Lou Costello was Born on March 6, 1906 in Paterson, New Jersey.
Lou Costello Passed Away on March 3, 1959 in East Los Angeles,
California from a heart attack.
Abbott and Costello are known in Italy as "Gianni and Pinotto",
Abbott being Gianni and Costello being Pinotto. Lou Costello
and Bud Abbott are the only two non-sportsmen honored in the
Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, USA, for their "Who's
On First" routine. However, they are not members of the Baseball
Hall of Fame.
Lou worked as a carpenter at MGM and Warners. He went from
there to stuntman and then to vaudeville as a comic. In 1931
while working in Brooklyn, his straightman became ill and
the theater cashier, Bud Abbott, filled in for him.
The two formed their famous comedy team and, through the
1930s, they worked burlesque, minstrel shows, vaudeville and
movie houses. In 1938 they got national exposure through the
Kate Smith Hour radio show, and signed with Universal the
next year for their film debut in ONE NIGHT IN THE TROPICS(1940).
They had their own radio show (ABC, 1941-6, NBC, 1946-9)
and 1952 TV show ("The Abbott and Costello Show." Lou Costello
is pictured on one of five 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps
celebrating famous comedians, issued in booklet form 29 August
1991.
Founded the Television Corporation of America production
company which produced "The Abbott and Costello Show" (1952)
and "I'm the Law" (1953).
Lou Costello's other notable credits include...
