Lou Costello
Louis Francis Cristillo, known as Lou Costello ( born March 6, 1906 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA, † March 3, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA), was an American actor, producer and comedian. Along with Bud Abbott, he was the popular comedian duo Abbott and Costello, acted as cues for Costello in Abbott. Ultimately, as the successor of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were the two the most successful American comedian duo of the 1940s and held their popularity well into the 1950s upright.
Life
Costello was married and had four children with his wife, three daughters and a son - Lou Jr. This was drowned in 1943 at the age of one year in the pool. After that, the couple lived in separate rooms, and spoke only through third parties or by telephone to each other, since Costello gave her the blame for this disaster. At a separation of strict Catholic Costello never thought.
He worked after high school as a carpenter in set construction at MGM and Warner Brothers. He then worked intermittently as a stuntman and was eventually vaudeville comedian. In 1931, when he appeared in Brooklyn, he met Bud Abbott and made him his partner as stooges of the duo. Together they presented in 1938 the famous baseball skit Who's on First? . As of August 1940, the two their first joint film One Night shot in the Tropics, where they initially were still playing supporting roles. With their appearance, they convinced the studio responsible Universal, which kept it firmly under contract, and the premiere was followed until 1956 or 34 films in which she now acted as the main character, of which only 8 developed at other studios as Universal, as well as a cameo in another film, its own TV series and several appearances on the live show the Colgate Comedy Hour, where they were among the presenters. In addition, they were also active in radio and toured continue with their programs around the country. The duo split at the end 1956/Anfang 1957. Costello no longer held Abott to be reliable enough. Performances of the two had failed the alcohol problem of his partner. Abbott suffered from epilepsy and pretended to be able to control his alcohol consumption. Also, their financial situation had deteriorated massively due to loss-making investments or investments. The two broke up in discord. Abbott had the verge of separation still trying Costello to surprise with a dedicated to him, due to the television show This Is Your Life, which does not lead to the desired success. Among other things, the death of Costello's child has been an issue with which he was confronted on camera to show what misfortunes he had suffered.
Costello died in 1959 of a heart attack shortly after him, a change of image was succeeded in a guest appearance in the series Wagon Train, where he played an alcoholic and he had also tried for the first time as the main character of a comedy without Bud Abbott. He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles in California. Bud Abbott is said to have learned of his death only from a newspaper. A view as he read the article, the time went by the media.
On 26 June 1992, a statue ( the Lou Costello Memorial ) was built by the Lou Costello Memorial Association in the city of Paterson.