Filmography
| Year | Movie | Lou Costello Role | Bud Abbott Role | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Box office ranking
According to Quigley Publishing's Poll of Exhibitors (1932-2009+), who published The Motion Picture Almanac, Motion Picture Herald, and Motion Picture Daily, for a number of years Abbott and Costello were ranked[citation needed] among the most popular stars in the US:
- 1941 – 3rd[32]
- 1942 – 1st (US), 2nd (UK)
- 1943 – 3rd (US), 3rd (UK)
- 1944 – 8th (US), 10th (UK)
- 1945 – 11th (US), 8th (UK)
- 1946 – 20th
- 1947 – 16th[33]
- 1948 – 3rd
- 1949 – 3rd
- 1950 – 6th (US), 2nd (UK)[34]
- 1951 – 4th (US), 4th (UK)
- 1952 – 11th
- 1953 – 20th
Discography
- 1942: Laugh, Laugh, Laugh (Parts I and II) Victor 27737[35]
Spin-offs
The 1960s cartoon series was not the first time Abbott and Costello were animated. During the height of their popularity in the 1940s, Warner Bros.'s Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies animation unit produced 3 cartoons featuring the pair as cats or mice named "Babbit and Catstello". One of the cartoons, Bob Clampett's A Tale of Two Kitties (1942), introduced Tweety. The other cartoons are Tale of Two Mice (1945) and The Mouse-Merized Cat (1946). In all three cartoons, Tedd Pierce (normally a storyman/writer for the cartoons) and Mel Blanc, respectively, provide voice impressions of the comedy duo.
The revival of their former television series in syndicated reruns in the late 1960s and early 1970s helped spark renewed interest in the duo, as did the televising of many of their old film hits. In 1994, comedian Jerry Seinfeld—who says Abbott and Costello were strong influences on his work—hosted a television special Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (the title refers to the duo's popular film series in which they met some of Universal's famed horror picture characters), on NBC.
In popular culture
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