Filmography
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Known For
Hold That Ghost Ferdinand Jones (1941) -
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff Freddie Phillips (1949) -
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Wilbur Gray (1948) -
Known For
Buck Privates Herbie Brown (1941) -
Actor
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock Artie Pinsetter (1959) -
Wagon Train Tobias Jones (1958) -
General Electric Theater Neal Andrews (1958) -
Dance with Me, Henry Lou Henry (1956) -
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy Freddie Franklin (1955) -
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops Willie 'Tubby' Piper (1955) -
Fireman Save My Child Man in Long Shots (1954) -
The Abbott and Costello Show Lou Costello (1952-1954) -
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Tubby (1953) -
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars Orville (1953) -
![Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd]( "Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd")
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill (1952) -
![Lost in Alaska]( "Lost in Alaska")
Lost in Alaska George Bell (1952) -
![Jack and the Beanstalk]( "Jack and the Beanstalk")
Jack and the Beanstalk Jack / Jack Strong (1952) -
![Comin' Round the Mountain]( "Comin' Round the Mountain")
Comin' Round the Mountain Wilbert Smith (1951) -
![Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man]( "Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man")
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man Lou Francis (1951) -
![Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion]( "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion")
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Lou Hotchkiss (1950) -
![Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff]( "Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff")
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff Freddie Phillips (1949) -
![Africa Screams]( "Africa Screams")
Africa Screams Stanley Livington (1949) -
![Mexican Hayride]( "Mexican Hayride")
Mexican Hayride Joe Bascom aka Humphrey Fish (1948) -
![10, 000 Kids and a Cop]( "10, 000 Kids and a Cop")
10, 000 Kids and a Cop Lou Costello (1948) -
![Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]( "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein")
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Wilbur Gray (1948) -
![The Noose Hangs High]( "The Noose Hangs High")
The Noose Hangs High Tommy Hinchcliffe (1948) -
![The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap]( "The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap")
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap Chester Wooley (1947) -
![Buck Privates Come Home]( "Buck Privates Come Home")
Buck Privates Come Home Private Herbie Brown (1947) -
![The Time of Their Lives]( "The Time of Their Lives")
The Time of Their Lives Horatio Prim (1946) -
![Little Giant]( "Little Giant")
Little Giant Benny Miller (1946) -
![Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood]( "Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood")
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood Abercrombie (1945) -
![The Naughty Nineties]( "The Naughty Nineties")
The Naughty Nineties Sebastian Dinwiddle (1945) -
![Here Come the Co-eds]( "Here Come the Co-eds")
Here Come the Co-eds Oliver Quackenbush (1945) -
![Lost in a Harem]( "Lost in a Harem")
Lost in a Harem Harvey Garvey (1944) -
![In Society]( "In Society")
In Society Albert Mansfield (1944) -
![Hit the Ice]( "Hit the Ice")
Hit the Ice Weejie McCoy (1943) -
![It Ain't Hay]( "It Ain't Hay")
It Ain't Hay Wilbur Hoolihan (1943) -
![Who Done It?]( "Who Done It?")
Who Done It? Mervin Q. Milgrim / Voice of Himself on Radio (1942) -
![Pardon My Sarong]( "Pardon My Sarong")
Pardon My Sarong Wellington Pflug (1942) -
![Rio Rita]( "Rio Rita")
Rio Rita 'Wishy' Dunne (1942) -
![Ride 'Em Cowboy]( "Ride 'Em Cowboy")
Ride 'Em Cowboy Willoughby (1942) -
![Keep 'Em Flying]( "Keep 'Em Flying")
Keep 'Em Flying Heathcliff (1941) -
![Hold That Ghost]( "Hold That Ghost")
Hold That Ghost Ferdinand Jones (1941) -
![In the Navy]( "In the Navy")
In the Navy Pomeroy Watson (1941) -
![Buck Privates]( "Buck Privates")
Buck Privates Herbie Brown (1941) -
![One Night in the Tropics]( "One Night in the Tropics")
One Night in the Tropics Costello (1940) -
![The Cossacks]( "The Cossacks")
The Cossacks Extra (1928) -
![Circus Rookies]( "Circus Rookies")
Circus Rookies Extra (1928) -
![Rose-Marie]( "Rose-Marie")
Rose-Marie Extra (1928) -
![The Battle of the Century]( "The Battle of the Century")
The Battle of the Century Ringside Spectator (1927) -
![The Fair Co-Ed]( "The Fair Co-Ed")
The Fair Co-Ed Extra (1927) -
![The Taxi Dancer]( "The Taxi Dancer")
The Taxi Dancer Undetermined Secondary Role (1927) -
Actor
![Bardelys the Magnificent]( "Bardelys the Magnificent")
Bardelys the Magnificent Extra (1926) -
Soundtrack
![Dance with Me, Henry]( "Dance with Me, Henry")
Dance with Me, Henry (1956) -
![Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd]( "Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd")
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![The Colgate Comedy Hour]( "The Colgate Comedy Hour")
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951-1952) -
![Jack and the Beanstalk]( "Jack and the Beanstalk")
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) -
![The Time of Their Lives]( "The Time of Their Lives")
The Time of Their Lives (1946) -
![The Naughty Nineties]( "The Naughty Nineties")
The Naughty Nineties (1945) -
![Here Come the Co-eds]( "Here Come the Co-eds")
Here Come the Co-eds (1945) -
![Pardon My Sarong]( "Pardon My Sarong")
Pardon My Sarong (1942) -
![Hold That Ghost]( "Hold That Ghost")
Hold That Ghost (1941) -
![In the Navy]( "In the Navy")
In the Navy (1941) -
Soundtrack
![Buck Privates]( "Buck Privates")
Buck Privates (1941) -
Producer
![I'm the Law]( "I'm the Law")
I'm the Law (1953) -
![Jack and the Beanstalk]( "Jack and the Beanstalk")
