechanics
• 1949Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris KarloffFreddie Phillips
• 1949Africa ScreamsStanley Livington
• 1948Mexican HayrideJoe Bascom / Harry Fish
• 194810,000 Kids and a CopSelf
• 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
• 1948Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet FrankensteinWilbur Grey
• 1948The Noose Hangs HighHomer Hinchcliffe
• 1948Oysters and MusclesOliver
• 1947The Wistful Widow of Wagon GapChester Wooley
• 1947Buck Privates Come HomeHerbie Brown
• 1946The Time of Their LivesHoratio Prim
• 1946Little GiantBenny Miller
• 1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in HollywoodAbercrombie
• 1945The Naughty NinetiesSebastian Dinwiddle
• 1945Here Come the Co-EdsOliver Quackenbush
• 1944Lost in a HaremHarvey Garvey
• 1944In SocietyAlbert Mansfield
• 1944Twenty Years After(archive footage)
• 1943Hit the IceWeejie 'Tubby' McCoy
• 1943It Ain't HayWilbur Hoolihan
• 1942Who Done It?Mervin Q. Milgrim
• 1942Pardon My SarongWellington Pflug, aka Moola
• 1942Rio RitaWishy
• 1941Keep 'Em FlyingHeathcliff
• 1941Ride 'Em CowboyWilloughby
• 1941Hold That GhostFerdinand Jones
• 1941In the NavyPomeroy Watson
• 1941Buck PrivatesHerbie Brown
• 1940One Night in the TropicsCostello
• 1928The CossacksExtra (uncredited)
• 1928Circus RookiesExtra
• 1927The Battle of the CenturyBoxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
• 1927The Fair Co-Ed
• 1926Bardelys the MagnificentExtra (uncredited)
• —Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!Himself
• —Midget Car ManiacsCostello