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Lou Costello

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Lou Costello

Mar 6, 1906 – Mar 3, 195993 titles 86 movies · 7 TV
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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!!."

Also known as

Louis Francis Cristillo · Lou Cristillo · Sebastian Cristillo

Born

Mar 6, 1906 – Mar 3, 1959

Paterson, New Jersey, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

93

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Directing

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Writing

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Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

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1926 1 title(s)

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1928 2 title(s)

1940 1 title(s)

1941 5 title(s)

1942 3 title(s)

1943 2 title(s)

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1945 3 title(s)

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2013 1 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

Undated 2 title(s)