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