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Costello worked as a carpenter at MGM and Warner Brothers after high school. After that, he worked temporarily as a stuntman, and then eventually became vaudeville comedian.

In 1931, while performing in Brooklyn, New York, Costello's straight manA straight man is a role in a comedy double act where a performer works with a comedian by setting up the situations or feeding the lines that allow their partner to make a joke. This usually occurs in the setting of a comedy team. A woman who plays such became ill and the theater cashier, Bud Abbott, filled in.

Throughout the 1930sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Link Trainer invented Sc, Abbott and Costello began performing together in burlesque shows, minstrel shows, vaudeville and movie houses.

At Costello's request, all profits earned from the act were split 60/40, favoring Abbott, because, according to Costello, "comics are a dime a dozen. Good straight men are hard to find."

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Within a couple of years, the comedy team had also their own television and radio shows.

Abbott and Costello split up in 1957, after troubles with the Internal Revenue Service that left both men broke.

After making one unsuccessful film as a solo act ( The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock ) Costello died in 1959 from a heart attack and was interred in the Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California.