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