Editing Abbott and Costello (section)

==Filmography==
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! Year !! Movie !! Lou Costello Role !! Bud Abbott Role !! Notes
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| 1940 || ''[[One Night in the Tropics]]'' || Costello || Abbott || [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]<br>Film debut
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| 1941 || ''[[Buck Privates]]'' || Herbie Brown || Slicker Smith || Universal<br>First starring roles<ref name=EB/>
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| 1941 || ''[[In the Navy (film)|In the Navy]]'' || Pomeroy Watson || Smokey Adams || Universal
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| 1941 || ''[[Hold That Ghost]]'' || Ferdinand Jones || Chuck Murray || Universal
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| 1941 || ''[[Keep 'Em Flying]]'' || Heathcliffe || Blackie Benson || Universal
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| 1942 || ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942 film)|Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'' || Willoughby || Duke || Universal
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| 1942 || ''[[Rio Rita (1942 film)|Rio Rita]]'' || Wishy Dunn || Doc || [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer|MGM]]
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| 1942 || ''[[Pardon My Sarong]]'' || Wellington Phlug || Algy Shaw || Universal
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| 1942 || ''[[Who Done It? (1942 film)|Who Done It?]]'' || Mervyn Milgrim || Chick Larkin || Universal
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| 1943 || ''[[It Ain't Hay]]'' || Wilbur Hoolihan || Grover Mickridge || Universal
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| 1943 || ''[[Hit the Ice (film)|Hit the Ice]]'' || Tubby McCoy || Flash Fulton || Universal
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| 1944 || ''[[In Society]]'' || Albert Mansfield || Eddie Harrington || Universal
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| 1944 || ''[[Lost in a Harem]]'' || Harvey Garvey || Peter Johnson || MGM
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| 1945 || ''[[Here Come the Co-Eds]]'' || Oliver Quackenbush || Slats McCarthy || Universal
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| 1945 || ''[[The Naughty Nineties]]'' || Sebastian Dinwiddie || Dexter Broadhurst || Universal<br>"[[Who's on First?]]" routine from this film is featured at the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]].
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| 1945 || ''[[Abbott and Costello in Hollywood]]'' || Abercrombie || Buzz Kurtis || MGM
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| 1946 || ''[[Little Giant]]'' || Benny Miller || John Morrison/Tom Chandler || Universal
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| 1946 || ''[[The Time of Their Lives]]'' || Horatio Prim || Cuthbert/Dr. Greenway || Universal
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| 1947 || ''[[Buck Privates Come Home]]'' || Herbie Brown || Slicker Smith || Universal-International<br>Sequel to ''[[Buck Privates]]''
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| 1947 || ''[[The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap]]'' || Chester Wooley || Duke Egan || Universal-International
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| 1948 || ''[[The Noose Hangs High]]'' || Tommy Hinchcliffe || Ted Higgins || [[Eagle-Lion]]
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| 1948 || ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]'' || Wilbur Gray || Chick Young || Universal-International
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| 1948 || ''[[Mexican Hayride]]'' || Joe Bascom/Humphrey Fish || Harry Lambert || Universal-International
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| 1949 || ''[[Africa Screams]]'' || Stanley Livington || Buzz Johnson || [[United Artists]]
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| 1949 || ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff]]'' || Freddie Phillips || Casey Edwards || Universal-International
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| 1950 || ''[[Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion]]'' || Lou Hotchkiss || Bud Jones || Universal-International
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| 1951 || ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man]]'' || Lou Francis || Bud Alexander || Universal-International
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| 1951 || ''[[Comin' Round the Mountain]]'' || Wilbert Smith || Al Stewart || Universal-International
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| 1952 || ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film)|Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' || Jack || Mr. Dinklepuss || [[Warner Bros.]]<br>In sepia and color.
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| 1952 || ''[[Lost in Alaska]]'' || George Bell || Tom Watson || Universal-International
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| 1952-54 || ''[[The Abbott and Costello Show]]'' || Himself || Himself || Television Show; Presented by Allan Enterprises
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| 1952 || ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd]]'' || Oliver "Puddin' Head" Johnson || Rocky Stonebridge || Warner Bros.<br>In color
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| 1953 || ''[[Abbott and Costello Go to Mars]]'' || Orville || Lester || Universal-International
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| 1953 || ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' || Tubby || Slim || Universal-International
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| 1955 || ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops]]'' || Willie Piper || Harry Pierce || Universal-International
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| 1955 || ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy]]'' || Costello (erroneously listed in the film as "Freddie Franklin") || Abbott (erroneously listed in the film as "Pete Patterson") || Universal-International
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| 1956 || ''[[Dance with Me, Henry]]'' ||Lou Henry || Bud Flick || United Artists<br>Final film as a duo 
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| 1965 || ''[[The World of Abbott and Costello]]'' || Himself || Himself || Universal<br>[[Compilation film]]
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===Box office ranking===
{{see|Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll}}
According to [[Martin Quigley (publisher)|Quigley Publishing's]] Poll of Exhibitors (1932-2009+), who published [[The Motion Picture Almanac]], [[Motion Picture Herald]], and [[Motion Picture Daily]], for a number of years Abbott and Costello were ranked{{cn|date=March 2025}} among the most popular stars in the US:
 
* 1941 – 3rd<ref>{{cite news|title=Mickey Rooney Tops List Three Times in a Row: Leads Money-Making Stars Again in 1941; Hollywood Luminaries Pay Capital a Visit; Items of News and Gossip of the Theater|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 2, 1942|page=18}}</ref>
* 1942 – 1st (US), 2nd (UK)
* 1943 – 3rd (US), 3rd (UK)
* 1944 – 8th (US), 10th (UK)
* 1945 – 11th (US), 8th (UK)
* 1946 – 20th
* 1947 – 16th<ref>{{cite news|title=Bing's Lucky Number: Pa Crosby Dons 4th B.O. Crown|author=Richard L. Coe|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 3, 1948|page=12}}</ref>
* 1948 – 3rd
* 1949 – 3rd
* 1950 – 6th (US), 2nd (UK)<ref>{{cite news|title=Of Local Origin|date=December 29, 1950|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=15}}</ref>
* 1951 – 4th (US), 4th (UK)
* 1952 – 11th
* 1953 – 20th