Louis Francis Cristillo (AKA Lou Costello)
(March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959)
If Lou Costello has done nothing but Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), I’d still be honoring him on his birthday. It’s so funny, so brilliant, so perfect. Luckily, he and Bud Abbott did plenty more.
So here’s Lou with Bela Lugosi. “Weel-burr, Weel-burr…”