He is credited as the executive producer for the American television sitcom The Abbott and Costello Show.
[1] Costello was born in Paterson, New Jersey to Sebastiano Cristillo and Helen Rege.
He served in the army during World War I and played the saxophone for bandleader Paul Whiteman as well as his own orchestra.
In 1959, after Lou Costello died of a heart attack,[3] Pat retired from show business.
[citation needed] Costello died in September 1990 of heart failure at his home in Encino, California, at the age of 87.