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