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

The Time of Their Lives

The Time of Their Lives

1946

as Horatio Prim

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk

1952

as Jack / Jack Strong

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948

as Wilbur Grey

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949

as Freddie Phillips

Hold That Ghost

Hold That Ghost

1941

as Ferdinand Jones

Buck Privates

Buck Privates

1941

as Herbie Brown

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Self (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War

1982

as (archive footage)

Mexican Hayride

Mexican Hayride

1948

as Joe Bascom / Harry Fish

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955

as Freddie Franklin

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951

as Lou Francis

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

as Self - (archive footage)

Keep 'Em Flying

Keep 'Em Flying

1941

as Heathcliff

Who Done It?

Who Done It?

1942

as Mervin Q. Milgrim

The Horror Show

The Horror Show

1979

as (archive footage)

In the Navy

In the Navy

1941

as Pomeroy Watson

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953

as Orville