Mar 6, 1906 - Paterson, New Jersey, USA
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!!."
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| Movie | 1985 | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1953 | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Tubby | |
| Movie | 1948 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein | Wilbur Grey | |
| Movie | 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1949 | Africa Screams | Stanley Livington | |
| Movie | 1942 | Pardon My Sarong | Wellington Pflug, aka Moola | |
| Movie | 1948 | Mexican Hayride | Joe Bascom / Harry Fish | |
| Movie | 1990 | Abbott and Costello in the Movies | Himself | |
| Movie | 1941 | In the Navy | Pomeroy Watson | |
| Movie | 1952 | Lost in Alaska | George Bell | |
| Movie | 1945 | The Naughty Nineties | Sebastian Dinwiddle | |
| Movie | 1942 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Willoughby | |
| Movie | 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Homer Hinchcliffe | |
| Movie | 1947 | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Chester Wooley | |
| Movie | 1946 | The Time of Their Lives | Horatio Prim | |
| Movie | 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Freddie Franklin | |
| Movie | 1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Orville | |
| Movie | 1949 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Freddie Phillips | |
| Movie | 1951 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Lou Francis | |
| Movie | 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home | Herbie Brown | |
| Movie | 1950 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion | Lou Hotchkiss | |
| Movie | 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Willie 'Tubby' Piper | |
| Movie | 1956 | Dance with Me, Henry | Lou Henry | |
| Movie | 1951 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Wilbert Smith | |
| Movie | 1941 | Keep 'Em Flying | Heathcliff | |
| Movie | 1945 | Here Come the Co-Eds | Oliver Quackenbush | |
| Movie | 1943 | Hit the Ice | Weejie 'Tubby' McCoy | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Hollywood Clowns | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1941 | Buck Privates | Herbie Brown | |
| Movie | 1940 | One Night in the Tropics | Costello | |
| Movie | 1944 | In Society | Albert Mansfield | |
| Movie | 1946 | Little Giant | Benny Miller | |
| Movie | 1941 | Hold That Ghost | Ferdinand Jones | |
| Movie | 1952 | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | Captain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill | |
| Movie | 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Abercrombie | |
| Movie | 1942 | Who Done It? | Mervin Q. Milgrim | |
| Movie | 1952 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Jack / Jack Strong | |
| Movie | 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1943 | It Ain't Hay | Wilbur Hoolihan | |
| Movie | 1942 | Rio Rita | Wishy | |
| Movie | 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1951 | Knights of the Bath | Albert (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1944 | Lost in a Harem | Harvey Garvey | |
| Movie | 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1959 | The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock | Artie Pinsetter | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula | Wilbur Gray (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Wilbur Grey / Tubby (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1927 | The Fair Co-Ed | ||
| Movie | 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2007 | Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 1 | ||
| Movie | 2007 | Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 2 | ||
| Movie | 1965 | The World of Abbott and Costello | Character in Film Clips (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1949 | Kitchen Mechanics | ||
| Movie | 1949 | Fun on the Run | ||
| Movie | 2013 | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1928 | The Cossacks | Extra (uncredited) | |
| Movie | N/A | Abbott & Costello: Live & Hilarious! | Himself | |
| Movie | 2011 | Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1927 | The Battle of the Century | Boxing Hall Extra (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1948 | 10,000 Kids and a Cop | Self | |
| Movie | 1990 | Abbott & Costello in the Movies | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2000 | Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2008 | Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1944 | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1994 | Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | Self (Archive Footage) | |
| Movie | 2011 | The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1926 | Bardelys the Magnificent | Extra (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1996 | Abbott & Costello Meet Biography | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1952 | Abbott and Costello Christmas Show | Costello | |
| Movie | 2000 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters! | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1999 | Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1997 | The Best of Abbott & Costello Live | ||
| Movie | N/A | Midget Car Maniacs | Costello | |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Host | 16 |
| TV Show | 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 3 |
| TV Show | 1953 | General Electric Theater | Neal Andrews | 1 |
| TV Show | 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Lou Costello | 52 |
| TV Show | 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - "Who's On First?" | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Svengoolie | Wilbur Grey | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | The Lux Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Comedian | 2 |
| TV Show | 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self | 4 |
| TV Show | 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - House of the Monster Sketch | 1 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Studio 42 with Bob Costas | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
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| Movie | 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1952 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Creator | Creator |
