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

Rio Rita

Wishy

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Wilbur Grey

Buck Privates

Herbie Brown

One Night in the Tropics

Costello

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Lou Costello

Hold That Ghost

Ferdinand Jones

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Tubby

Vaudeville

Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)