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) -
![10, 000 Kids and a Cop]( "10, 000 Kids and a Cop")
10, 000 Kids and a Cop (1948) -
![The Noose Hangs High]( "The Noose Hangs High")
The Noose Hangs High (1948) -
Producer
![A Wave, a WAC and a Marine]( "A Wave, a WAC and a Marine")
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944) -
Writer
![The Abbott and Costello Show]( "The Abbott and Costello Show")
The Abbott and Costello Show (1954) -
Archive footage
![Dinosaur Quiz]( "Dinosaur Quiz")
Dinosaur Quiz (2022) -
![The One and Only Dick Gregory]( "The One and Only Dick Gregory")
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7x13=28 (2020)
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![Do the Lou (Remix)]( "Do the Lou (Remix)")
Do the Lou (Remix) (2020) -
![Who's on First?!!? The Animated Version]( "Who's on First?!!? The Animated Version")
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![Do the Lou]( "Do the Lou")
Do the Lou (2020) -
![Big Parade of Horror]( "Big Parade of Horror")
Big Parade of Horror (2020) -
![Diminishing Returns]( "Diminishing Returns")
Diminishing Returns (2017) -
![The Factor]( "The Factor")
The Factor (2008-2014) -
![42]( "42")
42 (2013) -
![Cinemassacre's Monster Madness]( "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness")
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![Reagan]( "Reagan")
Reagan (2011) -
![Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes]( "Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes")
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![A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss]( "A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss")
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![Behind the Burly Q]( "Behind the Burly Q")
Behind the Burly Q (2010) -
![Muchachada nui]( "Muchachada nui")
Muchachada nui (2010) -
![Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America]( "Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America")
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![Morecambe and Wise: The Show What Paul Merton Did]( "Morecambe and Wise: The Show What Paul Merton Did")
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![Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge]( "Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge")
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![The Story of Light Entertainment]( "The Story of Light Entertainment")
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![Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us]( "Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us")
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![The Great Man: W.C. Fields]( "The Great Man: W.C. Fields")
The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005) -
Back to the 1950s (2004)
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![I Know A Riddle]( "I Know A Riddle")
I Know A Riddle (2004) -
Les vamps fantastiques (2003)
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![The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster]( "The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster")
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![Laugh? I Thought I'd Die!]( "Laugh? I Thought I'd Die!")
Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999) -
ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999)
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![Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed]( "Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed")
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![The Century: America's Time]( "The Century: America's Time")
The Century: America's Time (1999) -
![Classified X]( "Classified X")
Classified X (1998) -
![Universal Horror]( "Universal Horror")
Universal Horror (1998) -
![E! Mysteries & Scandals]( "E! Mysteries & Scandals")
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998) -
![American Masters]( "American Masters")
American Masters (1997) -
![Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star]( "Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star")
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![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography (1995-1996) -
![Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest]( "Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest")
Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest (1995) -
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![Television's Christmas Classics]( "Television's Christmas Classics")
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![Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld]( "Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld")
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![It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein]( "It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein")
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![Legends of Comedy]( "Legends of Comedy")
Legends of Comedy (1992) -
![Dracula in the Movies]( "Dracula in the Movies")
Dracula in the Movies (1992) -
![When It Was a Game]( "When It Was a Game")
When It Was a Game (1991) -
![Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook]( "Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook")
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![Blushing Bloopers]( "Blushing Bloopers")
Blushing Bloopers (1990) -
![Abbott and Costello in the Movies]( "Abbott and Costello in the Movies")
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![Classic Movie Bloopers]( "Classic Movie Bloopers")
Classic Movie Bloopers (1990) -
![Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths]( "Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths")
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![Bloopers Galore]( "Bloopers Galore")
Bloopers Galore (1989) -
A Tribute to Lucy (1989)
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![Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!]( "Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!")
