Lou Costello

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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Wilbur

(1948)

Hold That Ghost Ferdinand Jones

(1941)

The Time of Their Lives Horatio Prim

(1946)

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff Freddie Phillips

(1949)

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Actor (52 credits)

1989 Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! (Video)

1959 The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Artie Pinsetter

1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Comedian

- Episode #12.10 (1958) ... Comedian

1958 Wagon Train (TV Series)
Tobias Jones

- The Tobias Jones Story (1958) ... Tobias Jones

1958 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Neal Andrews

- Blaze of Glory (1958) ... Neal Andrews

1957-1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series)
Comedian-Drill Sergeant / Comedian-Charlie Carwash / Comedian-Telephone Call

- Episode #3.34 (1958) ... Comedian-Drill Sergeant

- Episode #3.24 (1958) ... Comedian-Charlie Carwash

- Episode #2.23 (1957) ... Comedian-Telephone Call

1956 Dance with Me, Henry
Lou Henry

1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Freddie Franklin

1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Willie 'Tubby' Piper

1954 Fireman Save My Child
Man in Long Shots (uncredited)

1952-1954 The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series)
Lou Costello

- Barber Lou (1954) ... Lou Costello

- Fall Guy (1954) ... Lou Costello

- Beauty Contest (1954) ... Lou Costello

- Fencing Master (1954) ... Lou Costello

- Honeymoon House (1954) ... Lou Costello

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1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Tubby

1953 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Orville

1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill

1952 Lost in Alaska
George Bell

1952 Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack / Jack Strong (as Costello)

1951 Comin' Round the Mountain
Wilbert Smith

1951 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Lou Francis

1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Lou Hotchkiss

1949 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
Freddie Phillips

1949 Africa Screams
Stanley Livington

1948 Mexican Hayride
Joe Bascom aka Humphrey Fish

1948 10,000 Kids and a Cop (Short documentary)
Lou Costello

1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Wilbur

1948 The Noose Hangs High
Tommy Hinchcliffe

1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Chester Wooley

1947 Buck Privates Come Home
Private Herbie Brown

1946 The Time of Their Lives
Horatio Prim

1946 Little Giant
Benny Miller

1945 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Abercrombie

1945 The Naughty Nineties
Sebastian Dinwiddle

1945 Here Come the Co-eds
Oliver Quackenbush

1944 Lost in a Harem
Harvey Garvey

1944 In Society
Albert Mansfield

1943 Hit the Ice
Weejie McCoy

1943 It Ain't Hay
Wilbur Hoolihan

1942 Who Done It?
Mervin Q. Milgrim / Voice of Himself on Radio

1942 Pardon My Sarong
Wellington Pflug

1942 Rio Rita
'Wishy' Dunne

1942 Ride 'Em Cowboy
Willoughby

1941 Keep 'Em Flying
Heathcliff

1941 Hold That Ghost
Ferdinand Jones

1941 In the Navy
Pomeroy Watson

1941 Buck Privates
Herbie Brown

1940 One Night in the Tropics
Costello

1928 The Cossacks
Extra (uncredited)

1928 Circus Rookies
Extra (uncredited)

1928 Rose-Marie
Extra (uncredited)

1927 The Battle of the Century (Short)
Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)

1927 The Fair Co-Ed
Extra (uncredited)

1927 The Taxi Dancer
Extra (uncredited)

1926 Bardelys the Magnificent
Extra (uncredited)

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Producer (6 credits)

1953 I'm the Law (TV Series) (executive producer - 10 episodes)

- The Bust of Plato (1953) ... (executive producer)

- Husband and Wife Murder Story (1953) ... (executive producer)

- The Countess Bobo Story (1953) ... (executive producer)

- The Juvenile Murder Story (1953) ... (executive producer)

- The Stool Pigeon Story (1953) ... (executive producer)

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1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (executive producer - uncredited)

1952 Jack and the Beanstalk (producer)

1948 10,000 Kids and a Cop (Short documentary) (producer)

1948 The Noose Hangs High (executive producer - uncredited)

1944 A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (executive producer - as Sebastian Cristillo)

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Soundtrack (11 credits)

1956 Dance with Me, Henry (performer: "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (aka Drinking Song))

1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (performer: "Tonight We Sail" - uncredited)

1951-1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)

- Abbott & Costello (1952) ... (performer: "White Christmas")

- Episode #1.27 (1951) ... (performer: "Don Juan Costello", "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" (uncredited) (1919))

1952 Jack and the Beanstalk (performer: "Jack and the Beanstalk", "I Fear Nothing", "Dreamer's Cloth", "He Never Looked Better In His Life")

