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Lou Costello

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

06/03/1906

Day of Death

03/03/1959
(53) years old

Place of Birth

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

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 sho... Read More

Known For

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

The Many Faces of Dracula

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!

Filmography

Cast

2025

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horr...

as Self - (archive footage)

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

2011

The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On F...

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

as Self (archive footage)

2008

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original ...

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, ...

2007

Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, ...

2000

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Uneart...

as Self (archive footage)

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

as Wilbur Gray (archive footage)

2000

Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!

as (archive footage)

1999

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga ...

as Self (archive footage)

1997

The Best of Abbott & Costello Live

1996

Abbott & Costello Meet Biography

as Self (archive footage)

1994

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

as Self (Archive Footage)

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)

1990

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

as Himself

1990

Abbott & Costello in the Movies

as Self (archive footage)

1986

Classic Comedy Teams

as Self (archive footage)

1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

as Self (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1979

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1970

Brasileiros em Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1965

The World of Abbott and Costello

as Character in Film Clips (archive footage...

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

1959

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock

as Artie Pinsetter

1956

Dance with Me, Henry

as Lou Henry

1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

as Freddie Franklin

1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Ko...

as Willie 'Tubby' Piper

1953

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and ...

as Tubby

1953

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

as Orville

1952

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

as Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill

1952

Lost in Alaska

as George Bell

1952

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Jack / Jack Strong

1952

Abbott and Costello Christmas Show

as Costello

1951

Comin' Round the Mountain

as Wilbert Smith

1951

Knights of the Bath

as Albert (archive footage)

1951

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Inv...

as Lou Francis

1950

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Forei...

as Lou Hotchkiss

1949

Fun on the Run

1949

Kitchen Mechanics

1949

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Kil...

as Freddie Phillips

1949

Africa Screams

as Stanley Livington

1948

Mexican Hayride

as Joe Bascom / Harry Fish

1948

10,000 Kids and a Cop

as Self

1948

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Franken...

as Wilbur Grey

1948

The Noose Hangs High

as Homer Hinchcliffe

1947

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

as Chester Wooley

1947

Buck Privates Come Home

as Herbie Brown

1946

The Time of Their Lives

as Horatio Prim

1946

Little Giant

as Benny Miller

1945

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

as Abercrombie

1945

The Naughty Nineties

as Sebastian Dinwiddle

1945

Here Come the Co-Eds

as Oliver Quackenbush

1944

Lost in a Harem

as Harvey Garvey

1944

In Society

as Albert Mansfield

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1943

Hit the Ice

as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy

1943

It Ain't Hay

as Wilbur Hoolihan

1942

Who Done It?

as Mervin Q. Milgrim

1942

Pardon My Sarong

as Wellington Pflug, aka Moola

1942

Rio Rita

as Wishy

1941

Keep 'Em Flying

as Heathcliff

1941

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Willoughby

1941

Hold That Ghost

as Ferdinand Jones

1941

In the Navy

as Pomeroy Watson

1941

Buck Privates

as Herbie Brown

1940

One Night in the Tropics

as Costello

1928

The Cossacks

as Extra (uncredited)

1928

Circus Rookies

as Extra

1927

The Battle of the Century

as Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)

1927

The Fair Co-Ed

1926

Bardelys the Magnificent

as Extra (uncredited)

Crew

1952

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Producer

1948

The Noose Hangs High

as Executive Producer