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Lou Costello

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Lou Costello

Born March 6, 1906 in Paterson, New Jersey, USADied March 3, 195950 films

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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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein posterFirst watchBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein19487.1as Wilbur GreyThe Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man poster6.3Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man1951Hold That Ghost poster6.8Hold That Ghost1941Buck Privates poster6.8Buck Privates1941Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster6.3Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1953The Time of Their Lives poster7.2The Time of Their Lives1946Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy poster5.9Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy1955The Battle of the Century poster6.9The Battle of the Century1927Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff poster6.6Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff1949

Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. TBAMidget Car ManiacsCostello
  2. 2007Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
  3. 2007Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
  4. 1997The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
  5. 1959The 30 Foot Bride of Candy RockArtie Pinsetter
  6. 1956Dance with Me, HenryLou Henry
  7. 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the MummyLou Costello
  8. 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone KopsWillie 'Tubby' Piper
  9. 1953Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeTubby
  10. 1953Abbott and Costello Go to MarsOrville
  11. 1952Abbott and Costello Meet Captain KiddCaptain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
  12. 1952Lost in AlaskaGeorge Bell
  13. 1952Jack and the BeanstalkJack / Jack Strong
  14. 1952Abbott and Costello Christmas ShowCostello
  15. 1951Comin' Round the MountainWilbert Smith
  16. 1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible ManLou Francis
  17. 1950Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign LegionLou Hotchkiss
  18. 1949Kitchen Mechanics
  19. 1949Fun on the Run
  20. 1949Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris KarloffFreddie Phillips
  21. 1949Africa ScreamsStanley Livington
  22. 1948Mexican HayrideJoe Bascom / Harry Fish
  23. 1948Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet FrankensteinWilbur Grey
  24. 1948The Noose Hangs HighHomer Hinchcliffe
  25. 1948Oysters and MusclesOliver
  26. 1947The Wistful Widow of Wagon GapChester Wooley
  27. 1947Buck Privates Come HomeHerbie Brown
  28. 1946The Time of Their LivesHoratio Prim
  29. 1946Little GiantBenny Miller
  30. 1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in HollywoodAbercrombie
  31. 1945The Naughty NinetiesSebastian Dinwiddle
  32. 1945Here Come the Co-EdsOliver Quackenbush
  33. 1944Lost in a HaremHarvey Garvey
  34. 1944In SocietyAlbert Mansfield
  35. 1943Hit the IceWeejie 'Tubby' McCoy
  36. 1943It Ain't HayWilbur Hoolihan
  37. 1942Who Done It?Mervin Q. Milgrim
  38. 1942Pardon My SarongWellington Pflug, aka Moola
  39. 1942Rio RitaWishy
  40. 1941Keep 'Em FlyingHeathcliff
  41. 1941Ride 'Em CowboyWilloughby
  42. 1941Hold That GhostFerdinand Jones
  43. 1941In the NavyPomeroy Watson
  44. 1941Buck PrivatesHerbie Brown
  45. 1940One Night in the TropicsCostello
  46. 1928The CossacksExtra (uncredited)
  47. 1928Circus RookiesExtra
  48. 1927The Battle of the CenturyBoxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
  49. 1927The Fair Co-Ed
  50. 1926Bardelys the MagnificentExtra (uncredited)