1946 The Time of Their Lives (performer: "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" (1616) - uncredited)

1945 The Naughty Nineties (performer: "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" - uncredited)

1945 Here Come the Co-eds (performer: "Let's Play House")

1942 Pardon My Sarong (performer: "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (1942) - uncredited)

1941 Hold That Ghost (performer: "The Blue Danube Waltz" (1867) - uncredited)

1941 In the Navy (performer: "You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith" (1941) (uncredited), "A Sailor's Life for Me" (1941))

1941 Buck Privates ("You're In The Army Now", uncredited) / (performer: "When Private Brown Becomes a Captain")

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Writer (1 credit)

1954 The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Barber Lou (1954) ... (writer)

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Stunts (1 credit)

1928 The Trail of '98 (stunt double: Harry Carey, window-jumping scene - uncredited)

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Self (18 credits)

1958 George Jessel Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.13 (1958) ... Self

1958 The Lux Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.33 (1958) ... Self

1956-1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series)
Self / Self - Comedian / Self - House of the Monster Sketch / ...

- From the Riviera Hotel, Havana Cuba (1958) ... Self - Comedian

- Episode #3.13 (1957) ... Self

- Ginger Rogers, Lou Costello, The Hi-Lo's, The Harlem Globetrotters (1957) ... Self - House of the Monster Sketch

- Episode #2.44 (1957) ... Self - Comedian

- Episode #2.36 (1957) ... Self

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1957 I've Got a Secret (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 26 June 1957 (1957) ... Self - Guest

1956 This Is Your Life (TV Series)
Self

- Lou Costello (1956) ... Self

1956 Unit One (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 26 October 1956 (1956) ... Self

1955-1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Self

- 8th Anniversary Show (1956) ... Self

- Episode #9.11 (1955) ... Self

1951-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Self - Host / Self - Comic Actor / Self - Comedian / ...

- Episode #5.27 (1955) ... Self - Comic Actor (as Abbott and Costello)

- Episode #5.20 (1955) ... Self - Comedian (as Abbott & Costello)

- Episode #4.33 (1954) ... Self - Host

- Episode #4.28 (1954) ... Self - Host

- Episode #4.25 (1954) ... Self - Host

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1952 News of the Day (Documentary short)
Self

1952 Olympic Fund Telethon (TV Special)
Self

1949 Erskine Johnson's Hollywood Reel (TV Series)
Self

1948-1949 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
Self - Comedian

- Episode #1.34 (1949) ... Self - Comedian

- Lou Costello, Mary McCarty, Garry Moore, Joe Phillips, The Three Wiles (1948) ... Self - Comedian

1944 Mail Call (Short)
Self (uncredited)

1942 Picture People No. 10: Hollywood at Home (Documentary short)
Self

1942 Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 6 (Short)
Self

1942 Picture People Vol. 2 No. 6: Hollywood War Efforts (Short)
Self

1941 Meet the Stars #4: Variety Reel #2 (Documentary short)
Self

1940 The Baer-Galento Bout (Documentary short)
Self (interviewed in locker room)

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Archive footage (72 credits)

2008-2014 The O'Reilly Factor (TV Series)
Self / Wilbur Grey

- Watters' World (2014) ... Self

- Episode dated 29 April 2008 (2008) ... Wilbur Grey

2011 Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (TV Series documentary)
Wilbur

- Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (2011) ... Wilbur

2011 Reagan (Documentary)
Self

2011 Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

2010 A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Wilbur Grey

- Frankenstein Goes to Hollywood (2010) ... Wilbur Grey (uncredited)

2010 Behind the Burly Q (Documentary)
Self

2010 Muchachada nui (TV Series) (segment "Mundo viejuno: Jack y las habas que hablan")

- Episode #4.1 (2010) ... (segment "Mundo viejuno: Jack y las habas que hablan")

2009 Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Sock it to Me?: Satire and Parody (2009) ... Self

2009 Morecambe and Wise: The Show What Paul Merton Did (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

2008 Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (Video documentary)
Self

2006 The Story of Light Entertainment (TV Mini-Series documentary)

- Double Acts (2006) ... (as Abbott and Costello)

2005 Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (TV Movie documentary)
Orville

2005 The Great Man: W.C. Fields (Video documentary)
Self

2004 Back to the 1950s (Video documentary)

2003 Les vamps fantastiques (TV Movie documentary)

2002 The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (Video documentary)
Lou (uncredited)

2001 John Landis on an American Werewolf in London (Video short)
Self

1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV Special documentary)

