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!!."

Known for

★7.1

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948

★5.9

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955

★6.3

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951

★6.3

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953

★6.8

Hold That Ghost

1941

★6.8

Buck Privates

1941

★5.7

Africa Screams

1949

★5.7

Jack and the Beanstalk

1952

★6.6

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949

★6.9

The Battle of the Century

1927

★5.4

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953

★7.2

The Time of Their Lives

1946