- Films
- 45
- Avg rating
- 6.53
- Peak run
- 1946’48
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Lou by the numbers
Average
6.53
39 rated films
Vote weighted
6.54
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.47
rating spread
Career
86y
1926 to 2011
Total votes
132K
across every film
Best
7.3
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Worst
6.2
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Newest first
Filmography
Better together?
Lou Costello's regulars
- Bud AbbottCo-star · 37 films · 6.53 avg●−0.01
- Charles BartonDirector and actor · 10 films · 6.73 avg▲+0.16
- Charles LamontDirector and actor · 10 films · 6.27 avg▼−0.15
- Arthur LubinDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.78 avg▲+0.18
- Jean YarbroughDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.44 avg▲+0.38
- Erle C. KentonDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.83 avg▲+0.24
- S. Sylvan SimonDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.32
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello movies · Charles Barton and Lou Costello movies · Charles Lamont and Lou Costello movies · Arthur Lubin and Lou Costello movies
Takes
On Lou Costello
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