Acting
Lou Costello
EN, PT cinema · 86 credits
Born
6 March 1906
Died
3 March 1959 (aged 52)
Birthplace
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Also known as Louis Francis Cristillo · Lou Cristillo · Sebastian Cristillo
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!!."
Known for
Filmography
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello: Life and Legacy
as Self (Archive Footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self (archive footage)
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
as Self (archive footage)
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Man: W.C. Fields
2005
The Great Man: W.C. Fields
as Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
as (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
Vaudeville
as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
as Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (Archive Footage)
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
1990
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
Hey Abbott
as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
as Artie Pinsetter
Dance with Me, Henry
as Lou Henry
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Lou Costello
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Willie 'Tubby' Piper
Lost in Alaska
as George Bell
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jack / Jack Strong, Producer
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Wilbert Smith
Knights of the Bath
as Albert (archive footage)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Lou Hotchkiss
Midget Car Maniacs
as Costello
Africa Screams
as Stanley Livington
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Freddie Phillips
Mexican Hayride
as Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
The Noose Hangs High
as Homer Hinchcliffe, Executive Producer
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Chester Wooley
Buck Privates Come Home
as Herbie Brown
The Time of Their Lives
as Horatio Prim
Little Giant
as Benny Miller
The Naughty Nineties
as Sebastian Dinwiddle
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Oliver Quackenbush
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Abercrombie
In Society
as Albert Mansfield
Lost in a Harem
as Harvey Garvey
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
Hit the Ice
as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
It Ain't Hay
as Wilbur Hoolihan
Pardon My Sarong
as Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Willoughby
Who Done It?
as Mervin Q. Milgrim
Rio Rita
as Wishy
In the Navy
as Pomeroy Watson
Keep 'Em Flying
as Heathcliff
Buck Privates
as Herbie Brown
Hold That Ghost
as Ferdinand Jones
One Night in the Tropics
as Costello
The Cossacks
as Extra (uncredited)
The Battle of the Century
as Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
Bardelys the Magnificent
as Extra (uncredited)