Lou Costello

Lou Costello

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…

Filmography

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · TV

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · TV

as Self - Host

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · TV

as Self

The Steve Allen Show

1956 · TV

as Self

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 · TV

as Lou Costello

Studio 42 with Bob Costas

2009 · TV

as Self (archive footage)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948 · Movie

as Wilbur Grey

General Electric Theater

1953 · TV

as Neal Andrews

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025 · Movie

as Self - (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955 · Movie

as Lou Costello

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951 · Movie

as Lou Francis

1968 · Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1941 · Movie

as Herbie Brown

1997 · Movie

as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)

Hold That Ghost

1941 · Movie

as Ferdinand Jones

The Time of Their Lives

1946 · Movie

as Horatio Prim

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983 · Movie

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949 · Movie

as Freddie Phillips

One Night in the Tropics

1940 · Movie

as Costello

Jack and the Beanstalk

1952 · Movie

as Jack / Jack Strong

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · Movie

as (archive footage)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

1950 · Movie

as Lou Hotchkiss

Lost in a Harem

1944 · Movie

as Harvey Garvey

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953 · Movie

as Orville