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2 unusual facts about Lou Costello


Ron Hargrave

During his military service time he met up with the daughter of Lou Costello which started him off in the film industry.

Ron Hargrave, after hanging out with Costello's daughter, met with Abbott and Costello and eventually was managed by Lou Costello in one film, "Dance With Me Henry", released in 1956.


Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Slim (Bud Abbott) and Tubby (Lou Costello) are American policemen in London studying police tactics on the London Police Force.

Clemens Hasse

He was the German dubbing voice of Eddie Albert, Lou Costello, José Ferrer, Oliver Hardy, Sid James and also the voice of the white rabbit in Disneys Alice in Wonderland.

It Ain't Hay

Wilbur Hoolihan (Lou Costello) accidentally kills a hack horse owned by King O'Hara (Cecil Kellaway) and his daughter, Princess (Patsy O'Connor) by feeding it candy.

Joe Kirk

Through his marriage to Marie Cristillo, the sister of Lou Costello, Kirk secured steady appearances (albeit in small roles) in Abbott and Costello films.


see also

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (also known as Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (full screen title)) is a 1951 comedy horror film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Nancy Guild.

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Freddie utters "I shoulda never left Paterson," which references Paterson, New Jersey, Lou Costello's real-life hometown.

Sidney Fields

Fields was part of an ensemble cast that included Hillary Brooke as a neighbor and love interest of Lou Costello's, Gordon Jones as Mike the Cop, who was a dimwitted comedic foil for the boys, Joe Besser as Stinky Davis, a 40-year-old man dressed in a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit, and Joe Kirk as Mr. Bacciagalupe, an Italian immigrant caricature who ran a bakery store.