Lou Costello
Biography
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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Acting History
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2013Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
2011The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? as Self (archive footage)
2011Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes as Self (archive footage)
2009Studio 42 with Bob Costas as Self (archive footage)
2008Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge as Self (archive footage)
2007Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2007Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2000Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed as Self (archive footage)
2000The Many Faces of Dracula as Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
2000Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! as (archive footage)
1999Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
1997The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
1996Abbott & Costello Meet Biography as Self (archive footage)
1994Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld as Self (Archive Footage)
1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
1990Abbott and Costello in the Movies as Himself
1990Abbott & Costello in the Movies as Self (archive footage)
1986Classic Comedy Teams as Self (archive footage)
1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
1979The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage)
1979The Horror Show as (archive footage)
1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1968The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
1965The World of Abbott and Costello as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
1964The Big Parade of Comedy as Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
1959The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock as Artie Pinsetter
1957The Lux Show as Self
1956Dance with Me, Henry as Lou Henry
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self - "Who's On First?"
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self - Comedian
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self - House of the Monster Sketch
1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy as Freddie Franklin
1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops as Willie 'Tubby' Piper
1953Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Tubby
1953Abbott and Costello Go to Mars as Orville
1953General Electric Theater as Neal Andrews
1952Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd as Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
1952The Abbott and Costello Show as Lou Costello
1952Lost in Alaska as George Bell
1952Jack and the Beanstalk as Jack / Jack Strong
1952Abbott and Costello Christmas Show as Costello
1951Comin' Round the Mountain as Wilbert Smith
1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man as Lou Francis
1951Knights of the Bath as Albert (archive footage)
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self - Host
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion as Lou Hotchkiss
1949Fun on the Run
1949Kitchen Mechanics
1949Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff as Freddie Phillips
1949Africa Screams as Stanley Livington
1948Mexican Hayride as Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
194810,000 Kids and a Cop as Self
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein as Wilbur Grey
1948The Noose Hangs High as Homer Hinchcliffe
1947The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap as Chester Wooley
1947Buck Privates Come Home as Herbie Brown
1946The Time of Their Lives as Horatio Prim
1946Little Giant as Benny Miller
1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Abercrombie
1945The Naughty Nineties as Sebastian Dinwiddle
1945Here Come the Co-Eds as Oliver Quackenbush
1944Lost in a Harem as Harvey Garvey
1944In Society as Albert Mansfield
1944Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1943Hit the Ice as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
1943It Ain't Hay as Wilbur Hoolihan
1942Who Done It? as Mervin Q. Milgrim
1942Pardon My Sarong as Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
1942Rio Rita as Wishy
1941Keep 'Em Flying as Heathcliff
1941Ride 'Em Cowboy as Willoughby
1941Hold That Ghost as Ferdinand Jones
1941In the Navy as Pomeroy Watson
1941Buck Privates as Herbie Brown
1940One Night in the Tropics as Costello
1928The Cossacks as Extra (uncredited)
1928Circus Rookies as Extra
1927The Battle of the Century as Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
1927The Fair Co-Ed
1926Bardelys the Magnificent as Extra (uncredited)
—Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! as Himself
—Hey Abbott (1978) as Self
—Midget Car Maniacs as Costello