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Acting · 1906 to 1959

Lou Costello

Best rated: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (7.3)

Films
39
Avg rating
6.50
Peak run
1946’48
7+ run
2 films
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The career

Lou Costello, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1946 to 1948, 7.005678193019351940194519501955Abbott and Costello Meet … 7.3Abbott and Costello Meet … 6.2Career avg 6.50

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Lou Costello's career barcodecoolhot
192739 films1959
Current formLast 5: 6.04 vs career 6.50 (−0.46)
  1. LAbbott and Costello Go to Mars1953 · 5.9−0.6
  2. LAbbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1953 · 6.4−0.1
  3. LAbbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops1955 · 6.3−0.2
  4. LAbbott and Costello Meet the Mummy1955 · 6.2−0.3
  5. LThe 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock1959 · 5.4−1.1
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Lou by the numbers

Average
6.50
36 rated films
Vote weighted
6.51
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.46
rating spread
Career
33y
1927 to 1959
Total votes
124K
across every film
Best
7.3
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Worst
6.2
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1959The 30 Foot Bride of Candy RockArtie Pinsetter5.41,035
1956Dance with Me, HenryLou Henry·994
1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone KopsWillie 'Tubby' Piper6.32,544
1955Abbott and Costello Meet the MummyFreddie Franklin6.27,010
1953Abbott and Costello Go to MarsOrville5.93,849
1953Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeTubby6.45,588
1952Abbott and Costello Meet Captain KiddCaptain 'Puddin' head' Feathergill5.72,496
1952Jack and the BeanstalkJack5.83,844
1952Lost in AlaskaGeorge Bell6.22,275
1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible ManLou Francis6.66,803
1951Comin' Round the MountainWilbert Smith6.31,579
1950Abbott and Costello in the Foreign LegionLou Hotchkiss6.33,302
1949Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris KarloffFreddie Phillips6.74,545
1949Africa ScreamsStanley Livington6.04,349
1948Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein posterAbbott and Costello Meet FrankensteinWilbur Gray7.320,638
1948Mexican HayrideJoe Bascom aka Humphrey Fish6.21,415
1948The Noose Hangs HighTommy Hinchcliffe6.61,319
1947Buck Privates Come HomePrivate Herbie Brown6.82,341
1947The Wistful Widow of Wagon GapChester Wooley6.71,365
1946Little GiantBenny Miller6.71,521
Better together?

Lou Costello's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

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On Lou Costello

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