Pat Costello(1902-1990)

Producer
Actor
Stunts

Older brother of film comic Lou Costello. A stuntman and actor, he often doubled for Lou in many Abbott and Costello films. His biggest onscreen role came as a plain-clothes policeman in the Abbott and Costello film Mexican Hayride (1948). Outlived his younger brother by over thirty years.

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Known for

Jack and the Beanstalk

5.8

Producer

1952

I'm the Law

6.6

TV Series

Producer

The Abbott and Costello Show

8.1

TV Series

Producer

Not Damaged

Sound Department

1930

Credits

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Producer

The Abbott and Costello Show
8.1
TV Series
- executive producer
- 1952–1954
I'm the Law
6.6
TV Series
- executive producer
- 1953
Jack and the Beanstalk
5.8
- executive producer
- 1952

Actor

Three on a Couch
5.8
- Black Suit Man at Party (uncredited)
- 1966
Sweet Cheat
5.8
Short
- Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1949
Mexican Hayride
6.2
- Tim Williams
- 1948
The Brute Man
4.5
- Car 22 Patrolman (uncredited)
- 1946
Little Giant
6.7
- Customer (uncredited)
- 1946
Million Dollar Kid
6.1
- Spike
- 1944
Madame Spy
5.9
- Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
- 1942
The Pay Off
5.6
- Pat - Reporter
- 1942
Bowery at Midnight
5.3
- Tramp Questioned by Richard (uncredited)
- 1942
Let's Get Tough!
5.3
- Navy Recruiter (uncredited)
- 1942
The Corpse Vanishes
4.6
- Attendant at Alice's Wedding (uncredited)
- 1942
Jail House Blues
5.8
- Flute Player (uncredited)
- 1942
Spooks Run Wild
5.3
- Bus Driver (uncredited)
- 1941
Mob Town
5.9
- Gang Member (uncredited)
- 1941
Sing Another Chorus
5.3
- Actor (uncredited)
- 1941

Stunts

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
5.4
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1959
Little Giant
6.7
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1946
The Naughty Nineties
7.0
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1945
Here Come the Co-eds
6.6
- stunt double: Lou Costello (uncredited)
- 1945
It Ain't Hay
6.5
- stunt double: Lou Costello (uncredited)
- 1943
Who Done It?
7.3
- stunt double: Lou Costello (uncredited)
- 1942
Pardon My Sarong
6.7
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1942
Rio Rita
6.1
- stunt double: Lou Costello (uncredited)
- 1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy
6.5
- stunt double: Lou Costello (uncredited)
- 1942
Jail House Blues
5.8
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1942
Keep 'Em Flying
6.5
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1941
Hold That Ghost
7.2
- stunt double: Lou Costello (uncredited)
- 1941
In the Navy
6.7
- stunt double: Lou Costello (uncredited)
- 1941
Buck Privates
7.0
- stunt double: Lou Costello (uncredited)
- 1941

Personal details

Born
- December 10, 1902
- Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Died
- February 13, 1990
- Encino, California, USA(congestive heart failure)
Spouse
- Margaret Jane Kurtz Costello1945 - February 13, 1990 (his death, 1 child)
Children
- Susan Dowding
Parents
Relatives

Did you know

Trivia
He served in the Navy during World War I. After the war, he played saxophone under the name Pat Costello with band leader Paul Whiteman in New York City. He later led a 10-piece band called Pat Costello's Gondoliers.