Lou Costello

Lou Costello

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

March 6, 1906

died

March 3, 1959

place of birth

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

also known as

Louis Francis Cristillo · Lou Cristillo · Sebastian Cristillo

total credits

50 movies

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 Time of Their Lives

The Time of Their Lives

as Horatio Prim

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

as Wilbur Grey

Hold That Ghost

Hold That Ghost

as Ferdinand Jones

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

Filmography

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The Time of Their Lives
7.1

The Time of Their Lives

1946as Horatio Prim
The Movie Orgy
6.6

The Movie Orgy

1968as Self (archive footage)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
7.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948as Wilbur Grey
Hold That Ghost
6.8

Hold That Ghost

1941as Ferdinand Jones
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II
7.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976as (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
6.0

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955as Freddie Franklin
In the Navy
6.4

In the Navy

1941as Pomeroy Watson
Buck Privates
6.7

Buck Privates

1941as Herbie Brown
Showbiz Goes to War
10.0

Showbiz Goes to War

1982as (archive footage)
Jack and the Beanstalk
5.7

Jack and the Beanstalk

1952as Jack / Jack Strong
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
6.3

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951as Lou Francis
Little Giant
5.2

Little Giant

1946as Benny Miller
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
6.6

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949as Freddie Phillips
Here Come the Co-Eds
5.8

Here Come the Co-Eds

1945as Oliver Quackenbush
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
6.0

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

1952as Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
It Ain't Hay
6.5

It Ain't Hay

1943as Wilbur Hoolihan
Who Done It?
6.9

Who Done It?

1942as Mervin Q. Milgrim
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
5.4

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953as Orville
In Society
5.9

In Society

1944as Albert Mansfield
Mexican Hayride
5.9

Mexican Hayride

1948as Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
Dance with Me, Henry
5.2

Dance with Me, Henry

1956as Lou Henry
The Horror Show
3.8

The Horror Show

1979as (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6.3

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953as Tubby
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025as Self - (archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies
10.0

Dracula in the Movies

1992as (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
7.2

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964as Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
Hit the Ice
6.0

Hit the Ice

1943as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
7.3

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972as Self (archive footage)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
6.0

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1941as Willoughby
The Naughty Nineties
6.7

The Naughty Nineties

1945as Sebastian Dinwiddle
Comin' Round the Mountain
6.0

Comin' Round the Mountain

1951as Wilbert Smith
Africa Screams
5.7

Africa Screams

1949as Stanley Livington
One Night in the Tropics
5.6

One Night in the Tropics

1940as Costello
The Noose Hangs High
6.9

The Noose Hangs High

1948as Homer Hinchcliffe
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
6.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

1950as Lou Hotchkiss
Rio Rita
6.0

Rio Rita

1942as Wishy
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
5.8

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

1945as Abercrombie
Classic Comedy Teams
7.0

Classic Comedy Teams

1986as Self (archive footage)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
6.2

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947as Chester Wooley
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985as Self (archive footage)
Lost in a Harem
5.6

Lost in a Harem

1944as Harvey Garvey
Pardon My Sarong
6.5

Pardon My Sarong

1942as Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
The World of Abbott and Costello
6.8

The World of Abbott and Costello

1965as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
6.0

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
6.2

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955as Willie 'Tubby' Piper
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
7.3

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999as Self (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
7.0

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

2000as Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
5.5

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

2013as Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns

The Hollywood Clowns

1979as (archive footage)