Lou Costello

Known for: Acting

Born: 1906-03-06 – 1959-03-03 (aged 52)

From: 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!!."

Filmography (93)

MOVIE
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
as Self - (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
2011
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 10.0
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
2008
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2007
MOVIE
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2007
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.5
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
2000
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Vaudeville
1997
as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
MOVIE
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
1997
MOVIE
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.5
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
as Self (Archive Footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Dracula in the Movies
1992
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
MOVIE
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
as Himself
MOVIE
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
1990
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 2.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 3.4
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hey Abbott
1978
as Self
MOVIE
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.8
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965
as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.6
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
1959
as Artie Pinsetter
TV★ 6.0
The Lux Show
1957
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
Dance with Me, Henry
1956
as Lou Henry
TV★ 6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
as Freddie Franklin
MOVIE★ 6.2
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955
as Willie 'Tubby' Piper
MOVIE
Abbott & Costello Meet the Creature From the Black Lagoon
1954
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
as Tubby
MOVIE★ 5.4
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
as Orville
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Neal Andrews
MOVIE★ 6.0
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
as Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
TV★ 7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Lou Costello
MOVIE★ 6.3
Lost in Alaska
1952
as George Bell
MOVIE★ 5.7
Jack and the Beanstalk
1952
as Jack / Jack Strong
MOVIE★ 5.5
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
1952
as Costello
MOVIE★ 6.2
Comin' Round the Mountain
1951
as Wilbert Smith
MOVIE★ 9.0
Knights of the Bath
1951
as Albert (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
as Lou Francis
TV★ 6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 6.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
as Lou Hotchkiss
MOVIE★ 8.0
Fun on the Run
1949
MOVIE★ 7.5
Kitchen Mechanics
1949
MOVIE★ 6.6
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
as Freddie Phillips
MOVIE★ 5.8
Africa Screams
1949
as Stanley Livington
MOVIE★ 6.1
Mexican Hayride
1948
as Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
MOVIE★ 7.0
10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948
as Self
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
as Wilbur Grey
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Noose Hangs High
1948
as Homer Hinchcliffe
MOVIE
Oysters and Muscles
1948
as Oliver
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
as Chester Wooley
MOVIE★ 8.0
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
as Herbie Brown
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Time of Their Lives
1946
as Horatio Prim
MOVIE★ 5.3
Little Giant
1946
as Benny Miller
MOVIE★ 5.8
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
as Abercrombie
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Sebastian Dinwiddle
MOVIE★ 5.8
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
as Oliver Quackenbush
MOVIE★ 5.6
Lost in a Harem
1944
as Harvey Garvey
MOVIE★ 5.9
In Society
1944
as Albert Mansfield
MOVIE★ 8.0
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Hit the Ice
1943
as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
MOVIE★ 6.5
It Ain't Hay
1943
as Wilbur Hoolihan
MOVIE★ 6.9
Who Done It?
1942
as Mervin Q. Milgrim
MOVIE★ 6.5
Pardon My Sarong
1942
as Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
MOVIE★ 6.0
Rio Rita
1942
as Wishy
MOVIE★ 6.2
Keep 'Em Flying
1941
as Heathcliff
MOVIE★ 6.1
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
as Willoughby
MOVIE★ 6.8
Hold That Ghost
1941
as Ferdinand Jones
MOVIE★ 6.5
In the Navy
1941
as Pomeroy Watson
MOVIE★ 6.8
Buck Privates
1941
as Herbie Brown
MOVIE★ 5.8
One Night in the Tropics
1940
as Costello
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Cossacks
1928
as Extra (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Circus Rookies
1928
as Extra
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Battle of the Century
1927
as Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
MOVIE★ 7.5
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
as Extra (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
—
as Himself
MOVIE
Midget Car Maniacs
—
as Costello