1999 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (Video documentary short)
Freddie

1999 The Century: America's Time (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Self - selling war bonds

- Homefront: 1941-1945 (1999) ... Self - selling war bonds

1998 Classified X (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1998 Universal Horror (TV Movie documentary)

1997 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Vaudeville (1997) ... Self (as Abbott & Costello)

1996 Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star (Video documentary)
Self

1996 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Bud Abbott & Lou Costello: Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996) ... Self

1995 Ed Sullivan All-Star Comedy Special (TV Special)
Self

1994 Television's Christmas Classics (TV Special)
Self

1994 Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (TV Movie documentary)

1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (TV Movie documentary)

1992 Legends of Comedy (TV Movie documentary)

1991 Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (Documentary)
Wilbur Grey / Tubby

1991 When It Was a Game (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1990 The Three Stooges 60th Anniversary Special (TV Movie documentary)

1988 Entertaining the Troops (Documentary)
Self

1986 Classic Comedy Teams (Video documentary)
Self

1986 Horrible Horror (Video)
Wilbur, In clips from 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'

1985 Into the Night
Wilbur Grey in 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'

1984 The Great Standups (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1984 The Making of The Stooges (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1984 Terror in the Aisles (Documentary)
Wilbur Gray (in 'Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein') (uncredited)

1983 Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (TV Series documentary)

- Robert Walker Jr./Michelle Walker/Chris Costello (1983)

1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (Documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV Movie documentary)

1982 Simon & Simon (TV Series)
Orville

- Sometimes Dreams Come True (1982) ... Orville

1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
Actor - 'In Society' (uncredited)

1979 The Hollywood Clowns (Video documentary)

1979 The Horror Show (TV Movie documentary)

1978 Hey, Abbott!

1978 Funny Business (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy (TV Special)
Tribute Montage

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary)
Clips from 'Rio Rita' (as Costello)

1965 Hollywood My Home Town (Documentary)
Self

1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (TV Series documentary)

- The Westerns (1965)

1965 The World of Abbott and Costello
Character in Film Clips

1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (Documentary)
Wishy in 'Rio Rita'

1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Funny Men: Part 2 (1963) ... Self

1960 Project Twenty (TV Series documentary)
Self - Comedian

- Not So Long Ago (1960) ... Self - Comedian

1959 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series)
Self - Clumsy Soldier

- Georgia Gibbs, Richard Kiley, Jack E. Leonard (1959) ... Self - Clumsy Soldier

1954 Champs of the Chase (Short)
Albert

1954 Oh, My Achin' Tooth! (Short)
Lou

1954 Screen Snapshots Series 33, No. 10: Hollywood Grows Up (Documentary short)
Film Clips Character

1953 Gobs in a Mess (Short)
Pomeroy

1953 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #4.5 (1953) ... Self

1953 I'm the Law (TV Series)
Self

- Husband and Wife Murder Story (1953) ... Self (uncredited)

1952 Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (Documentary short)
Self

1951 Knights of the Bath (Short)
Albert

1949 Fun on the Run (Short)
Oliver [Lou, in silent versions]

1949 Kitchen Mechanics (Short)
Oliver [Lou, in silent versions]

1948 Oysters and Muscles (Short)
Oliver [Lou, in silent versions]

1946 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 8: Looking Back (Short)
Self

1944 Twenty Years After (Short)

1943 The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' (Documentary short)
Self - in a Jeep in Parade (uncredited)

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Other Works:

Stage: Appeared (as "Customs" Performer" / "On the Boulevard" Performer" / "Searcher" / "Rest Cure" / "Marcel" / "That's Music" / "The French Have a Word for It" Featured Performer"), in "Streets of Paris" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Al Dubin. Additional numbers by Harold Rome. Sketches by Charles ... See more »

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3 Biographical Movies | 7 Print Biographies | 6 Portrayals | 10 Articles | See more »

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Daniel Simkins / Chris Costello (Lou's daughter)

Alternate Names:

Abbott & Costello | Abbott and Costello | Costello | Lou Cristillo | Sebastian Cristillo

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)

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Comics are a dime a dozen--good straight men are hard to find! See more »

Trivia:

In recent years, Chris Costello - the daughter of Lou - has strongly denied that there was any feeling of hate between her father and Bud Abbott. It is true that they had a disagreement in the mid 1940s and weren't on speaking terms for a while. Then following Abbott's tribute to Costello's deceased son Lou Jr, the two men made their peace. See more »

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Would always yell "Hey Abbott!" See more »

Nickname:

Lou King

Star Sign:

Pisces

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