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![Movie Bloopers]( "Movie Bloopers")
Movie Bloopers (1988) -
![Entertaining the Troops]( "Entertaining the Troops")
Entertaining the Troops (1988) -
![Classic Star Bloopers]( "Classic Star Bloopers")
Classic Star Bloopers (1987) -
![Celebrity Commercials]( "Celebrity Commercials")
Celebrity Commercials (1987) -
![Bloopermania]( "Bloopermania")
Bloopermania (1987) -
![Classic Comedy Teams]( "Classic Comedy Teams")
Classic Comedy Teams (1986) -
![Horrible Horror]( "Horrible Horror")
Horrible Horror (1986) -
![Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers]( "Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers")
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![Into the Night]( "Into the Night")
Into the Night (1985) -
![Those Wild Bloopers]( "Those Wild Bloopers")
Those Wild Bloopers (1984) -
![The Making of The Stooges]( "The Making of The Stooges")
The Making of The Stooges (1984) -
The Great Standups (1984)
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![Terror in the Aisles]( "Terror in the Aisles")
Terror in the Aisles (1984) -
![The Philadelphia Experiment]( "The Philadelphia Experiment")
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) -
![Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood]( "Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood")
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Son of Video Yesterbloop (1983)
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![Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage]( "Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage")
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![Showbiz Goes to War]( "Showbiz Goes to War")
Showbiz Goes to War (1982) -
![Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers!]( "Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers!")
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![Simon & Simon]( "Simon & Simon")
Simon & Simon (1982) -
![Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter]( "Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter")
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![The Hollywood Clowns]( "The Hollywood Clowns")
The Hollywood Clowns (1979) -
![The Horror Show]( "The Horror Show")
The Horror Show (1979) -
![Hey, Abbott!]( "Hey, Abbott!")
Hey, Abbott! (1978) -
![Funny Business]( "Funny Business")
Funny Business (1978) -
![Bob Hope's World of Comedy]( "Bob Hope's World of Comedy")
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976) -
![That's Entertainment, Part II]( "That's Entertainment, Part II")
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![Hollywood: The Dream Factory]( "Hollywood: The Dream Factory")
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) -
![Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at...]( "Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at...")
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![Hollywood My Home Town]( "Hollywood My Home Town")
Hollywood My Home Town (1965) -
![The World of Abbott and Costello]( "The World of Abbott and Costello")
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![The Big Parade of Comedy]( "The Big Parade of Comedy")
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) -
![Hollywood and the Stars]( "Hollywood and the Stars")
Hollywood and the Stars (1963) -
![Project Twenty]( "Project Twenty")
Project Twenty (1960) -
![The Steve Allen Plymouth Show]( "The Steve Allen Plymouth Show")
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Oh, My Achin' Tooth! (1954)
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Champs of the Chase (1954)
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Gobs in a Mess (1953)
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![The Colgate Comedy Hour]( "The Colgate Comedy Hour")
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953) -
![I'm the Law]( "I'm the Law")
I'm the Law (1953) -
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Knights of the Bath (1951)
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Kitchen Mechanics (1949)
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Fun on the Run (1949)
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Oysters and Muscles (1948)
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Archive footage
![Twenty Years After]( "Twenty Years After")
Twenty Years After (1944) -
![The Autobiography of a 'Jeep']( "The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'")
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Stunts
![The Trail of '98]( "The Trail of '98")
The Trail of '98 (1928) -
Stunts
![Rose-Marie]( "Rose-Marie")
Rose-Marie (1928)
All Filmography
Videos
Awards
4 wins.Did You Know
Trivia
Was chosen for the lead role in the Broadway musical "Fiorello!" (1959), lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music by Jerry Bock. On account of Costello's illness, the role was filled by a young Tom Bosley.
Quotes
[his last words] I think I'll be more comfortable.
Trademark
Master of early pratfall techniques.
Nickname
Lou King
Star Sign
Pisces
Personal Details
Born
Louis Francis Cristillo
Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Died
(age 52)
East Los Angeles, California, USA
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