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Lou Costello

Acting Born Mar 6, 1906 Paterson, New Jersey, USA 24 credits

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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Known for

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
Film

Doc Hollywood

as Lou Costello
Film

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

as Wilbur Grey

Full filmography

  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self - Host
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
  • The Abbott and Costello Show (1952) as Lou Costello
  • The Lux Show (1957) as Self
  • Studio 42 with Bob Costas (2009) as Self (archive footage)
  • General Electric Theater (1953) as Neal Andrews
  • The Movie Orgy (1968) as Self (archive footage)
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) as Wilbur Grey
  • Buck Privates (1941) as Herbie Brown
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) as Lou Francis
  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) as Freddie Franklin
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) as Freddie Phillips
  • One Night in the Tropics (1940) as Costello
  • The Horror Show (1979) as (archive footage)
  • Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) as Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
  • That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
  • The Time of Their Lives (1946) as Horatio Prim
  • Hold That Ghost (1941) as Ferdinand Jones
  • Lost in Alaska (1952) as George Bell
  • Rio Rita (1942) as Wishy
  • Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) as Jack / Jack Strong
  • Little Giant (1946) as Benny Miller