Highest rated as cast or director
Lou Costello's 7 titles from the 1940s have a median Balasaur Score of 67, led by Hold That Ghost (79) and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (75), against 54 for those from the 1950s.
Biography
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!!."
Acted in 60
2000s
- 2007
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1
Movie
Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2
Movie
- 2000
Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters!
(archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
Wilbur Gray (archive footage)
1990s
- 1997
The Best of Abbott & Costello Live
Movie
- 1992
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
1980s
- 1982
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1970s
- 1979
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
- 1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1960s
- 1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
Character in Film Clips (archive footage)
- 1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)
1950s
- 1959
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
Artie Pinsetter
- 1956
- 1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Willie 'Tubby' Piper
- 1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Tubby
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Orville
General Electric Theater
Neal Andrews · 1 episode
- 1952
Lost in Alaska
George Bell
Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
Costello
- 1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
Wilbert Smith
Knights of the Bath
Albert (archive footage)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Lou Francis
- 1950
Midget Car Maniacs
Costello
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
Lou Hotchkiss
1940s
- 1949
Kitchen Mechanics
Movie
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Freddie Phillips
- 1948
Mexican Hayride
Joe Bascom / Harry Fish
- 1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Chester Wooley
- 1946
The Time of Their Lives
Horatio Prim
Little Giant
Benny Miller
- 1945
The Naughty Nineties
Sebastian Dinwiddle
Here Come the Co-Eds
Oliver Quackenbush
- 1944
Lost in a Harem
Harvey Garvey
In Society
Albert Mansfield
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
- 1943
Hit the Ice
Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy
- 1942
Who Done It?
Mervin Q. Milgrim
Rio Rita
Wishy
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Willoughby
- 1941
Keep 'Em Flying
Heathcliff
In the Navy
Pomeroy Watson
Buck Privates
Herbie Brown
- 1940
One Night in the Tropics
Costello
1920s
- 1928
The Cossacks
Extra (uncredited)
- 1927
The Battle of the Century
Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited)
The Fair Co-Ed
Movie
- 1926
Bardelys the Magnificent
Extra (uncredited)
Produced 2
1950s
- 1952
1940s
- 1948
Wrote 1
1950s
- 1952
Appearances25
2020s
- 2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
Abbott and Costello: Life and Legacy
Self (Archive Footage)
- 2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
- 2011
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
Self (archive footage)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
- 2008
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
Self (archive footage)
- 2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
- 1997
- 1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
Self (archive footage)
- 1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Self (Archive Footage)
- 1990
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Himself
1980s
- 1986
Classic Comedy Teams
Self (archive footage)
- 1985
- 1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1978
Hey Abbott
Self
- 1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
- 1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1960s
- 1968
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
1950s
- 1956
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
10,000 Kids and a Cop
Self
