Lou Costello (I) (1906–1959)

Actor | Producer | Stunts

Lou Costello was born Louis Francis Cristillo in Paterson, New Jersey, to Helen (Rege) and ...

Born: March 6, 1906
Died: March 3, 1959 (age 52)

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Filmography

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 Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill (1952)
Lost in Alaska George Bell (1952)
Jack and the Beanstalk Jack / Jack Strong (1952)
Comin' Round the Mountain Wilbert Smith (1951)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man Lou Francis (1951)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Lou Hotchkiss (1950)
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff Freddie Phillips (1949)
Africa Screams Stanley Livington (1949)
Mexican Hayride Joe Bascom aka Humphrey Fish (1948)
10, 000 Kids and a Cop Lou Costello (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Wilbur Gray (1948)
The Noose Hangs High Tommy Hinchcliffe (1948)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap Chester Wooley (1947)
Buck Privates Come Home Private Herbie Brown (1947)
The Time of Their Lives Horatio Prim (1946)
Little Giant Benny Miller (1946)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood Abercrombie (1945)
The Naughty Nineties Sebastian Dinwiddle (1945)
Here Come the Co-eds Oliver Quackenbush (1945)
Lost in a Harem Harvey Garvey (1944)
In Society Albert Mansfield (1944)
Hit the Ice Weejie McCoy (1943)
It Ain't Hay Wilbur Hoolihan (1943)
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 (1942)
Keep 'Em Flying Heathcliff (1941)
Hold That Ghost Ferdinand Jones (1941)
In the Navy Pomeroy Watson (1941)
Buck Privates Herbie Brown (1941)
One Night in the Tropics Costello (1940)
The Cossacks Extra (1928)
Circus Rookies Extra (1928)
Rose-Marie Extra (1928)
The Battle of the Century Ringside Spectator (1927)
The Fair Co-Ed Extra (1927)
The Taxi Dancer Undetermined Secondary Role (1927)
Actor

Bardelys the Magnificent Extra (1926)
Soundtrack

Dance with Me, Henry (1956)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951-1952)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Here Come the Co-eds (1945)
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
In the Navy (1941)
Soundtrack

Buck Privates (1941)
Producer

I'm the Law (1953)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
10, 000 Kids and a Cop (1948)
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Producer

A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944)
Writer

The Abbott and Costello Show (1954)
Archive footage

Dinosaur Quiz (2022)
The One and Only Dick Gregory (2021)
7x13=28 (2020)
Do the Lou (Remix) (2020)
Who's on First?!!? The Animated Version (2020)
Do the Lou (2020)
Big Parade of Horror (2020)
Diminishing Returns (2017)
The Factor (2008-2014)
42 (2013)
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2011)
Reagan (2011)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011)
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010)
Behind the Burly Q (2010)
Muchachada nui (2010)
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009)
Morecambe and Wise: The Show What Paul Merton Did (2009)
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (2008)
The Story of Light Entertainment (2006)
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005)
The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005)
Back to the 1950s (2004)
I Know A Riddle (2004)
Les vamps fantastiques (2003)
The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (2002)
Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999)
ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (1999)
The Century: America's Time (1999)
Classified X (1998)
Universal Horror (1998)
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998)
American Masters (1997)
Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star (1996)
Biography (1995-1996)
Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest (1995)
Ed Sullivan All-Star Comedy Special (1995)
Television's Christmas Classics (1994)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994)
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994)
Legends of Comedy (1992)
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
When It Was a Game (1991)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Blushing Bloopers (1990)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990)
Classic Movie Bloopers (1990)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
The Three Stooges 60th Anniversary Special (1990)
Bloopers Galore (1989)
A Tribute to Lucy (1989)
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! (1989)
Movie Bloopers (1988)
Entertaining the Troops (1988)
Classic Star Bloopers (1987)
Celebrity Commercials (1987)
Bloopermania (1987)
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
Horrible Horror (1986)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)
Into the Night (1985)
Those Wild Bloopers (1984)
The Making of The Stooges (1984)
The Great Standups (1984)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1983)
Son of Video Yesterbloop (1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
Simon & Simon (1982)
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
The Horror Show (1979)
Hey, Abbott! (1978)
Funny Business (1978)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at... (1965)
Hollywood My Home Town (1965)
The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
Project Twenty (1960)
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1959)
Oh, My Achin' Tooth! (1954)
Champs of the Chase (1954)
Screen Snapshots Series 33, No. 10: Hollywood Grows Up (1954)
Gobs in a Mess (1953)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953)
I'm the Law (1953)
Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952)
Knights of the Bath (1951)
Kitchen Mechanics (1949)
Fun on the Run (1949)
Oysters and Muscles (1948)
Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 8: Looking Back (1946)
Archive footage

Twenty Years After (1944)
The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' (1943)
Stunts

The Trail of '98 (1928)
Stunts

Rose-Marie (1928)

Videos

Awards

4 wins.

Did You Know

He had a habit of taking home any prop or furniture item from a set that took his fancy. During filming of Hit the Ice (1943), director Charles Lamont went back to reshoot some scenes that took place at an ice-skating rink only to discover that all ...