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