Name
Maurice Costello
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1877-02-20
Deathday
1950-10-29 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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.
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- 1910 The Love of Chrysanthemum
- 1924 The Story Without a Name as The Cripple
- 1941 A Man Betrayed as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
- 1911 Siren of the Sea as Fisherman
- 1927 Johnny Get Your Hair Cut as Baxter Ryan
- 1923 Man and Wife as Caleb Perkins
- 1940 Alice in Movieland as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
- 1911 The Inherited Taint as Herbert Warning
- 1910 How She Won Him as Arthur Lewis
- 1911 Barriers Burned Away as John Martin - First Brother
- 1911 The Sleep Walker as Dr. Allan Langham
- 1911 For Her Brother's Sake as Albert Black - The Brother
- 1911 A Quaker Mother as John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
- 1913 A Princess of Bagdad as Seyn - the Cobbler
- 1911 She Came, She Saw, She Conquered as Herbert - Rose's Fiance
- 1911 For Love and Glory as Lt. Osmond
- 1908 Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
- 1926 The Last Alarm as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
- 1912 Conscience as Harold Winter
- 1909 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Lysander
- 1908 Leah, the Forsaken as Rudolf
- 1913 Fellow Voyagers as Tom Blake
- 1914 Some Steamer Scooping as Baron Lafitte
- 1911 The Geranium as Daniel Briton
- 1911 His Sister's Children as Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
- 1914 Etta of the Footlights as Lord Wentworth
- 1914 Too Much Burglar as Tom Perry
- 1915 The Evil Men Do as David Horton
- 1912 For the Honor of the Family as Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
- 1911 Some Good in All as Bill - a Providential Thief
- 1912 The Money Kings as Roy Brain
- 1915 The Heart of Jim Brice as Jim Brice
- 1912 Wanted... a Grandmother as Mr. Hale
- 1912 Bobby's Father as Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
- 1912 Her Grandchild as Donald Grant - the Son
- 1913 The Hindoo Charm as Sir Edward Tilbury
- 1911 A Tale of Two Cities as Sydney Carton
- 1912 A Vitagraph Romance as Maurice Costello
- 1924 Roulette as Ben Corcoran
- 1912 The First Violin
- 1913 The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance as Lambert Chase
- 1912 On the Pupil of His Eye as Lambert Chase, Detective
- 1912 The Two Battles as Gordon Frazier
- 1912 The Black Sheep as Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
- 1911 The Sacrifice as Nick Austin
- 1913 Getting Up a Practice as Dr. Lyons
- 1913 The Sale of a Heart as Charles Lindgard
- 1914 Iron and Steel as John Smardon
- 1941 Lady from Louisiana as Edwards
- 1911 Water Lilies as Maurice
- 1910 Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
- 1928 The Wagon Show as Colonel Beldan
- 1911 Little Nemo as Himself
- 1941 Citizen Kane as Extra (uncredited)
- 1938 A Man to Remember as Town Councilor (uncredited)
- 1939 The Roaring Twenties as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- 1916 The Crimson Stain Mystery as Harold Stanley
- 1939 It's a Wonderful World as Guest (uncredited)
- 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Diggs (uncredited)
- 1912 The Picture Idol as Howard Hanson
- 1944 Practically Yours as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
- 1938 Comet Over Broadway as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
- 1936 Hollywood Boulevard as Director in Commissary
- 1912 Dr. LaFleur's Theory as Dr. LaFleur
- 1942 The Glass Key as Card Player (uncredited)
- 1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
- 1940 All This, and Heaven Too as Extra (uncredited)
- 1911 The New Stenographer as The boss
- 1939 Five Little Peppers And How They Grew as Hart
- 1912 The Spider's Web as Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
- 1934 Search for Beauty as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
- 1940 Edison, the Man as Broker
- 1912 Half a Hero as Joe Godfrey
- 1908 The Merchant of Venice
- 1923 Fog Bound as Deputy Brown
- 1925 The Mad Marriage as Walter Butler
- 1909 The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
- 1912 The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
- 1912 Aunty's Romance as Stephen Fiske Jr.
- 1912 The Loyalty of Sylvia as Dr. Dudley Lawrence
- 1913 Delayed Proposals as Jack Hardy
- 1912 As You Like It as Orlando
- 1913 The Lonely Princess as Endicott, an American Millionaire
- 1908 Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
- 1928 Eagle of the Night
- 1940 Foreign Correspondent as Man (uncredited)
- 1940 Tin Pan Alley as (uncredited)
- 1940 The Sea Hawk as Man Carrying Spear
- 1940 Third Finger, Left Hand as Man at Railroad Station
- 1940 Johnny Apollo as Extra (uncredited)
- 1912 It All Came Out in the Wash as Barry Wall
- 1912 Lulu's Doctor as Doctor John Lewis
- 1912 The Meeting of the Ways as Tom - an Honest Attorney
- 1912 Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins as 'Enry Awkins
- 1911 The Show Girl as Dr. Renfrew
- 1912 When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet as Henry Ford
- 1914 The Peacemaker as Himself - Cameo Appearance
- 1927 Camille as Armand's father
- 1916 The Crown Prince's Double as Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
- 1941 Ride 'Em Cowboy as Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
- 1939 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever as Man in Audience (uncredited)
- 1927 The Shamrock and the Rose as Father O'Brien
- 1908 Antony and Cleopatra as Marc Antony
- 1943 Du Barry Was a Lady as Passerby (uncredited)
- 1939 Happily Buried as Board Member
- 1909 The Bride of Lammermoor as Edgar Ravenswood
- 1911 The Battle Hymn of the Republic as Jesus Christ
- 1910 Rose Leaves
- 1911 Auld Lang Syne as Tammas
- 1912 The Adventure of the Italian Model as Lambert Chase - the Detective
- 1912 The Old Silver Watch as Frank as an Adult
- 1923 The Glimpses of the Moon as Fred Gillow
- 1911 Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman as Lloyd Stanwood
- 1913 What a Change of Clothes Did as John Mason
- 1914 The Moonstone of Fez as Schuyler Van Norden
- 1914 The Mysterious Lodger as Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
- 1908 Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils as King Herod
- 1908 The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
- 1944 The Climax as Audience Member (Uncredited)
- 1940 The Ghost Comes Home as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
- 1911 His Mother as Donald Gray
- 1911 Dead Man’s Honor as Hugh
- 1910 Over the Garden Wall
- 1911 The Changing of Silas Warner as Silas Warner's Son
- 1944 A Fig Leaf for Eve as Nightclub Patron
- 1923 None So Blind as Russell Mortimer
- 1924 Love of Women as Mr. Redfield
- 1915 Rags and the Girl as Tom Raine
- 1909 Saul and David as David
- 1919 The Tower of Jewels as Fraser Grimstead
- 1920 Deadline at Eleven as Paul Klocke
- 1919 The Cambric Mask as John Sark
- 1924 Virtuous Liars as Josiah Wright
- 1924 Week End Husbands as John Keane
- 1919 The Captain's Captain as Lawford Tapp
- 1926 The False Alarm
- 1913 Jack's Chrysanthemum
- 1932 The Movie Album as (archive footage)
- 1910 Elektra
