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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Filmography.

Official Films

Year Movie Lou Costello Role Bud Abbott Role Notes
1940 One Night in the Tropics Costello Abbott Universal
Film debut
1941 Buck Privates Herbie Brown Slicker Smith Universal
First starring roles[5]
1941 In the Navy Pomeroy Watson Smokey Adams Universal
1941 Hold That Ghost Ferdinand Jones Chuck Murray Universal
1941 Keep 'Em Flying Heathcliffe Blackie Benson Universal
1942 Ride 'Em Cowboy Willoughby Duke Universal
1942 Rio Rita Wishy Dunn Doc MGM
1942 Pardon My Sarong Wellington Phlug Algy Shaw Universal
1942 Who Done It? Mervyn Milgrim Chick Larkin Universal
1943 It Ain't Hay Wilbur Hoolihan Grover Mickridge Universal
1943 Hit the Ice Tubby McCoy Flash Fulton Universal
1944 In Society Albert Mansfield Eddie Harrington Universal
1944 Lost in a Harem Harvey Garvey Peter Johnson MGM
1945 Here Come the Co-Eds Oliver Quackenbush Slats McCarthy Universal
1945 The Naughty Nineties Sebastian Dinwiddie Dexter Broadhurst Universal
"Who's on First?" routine from this film is featured at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1945 Abbott and Costello in Hollywood Abercrombie Buzz Kurtis MGM
1946 Little Giant Benny Miller John Morrison/Tom Chandler Universal
1946 The Time of Their Lives Horatio Prim Cuthbert/Dr. Greenway Universal
1947 Buck Privates Come Home Herbie Brown Slicker Smith Universal-International
Sequel to Buck Privates
1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap Chester Wooley Duke Egan Universal-International
1948 The Noose Hangs High Tommy Hinchcliffe Ted Higgins Eagle-Lion
1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Wilbur Gray Chick Young Universal-International
1948 Mexican Hayride Joe Bascom/Humphrey Fish Harry Lambert Universal-International
1949 Africa Screams Stanley Livington Buzz Johnson United Artists
1949 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff Freddie Phillips Casey Edwards Universal-International
1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Lou Hotchkiss Bud Jones Universal-International
1951 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man Lou Francis Bud Alexander Universal-International
1951 Comin' Round the Mountain Wilbert Smith Al Stewart Universal-International
1952 Jack and the Beanstalk Jack Mr. Dinklepuss Warner Bros.
In sepia and color.
1952 Lost in Alaska George Bell Tom Watson Universal-International
1952-54 The Abbott and Costello Show Himself Himself Television Show; Presented by Allan Enterprises
1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd Oliver "Puddin' Head" Johnson Rocky Stonebridge Warner Bros.
In color
1953 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars Orville Lester Universal-International
1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Tubby Slim Universal-International
1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops Willie Piper Harry Pierce Universal-International
1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy Costello (erroneously listed in the film as "Freddie Franklin") Abbott (erroneously listed in the film as "Pete Patterson") Universal-International
1956 Dance with Me, Henry Lou Henry Bud Flick United Artists
Final film as a duo
1965 The World of Abbott and Costello Himself Himself Universal
Compilation film