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

The Ed Sullivan Show
1955
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1951
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
2012
The Lux Show
1958
General Electric Theater
1958
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
94
Writing
1
Producing
2
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Abbott and Costello: Life and Legacy
as Self (Archive Footage)
2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self (archive footage)
2011
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
2007
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
2005
The Great Man: W.C. Fields
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
as (archive footage)
1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
1997
Vaudeville
as Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (Archive Footage)
1992
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage)
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage)
1990
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Himself
1990
Abbott & Costello in the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
1978
Hey Abbott
as Self
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
1959
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
as Artie Pinsetter
1958
General Electric Theater
as Neal Andrews
1958
The Lux Show
as Self
1956
Dance with Me, Henry
as Lou Henry
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Lou Costello
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Willie 'Tubby' Piper
1955
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Tubby
1953
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as Orville
1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1952
Lost in Alaska
as George Bell
1952
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill
1952
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Jack / Jack Strong
1952
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
as Costello
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Lou Costello
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Lou Francis
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Wilbert Smith
1951
Knights of the Bath
as Albert (archive footage)
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Host
1950
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
as Lou Hotchkiss
1949
Africa Screams
as Stanley Livington
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Freddie Phillips
1949
Fun on the Run
1949
Kitchen Mechanics
1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as Wilbur Grey
1948
Mexican Hayride
as Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
1948
The Noose Hangs High
as Homer Hinchcliffe
1948
10,000 Kids and a Cop
as Self
1948
Oysters and Muscles
as Oliver
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Chester Wooley
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
as Herbie Brown
1946
The Time of Their Lives
as Horatio Prim
1946
Little Giant
as Benny Miller
1945
The Naughty Nineties
as Sebastian Dinwiddle
1945
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Oliver Quackenbush
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Abercrombie
1944
In Society
as Albert Mansfield
1944
Lost in a Harem
as Harvey Garvey
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
Hit the Ice
as Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
1943
It Ain't Hay
as Wilbur Hoolihan
1942
Pardon My Sarong
as Wellington Pflug, aka Moola
1942
Who Done It?
as Mervin Q. Milgrim
1942
Rio Rita
as Wishy
1941
In the Navy
as Pomeroy Watson
1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Willoughby
1941
Keep 'Em Flying
as Heathcliff
1941
Buck Privates
as Herbie Brown
1941
Hold That Ghost
as Ferdinand Jones
1940
One Night in the Tropics
as Costello
1928
The Cossacks
as Extra (uncredited)
1928
Circus Rookies
as Extra
1927
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
The Battle of the Century
as Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
1926
Bardelys the Magnificent
as Extra (uncredited)
Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious!
as Himself
Midget Car Maniacs
as Costello