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)
A Fig Leaf for Eve
as Nightclub Patron
(1944)
Practically Yours
as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
(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)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Man at Railroad Station
(1940)
Alice in Movieland
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
(1940)
The Ghost Comes Home
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
(1940)
Tin Pan Alley
as (uncredited)
(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)
The Shamrock and the Rose
as Father O'Brien
(1927)
Camille
as Armand's father
(1927)
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
as Baxter Ryan
(1926)
The Last Alarm
as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
(1925)
The Mad Marriage
as Walter Butler
(1924)
Roulette
as Ben Corcoran
(1924)
The Story Without a Name
as The Cripple
(1924)
Love of Women
as Mr. Redfield
(1923)
Man and Wife
as Caleb Perkins
(1923)
The Glimpses of the Moon
as Fred Gillow
(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)
The Evil Men Do
as David Horton
(1915)
The Heart of Jim Brice
as Jim Brice
(1915)
Rags and the Girl
as Tom Raine
(1914)
Some Steamer Scooping
as Baron Lafitte
(1914)
The Mysterious Lodger
as Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
(1914)
Etta of the Footlights
as Lord Wentworth
(1914)
Iron and Steel
as John Smardon
(1914)
Too Much Burglar
as Tom Perry
(1914)
The Moonstone of Fez
as Schuyler Van Norden
(1914)
The Peacemaker
as Himself - Cameo Appearance
(1913)
The Lonely Princess
as Endicott, an American Millionaire
(1913)
What a Change of Clothes Did
as John Mason
(1913)
The Hindoo Charm
as Sir Edward Tilbury
(1913)
Getting Up a Practice
as Dr. Lyons
(1913)
Fellow Voyagers
as Tom Blake
(1913)
A Princess of Bagdad
as Seyn - the Cobbler
(1913)
The Sale of a Heart
as Charles Lindgard
(1913)
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
as Lambert Chase
(1913)
Delayed Proposals
as Jack Hardy
(1912)
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
as 'Enry Awkins
(1912)
The Money Kings
as Roy Brain
(1912)
The Old Silver Watch
as Frank as an Adult
(1912)
For the Honor of the Family
as Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
(1912)
The Loyalty of Sylvia
as Dr. Dudley Lawrence
(1912)
Aunty's Romance
as Stephen Fiske Jr.
(1912)
A Vitagraph Romance
as Maurice Costello
(1912)
As You Like It
as Orlando
(1912)
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
as Henry Ford
(1912)
(1912)
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
as Dr. LaFleur
(1912)
(1912)
The Spider's Web
as Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
(1912)
Conscience
as Harold Winter
(1912)
Lulu's Doctor
as Doctor John Lewis
(1912)
The Black Sheep
as Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
(1912)
Bobby's Father
as Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
(1912)
The Meeting of the Ways
as Tom - an Honest Attorney
(1912)
Her Grandchild
as Donald Grant - the Son
(1912)
The Adventure of the Italian Model
as Lambert Chase - the Detective
(1912)
The Picture Idol
as Howard Hanson
(1912)
Wanted... a Grandmother
as Mr. Hale
(1912)
Half a Hero
as Joe Godfrey
(1912)
On the Pupil of His Eye
as Lambert Chase, Detective
(1912)
It All Came Out in the Wash
as Barry Wall
(1912)
The Two Battles
as Gordon Frazier
(1911)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Sydney Carton
(1911)
A Quaker Mother
as John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
(1911)
Little Nemo
as Himself
(1911)
Dead Man’s Honor
as Hugh
(1911)
The Changing of Silas Warner
as Silas Warner's Son
(1911)
The Sacrifice
as Nick Austin
(1911)
The Geranium
as Daniel Briton
(1911)
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
as Herbert - Rose's Fiance
(1911)
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
as Jesus Christ
(1911)
Barriers Burned Away
as John Martin - First Brother
(1911)
The Inherited Taint
as Herbert Warning
(1911)
His Sister's Children
as Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
(1911)
Water Lilies
as Maurice
(1911)
Auld Lang Syne
as Tammas
(1911)
His Mother
as Donald Gray
(1911)
The New Stenographer
as The boss
(1911)
The Sleep Walker
as Dr. Allan Langham
(1911)
Some Good in All
as Bill - a Providential Thief
(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
(1911)
The Show Girl
as Dr. Renfrew
(1911)
For Love and Glory
as Lt. Osmond
(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)
Saul and David
as David
(1909)
The Bride of Lammermoor
as Edgar Ravenswood
(1908)
(1908)
(1908)
(1908)
(1908)
(1908)
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
as King Herod
(1908)
Crew
(1915)
The Evil Men Do
Director
(1915)
The Heart of Jim Brice
Director
(1914)
Etta of the Footlights
Director
(1914)
Too Much Burglar
Director
(1914)
Some Steamer Scooping
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