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Lou Costello
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American actor and comedian (1906–1959)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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!!."
Known for
- Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies — Self - (archive footage)2025
- Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored — Self (archive footage)2013
- Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes — Self (archive footage)2011
- The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? — Self (archive footage)2011
- Studio 42 with Bob Costas — Self (archive footage)2009
- Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge — Self (archive footage)2008
- Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 12007
- Abbott and Costello: Funniest Routines, Vol. 22007
- The Many Faces of Dracula — Wilbur Gray (archive footage)2000
- Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed — Self (archive footage)2000
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1906
- Active to
- 1959
Member of
- Abbott and Costello1935–1957
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 129
- Total plays
- 197
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,951x
- A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin
· 2020 · cited 17,368x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,796x
- Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes
· 2015 · cited 6,301x
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,779x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Louis Francis Cristillo , ( 1906-03-06 ) March 6, 1906, Paterson, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- March 3, 1959 (1959-03-03) (aged 52), Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Calvary Cemetery , Los Angeles
- Occupations
- Comedian actor producer
- Years active
- 1926–1959
- Spouse
- Anne Battler ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1934 )
- Family
- Pat Costello (brother), Joe Kirk (brother-in-law)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Louis Francis Cristillo (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959), better known as Lou Costello, was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known for his double act with Bud Abbott and their routine "Who's on First?".
Abbott and Costello, who teamed in burlesque in 1936, were among the most popular and highest-paid entertainers in the world during World War II. During a national tour in 1942, they sold $85 million in war bonds in 35 days. By 1955, their popularity waned from overexposure, and their film and television contracts lapsed. Their partnership ended in 1957, after which Costello made numerous solo appearances on TV and starred in one film.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lou Costello” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.