Lou Costello, berne Louis Francis Cristillo (Paterson, New Jersey, 6 maart 1906 - Los Angeles, Kalifornje, 3 maart 1959), wie in Amerikaansk akteur en komediant, it meast bekend as de koartswillige helte fan it komeedzjeteam Abbott en Costello, mei Budd Abbott.
Stjerren
It duo makke 36 films tusken 1940 en 1956 en hearden yn de Twadde Wrâldkriich by de meast populêre en bêst betelle artysten yn de wrâld. Harren populêrste films wiene Buck Privates, Hold That Ghost, Who Done It? (1942), Pardon My Sarong, The Time of Their Lives, Buck Privates Come Home, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man.
Yn de jierren 40 ferskynde it duo ek op de radio. Op 8 oktober 1942 setten hja út ein mei harren wyklikse show op NBC sponsere troch Camel cigarettes. Fan 1947-49 giene hja oer nei de ABC.
Yn 1951 hearden hja by de wikseljende gastlju fan The Colgate Comedy Hour, (Eddie Cantor en Bob Hope wiene by de oare gasthearen) en it jier dêrop krigen sy in eigen komeedzjeshow, The Abbott and Costello Show.
Filmografy
| Jier | Film | Rol | Oantekenings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Bardelys the Magnificent | Extra | |
| 1927 | The Battle of the Century | Ekstra | |
| The Taxi Dance | Ekstra | ||
| The Fair Co-Ed | Ekstra | ||
| 1928 | Rose-Marie | Ekstra | |
| Circus Rookies | Ekstra | ||
| The Cossacks | Ekstra | ||
| The Trail of '98 | Stuntman | ||
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics | Costello | Filmdebút fan Abbott and Costello |
| 1941 | Buck Privates | Herbie Brown | |
| In the Navy | Pomeroy Watson | ||
| Hold That Ghost | Ferdinand Jones | ||
| Keep 'Em Flying | Heathcliffe | ||
| 1942 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Willoughby | |
| Rio Rita | Wishy Dunn | ||
| Pardon My Sarong | Wellington Phlug | ||
| Who Done It? | Mervyn Milgrim | ||
| 1943 | It Ain't Hay | Wilbur Hoolihan | |
| Hit The Ice | Tubby McCoy | ||
| 1944 | In Society | Albert Mansfield | |
| Lost in a Harem | Harvey Garvey | ||
| 1945 | Here Come The Co-Eds | Oliver Quackenbush | |
| The Naughty Nineties | Sebastian Dinwiddie | ||
| Abbott and Costello in Hollywood | Abercrombie | ||
| 1946 | Little Giant | Benny Miller | |
| The Time of Their Lives | Horatio Prim | ||
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home | Herbie Brown | Ferfolch op Buck Privates |
| The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Chester Wooley | ||
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Tommy Hinchcliffe | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | Wilbur Gray | ||
| Mexican Hayride | Joe Bascom/Humphrey Fish | ||
| 10,000 Kids and a Cop | Himself | Koarte dokumintêre | |
| 1949 | Africa Screams | Stanley Livington | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Freddie Phillips | ||
| 1950 | Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion | Lou Hotchkiss | |
| 1951 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Lou Francis | |
| Comin' Round The Mountain | Wilbert Smith | ||
| 1952 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Jack | Yn kleur |
| Lost in Alaska | George Bell | ||
| Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | Oliver "Pudding Holle" Johnson | Yn kleur | |
| 1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Orville | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Tubby | ||
| 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Willie Piper | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Freddie Franklin | ||
| 1956 | Dance With Me Henry | Lou Henry | |
| 1959 | The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock | Artie Pinsetter | |
| 1965 | The World of Abbott and Costello | - | Filmkompilaasje |