Lou Costello
Gender: Male
Born: 6th March 1906
Died: 3rd March 1959
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: The Abbott and Costello Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour
Movies: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, Africa Screams, Buck Privates, One Night in the Tropics, Hold That Ghost, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, Lost in a Harem, Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, Pardon My Sarong, Dance With Me Henry, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, It Ain't Hay, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock, The Time of Their Lives, Keep 'Em Flying, Buck Privates Come Home, Lost in Alaska, The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, In Society, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, Little Giant, Jack and the Beanstalk, In The Navy, Rio Rita, Ride 'Em Cowboy, Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, Here Come The Co-Eds, Hit the Ice, The Naughty Nineties, Comin' Round The Mountain, The Noose Hangs High, Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Mexican Hayride, Who Done It?, 10,000 Kids and a Cop, , Abbott and Costello Funniest Routines: Vol. 2, The Fair Co-Ed, The Cossacks
Louis Francis "Lou" 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 Abbot!!"
Costello was born Louis Francis Cristillo on March 6, 1906 in Paterson, New Jersey, the son of Helen (née Rege) and Sebastiano Cristillo. His father was Italian (from Caserta, Italy) and his mother was an American of Italian, French, and Irish ancestry. He attended School 15 in Paterson, NJ and was considered a gifted athlete. He excelled in basketball and reportedly was once the New Jersey state foul shot champion. (His singular basketball prowess can be seen on film, in Here Come The Co-Eds (1945), in which Lou performs all his own tricky hoop shots without special effects). He also fought as a boxer under the name "Lou King". He took his professional name from actress Helene Costello. "There was a girl named Helene Costello, and I took her name".
In 1927, Costello went to Hollywood to become an actor – but could only find work as a laborer or
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