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