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Lou Costello

Born
March 6, 1906
Died
March 3, 1959
From
Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Also known as

Louis Francis Cristillo · Lou Cristillo · Sebastian Cristillo

Biography

Louis Francis 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 ABBOTT!!."

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