Maurice Costello
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From Wikipedia Maurice George Costello (February 22, 1877 – October 29, 1950) was an American prominent vaudeville actor of the late 1890s and early 1900s, who later played a principal role in early American films, as both a leading man, supporting player and a director. Costello was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Irish immigrants Ellen and Thomas Costello. He appeared in his first motion picture in 1905, in which he had the honour of appearing in the first serious film to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes in the movie Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, in which Costello played the title role. He continued to work for Vitagraph, being a member of the first motion picture stock company ever formed, playing opposite Florence Turner. Among some of his best known pictures are A Tale of Two Cities, The Man Who Couldn't Beat God and For the Honor of the Family. After an absence of some years he returned to the screen. He was married to actress Mae Costello (née Altschuk). His descendants include two daughters, actresses Dolores Costello and Helene Costello, a grandson John Drew Barrymore, and a great granddaughter Drew Barrymore. He was one of the world's first leading men in early American cinema, but like a lot of other silent screen stars, he found the transition to "talkies" extremely difficult, and his leading man status was over. However, Costello was a trouper, and continued to appear in movies, often in small roles and bit parts, right up until his death in 1950.
Known for
Credits
Citizen Kane (1941)
as Extra (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Diggs (uncredited)
The Old Silver Watch (1912)
as Frank as an Adult
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Man (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
as Guest (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
as Man Carrying Spear
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Passerby (uncredited)
His Mother (1911)
as Donald Gray
Her Grandchild (1912)
as Donald Grant - the Son
Little Nemo (1911)
as Himself
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
as Extra (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
Happily Buried (1939)
as Board Member
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
as Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo (1940)
as Extra (uncredited)
Deadline at Eleven (1920)
as Paul Klocke
The Spider's Web (1912)
as Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
The False Alarm (1926)
Actor
Water Lilies (1911)
as Maurice
The Tower of Jewels (1919)
as Fraser Grimstead
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
as Man at Railroad Station
The Glass Key (1942)
as Card Player (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1941)
as Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
Lady from Louisiana (1941)
as Edwards
Virtuous Liars (1924)
as Josiah Wright
The Movie Album (1932)
as (archive footage)
Aunty's Romance (1912)
as Stephen Fiske Jr.
Saul and David (1909)
as David
Comet Over Broadway (1938)
as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins (1912)
as 'Enry Awkins
The Captain's Captain (1919)
as Lawford Tapp
The Shamrock and the Rose (1927)
as Father O'Brien
Dead Man’s Honor (1911)
as Hugh
A Man Betrayed (1941)
as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
Elektra (1910)
Actor
The Cambric Mask (1919)
as John Sark
The Climax (1944)
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Rags and the Girl (1915)
as Tom Raine
Rose Leaves (1910)
Actor
The Last Alarm (1926)
as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
The Changing of Silas Warner (1911)
as Silas Warner's Son
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1911)
as Jesus Christ
How She Won Him (1910)
as Arthur Lewis
Lulu's Doctor (1912)
as Doctor John Lewis
Iron and Steel (1914)
as John Smardon
The Sale of a Heart (1913)
as Charles Lindgard
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy (1908)
Actor
Man and Wife (1923)
as Caleb Perkins
The Crimson Stain Mystery (1916)
as Harold Stanley
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered (1911)
as Herbert - Rose's Fiance
The Lonely Princess (1913)
as Endicott, an American Millionaire
Over the Garden Wall (1910)
Actor
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
as Lysander
The Black Sheep (1912)
as Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
A Quaker Mother (1911)
as John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
Search for Beauty (1934)
as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
Bobby's Father (1912)
as Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Auld Lang Syne (1911)
as Tammas
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet (1912)
as Henry Ford
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
as (uncredited)
The Show Girl (1911)
as Dr. Renfrew
Fellow Voyagers (1913)
as Tom Blake
The Evil Men Do (1915)
as David Horton
The Merchant of Venice (1908)
Actor
Alice in Movieland (1940)
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Camille (1927)
as Armand's father
The Adventure of the Italian Model (1912)
as Lambert Chase - the Detective
Leah, the Forsaken (1908)
as Rudolf
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman (1911)
as Lloyd Stanwood
Half a Hero (1912)
as Joe Godfrey
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Broker
What a Change of Clothes Did (1913)
as John Mason
Jack's Chrysanthemum (1913)
Actor
The Bride of Lammermoor (1909)
as Edgar Ravenswood
The Love of Chrysanthemum (1910)
Actor
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy (1908)
Actor
The Hindoo Charm (1913)
as Sir Edward Tilbury
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy (1910)
Actor
The Inherited Taint (1911)
as Herbert Warning
Practically Yours (1944)
as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
For Love and Glory (1911)
as Lt. Osmond
Barriers Burned Away (1911)
as John Martin - First Brother
Some Good in All (1911)
as Bill - a Providential Thief
Wanted... a Grandmother (1912)
as Mr. Hale
A Man to Remember (1938)
as Town Councilor (uncredited)
His Sister's Children (1911)
as Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
as Director in Commissary
Week End Husbands (1924)
as John Keane
A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
as Sydney Carton
For Her Brother's Sake (1911)
as Albert Black - The Brother
A Princess of Bagdad (1913)
as Seyn - the Cobbler
Antony and Cleopatra (1908)
as Marc Antony
The Meeting of the Ways (1912)
as Tom - an Honest Attorney
A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944)
as Nightclub Patron
The Peacemaker (1914)
as Himself - Cameo Appearance
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew (1939)
as Hart
As You Like It (1912)
as Orlando
The Glimpses of the Moon (1923)
as Fred Gillow
The Picture Idol (1912)
as Howard Hanson
The Story Without a Name (1924)
as The Cripple
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance (1913)
as Lambert Chase
None So Blind (1923)
as Russell Mortimer
Love of Women (1924)
as Mr. Redfield
The Heart of Jim Brice (1915)
as Jim Brice
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome (1909)
Actor
Siren of the Sea (1911)
as Fisherman
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (1927)
as Baxter Ryan
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils (1908)
as King Herod
A Vitagraph Romance (1912)
as Maurice Costello
The Crown Prince's Double (1916)
as Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
The Wagon Show (1928)
as Colonel Beldan
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror (1912)
Actor
The Sleep Walker (1911)
as Dr. Allan Langham
For the Honor of the Family (1912)
as Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
The Moonstone of Fez (1914)
as Schuyler Van Norden
The Sacrifice (1911)
as Nick Austin
The Geranium (1911)
as Daniel Briton
Etta of the Footlights (1914)
as Lord Wentworth
On the Pupil of His Eye (1912)
as Lambert Chase, Detective
Delayed Proposals (1913)
as Jack Hardy
Getting Up a Practice (1913)
as Dr. Lyons
The Loyalty of Sylvia (1912)
as Dr. Dudley Lawrence
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain (1908)
Actor
Fog Bound (1923)
as Deputy Brown
The New Stenographer (1911)
as The boss
Eagle of the Night (1928)
Actor
The Mad Marriage (1925)
as Walter Butler
Roulette (1924)
as Ben Corcoran
It All Came Out in the Wash (1912)
as Barry Wall
Some Steamer Scooping (1914)
as Baron Lafitte
Conscience (1912)
as Harold Winter
The Money Kings (1912)
as Roy Brain
The Two Battles (1912)
as Gordon Frazier
The First Violin (1912)
Actor
Too Much Burglar (1914)
as Tom Perry
The Mysterious Lodger (1914)
as Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
Dr. LaFleur's Theory (1912)
as Dr. LaFleur