Lou Costello

Acting

Born 06/03/1906
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Died 03/03/1959

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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Known For

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Abbott and Costello: Life and Legacy
2019
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
2011
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
2009
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
2008
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2007
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2007
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
Vaudeville
1997
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
1997
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
The Horror Show
1979
Hey Abbott
1978
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
The Movie Orgy
1968
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
Dance with Me, Henry
1956
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Lost in Alaska
1952
Jack and the Beanstalk
1952
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
1952
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
Knights of the Bath
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
Midget Car Maniacs
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
Kitchen Mechanics
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
Africa Screams
1949
Mexican Hayride
1948
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
The Noose Hangs High
1948
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
The Time of Their Lives
1946
Little Giant
1946
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
The Naughty Nineties
1945
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
Lost in a Harem
1944
In Society
1944
Twenty Years After
1944
Hit the Ice
1943
It Ain't Hay
1943
Who Done It?
1942
Pardon My Sarong
1942
Rio Rita
1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1942
Keep 'Em Flying
1941
Hold That Ghost
1941
In the Navy
1941
Buck Privates
1941
One Night in the Tropics
1940
The Cossacks
1928
The Battle of the Century
1927
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926