Lou Costello

1906-03-06 – 1959-03-03 (age 52) Paterson, New Jersey, USA

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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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Lou Costello

Lou Costello

Known For

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948

as Wilbur Grey

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

1952

as Jack / Jack Strong

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953

as Tubby

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

as Self - (archive footage)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951

as Lou Francis

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955

as Lou Costello

The Time of Their Lives

The Time of Their Lives

1946

as Horatio Prim

Who Done It?

Who Done It?

1942

as Mervin Q. Milgrim

Buck Privates

Buck Privates

1941

as Herbie Brown

The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties

1945

as Sebastian Dinwiddle

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Self (archive footage)

Hold That Ghost

Hold That Ghost

1941

as Ferdinand Jones

In the Navy

In the Navy

1941

as Pomeroy Watson

Rio Rita

Rio Rita

1942

as Wishy

Africa Screams

Africa Screams

1949

as Stanley Livington

Vaudeville

Vaudeville

1997

as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

1940

as Costello

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

1950

as Lou Hotchkiss

Hit the Ice

Hit the Ice

1943

as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)