Lou Costello
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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
Credits
Vaudeville (1997)
as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
as Wilbur Grey
The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
as Ferdinand Jones
Buck Privates (1941)
as Herbie Brown
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
as Sebastian Dinwiddle
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
as Freddie Phillips
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
as Herbie Brown
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
as Lou Costello
Hit the Ice (1943)
as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
as Lou Francis
The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
as Orville
In the Navy (1941)
as Pomeroy Watson
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
as Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
as Lou Hotchkiss
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
as Jack / Jack Strong
Lost in Alaska (1952)
as George Bell
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
as Willoughby
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
as Costello
Rio Rita (1942)
as Wishy
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
as Abercrombie
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
as Horatio Prim
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
as Willie 'Tubby' Piper
Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
as Oliver Quackenbush
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Africa Screams (1949)
as Stanley Livington
Brasileiros em Hollywood (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Oysters and Muscles (1948)
as Oliver
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
as Chester Wooley
Kitchen Mechanics (1949)
Actor
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
Lost in a Harem (1944)
as Harvey Garvey
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
as Tubby
Who Done It? (1942)
as Mervin Q. Milgrim
10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)
as Self
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula (2000)
as Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
as Wilbert Smith
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
as Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
Little Giant (1946)
as Benny Miller
It Ain't Hay (1943)
as Wilbur Hoolihan
Fun on the Run (1949)
Actor
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
as Heathcliff
The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
The Battle of the Century (1927)
as Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
The Fair Co-Ed (1927)
Actor
Dance with Me, Henry (1956)
as Lou Henry
Abbott & Costello in the Movies (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Mexican Hayride (1948)
as Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
as (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
as Homer Hinchcliffe
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
Hey Abbott (1978)
as Self
In Society (1944)
as Albert Mansfield
The Cossacks (1928)
as Extra (uncredited)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
as Artie Pinsetter
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show (1952)
as Costello
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990)
as Himself
Knights of the Bath (1951)
as Albert (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello: Life and Legacy (2019)
as Self (Archive Footage)
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as (archive footage)
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live (1997)
Actor
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! (2000)
as (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2 (2007)
Actor
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! (—)
as Himself
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1 (2007)
Actor
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
as Extra (uncredited)
Midget Car Maniacs (—)
as Costello
Circus Rookies (1928)
as Extra
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
as Self (archive footage)