Lou Costello
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self - Host
1950
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
Lou Costello
1952
Series
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
Self (archive footage)
2009
Series
General Electric Theater
Neal Andrews
1953
The Lux Show
Self
1957
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
1991
Film
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Wilbur Grey
1948
Film
Buck Privates
Herbie Brown
1941
Film
In Society
Albert Mansfield
1944
Film
The Cossacks
Extra (uncredited)
1928
Film
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Lou Francis
1951
Film
Rio Rita
Wishy
1942
Film
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
1968
Film
Mexican Hayride
Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
1948
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Film
Hold That Ghost
Ferdinand Jones
1941
Film
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
1979
Film
Comin' Round the Mountain
Wilbert Smith
1951
Film
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack / Jack Strong
1952
Film
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Freddie Franklin
1955
Film
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Abercrombie
1945
Film
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
1985
Film
The Time of Their Lives
Horatio Prim
1946
Film
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Artie Pinsetter
1959
Film
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Freddie Phillips
1949
Film
Buck Privates Come Home
Herbie Brown
1947
Film
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944
Film
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Tubby
1953
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
Film
The Big Parade of Comedy
Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
1964
Film
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Orville
1953
Film
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Lou Hotchkiss
1950
Film
Here Come the Co-Eds
Oliver Quackenbush
1945
Film
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Chester Wooley
1947
Film
Africa Screams
Stanley Livington
1949
Film
Classic Comedy Teams
Self (archive footage)
1986
Film
One Night in the Tropics
Costello
1940
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
1976
Film
In the Navy
Pomeroy Watson
1941
Film
Who Done It?
Mervin Q. Milgrim
1942
Film
Hit the Ice
Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
1943
Film
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Film
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Willie 'Tubby' Piper
1955
Film
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
1952
Film
Little Giant
Benny Miller
1946
Film
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
1999
Film
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Self (Archive Footage)
1994
Film
The Battle of the Century
Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
1927
Film
Keep 'Em Flying
Heathcliff
1941
Film
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Bardelys the Magnificent
Extra (uncredited)
1926
Film
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
It Ain't Hay
Wilbur Hoolihan
1943
Film
Dance with Me, Henry
Lou Henry
1956
Film
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Willoughby
1941
Film
The Naughty Nineties
Sebastian Dinwiddle
1945
Film
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1970
Film
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
1979
Film
Pardon My Sarong
Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
1942
Film
Lost in a Harem
Harvey Garvey
1944
Film
10,000 Kids and a Cop
Self
1948
Film
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
Film
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Film
Lost in Alaska
George Bell
1952
Film
The Noose Hangs High
Homer Hinchcliffe
1948
Fun on the Run
1949
Film
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
2025
Film
The Many Faces of Dracula
Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
2000
Film
Vaudeville
Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
1997
Film
The World of Abbott and Costello
Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
1965
Film
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Himself
1990
Film
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
Self (archive footage)
2008
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
Self (archive footage)
1990
Circus Rookies
Extra
1928
Film
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2007
Film
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
(archive footage)
2000
Film
Abbott & Costello Meet the Creature From the Black Lagoon
Self
1954
Film
Knights of the Bath
Albert (archive footage)
1951
Film
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
Costello
1952
Film
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
1997
Midget Car Maniacs
Costello
Film
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2007
Film
Kitchen Mechanics
1949
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
Himself
Oysters and Muscles
Oliver
1948
Film
Hey Abbott
Self
1978