Lou Costello
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 6 March 1906 · Paterson, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- 3 March 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!!."
Known for
Acting 89
- 2026Midget Car Maniacs as Costello
- 2026Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! as Himself
- 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- 2019Abbott and Costello: Life and Legacy 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)
- 2008Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge as Self (archive footage)
- 2007Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
- 2007Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
- 2005The Great Man: W.C. Fields as Self (archive footage)
- 2000Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! as (archive footage)
- 2000Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed as Self (archive footage)
- 2000The Many Faces of Dracula as Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
- 1999Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Vaudeville as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
- 1997The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
- 1996Abbott & Costello Meet Biography as Self (archive footage)
- 1994Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1992Dracula in the Movies as (archive footage)
- 1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
- 1990Abbott & Costello in the Movies as Self (archive footage)
- 1990Abbott and Costello in the Movies as Himself
- 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)
- 1978Hey Abbott as Self
- 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1970Brasileiros em Hollywood 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
- 1956Dance with Me, Henry as Lou Henry
- 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy as Lou Costello
- 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops as Willie 'Tubby' Piper
- 1954Abbott & Costello Meet the Creature From the Black Lagoon as Self
- 1953Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Tubby
- 1953Abbott and Costello Go to Mars as Orville
- 1952Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd as Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
- 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
- 1951Knights of the Bath as Albert (archive footage)
- 1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man as Lou Francis
- 1950Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion as Lou Hotchkiss
- 1949Kitchen Mechanics
- 1949Fun on the Run
- 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
- 1948Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein as Wilbur Grey
- 1948The Noose Hangs High as Homer Hinchcliffe
- 1948Oysters and Muscles as Oliver
- 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)
Production 2
- 1952Jack and the Beanstalk · producer
- 1948The Noose Hangs High · executive producer