Maurice Costello
Acting
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
Acting139
moviePractically Yours
1944
Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
movieThe Climax
1944
Audience Member (Uncredited)
movieA Fig Leaf for Eve
1944
Nightclub Patron
movieDu Barry Was a Lady
1943
Passerby (uncredited)
movieThe Glass Key
1942
Card Player (uncredited)
movieRide 'Em Cowboy
1941
Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
movieHere Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
movieLady from Louisiana
1941
Edwards
movieCitizen Kane
1941
Extra (uncredited)
movieA Man Betrayed
1941
Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
movieTin Pan Alley
1940
(uncredited)
movieThird Finger, Left Hand
1940
Man at Railroad Station
movieForeign Correspondent
1940
Man (uncredited)
movieThe Sea Hawk
1940
Man Carrying Spear
movieAll This, and Heaven Too
1940
Extra (uncredited)
movieEdison, the Man
1940
Broker
movieJohnny Apollo
1940
Extra (uncredited)
movieThe Ghost Comes Home
1940
Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
movieAlice in Movieland
1940
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
movieThe Roaring Twenties
1939
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
movieMr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Diggs (uncredited)
movieAndy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
Man in Audience (uncredited)
movieIt's a Wonderful World
1939
Guest (uncredited)
movieHappily Buried
1939
Board Member
movieComet Over Broadway
1938
Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
movieA Man to Remember
1938
Town Councilor (uncredited)
movieHollywood Boulevard
1936
Director in Commissary
movieSearch for Beauty
1934
Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
movieThe Movie Album
1932
(archive footage)
movieThe Wagon Show
1928
Colonel Beldan
movieCamille
1927
Armand's father
movieThe Shamrock and the Rose
1927
Father O'Brien
movieJohnny Get Your Hair Cut
1927
Baxter Ryan
The Last Alarm
1926
The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
movieThe Mad Marriage
1925
Walter Butler
movieThe Story Without a Name
1924
The Cripple
movieLove of Women
1924
Mr. Redfield
movieVirtuous Liars
1924
Josiah Wright
movieWeek End Husbands
1924
John Keane
movieRoulette
1924
Ben Corcoran
movieFog Bound
1923
Deputy Brown
movieMan and Wife
1923
Caleb Perkins
movieThe Glimpses of the Moon
1923
Fred Gillow
movieNone So Blind
1923
Russell Mortimer
movieDeadline at Eleven
1920
Paul Klocke
movieThe Tower of Jewels
1919
Fraser Grimstead
movieThe Cambric Mask
1919
John Sark
movieThe Captain's Captain
1919
Lawford Tapp
movieThe Crimson Stain Mystery
1916
Harold Stanley
movieThe Crown Prince's Double
1916
Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
movieThe Heart of Jim Brice
1915
Jim Brice
movieThe Evil Men Do
1915
David Horton
movieThe Peacemaker
1914
Himself - Cameo Appearance
The Mysterious Lodger
1914
Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
movieThe Moonstone of Fez
1914
Schuyler Van Norden
movieEtta of the Footlights
1914
Lord Wentworth
movieIron and Steel
1914
John Smardon
Some Steamer Scooping
1914
Baron Lafitte
movieFellow Voyagers
1913
Tom Blake
The Hindoo Charm
1913
Sir Edward Tilbury
movieThe Lonely Princess
1913
Endicott, an American Millionaire
movieA Princess of Bagdad
1913
Seyn - the Cobbler
The Sale of a Heart
1913
Charles Lindgard
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
1913
Lambert Chase
movieAs You Like It
1912
Orlando
Bobby's Father
1912
Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
The Adventure of the Italian Model
1912
Lambert Chase - the Detective
movieA Vitagraph Romance
1912
Maurice Costello
The Loyalty of Sylvia
1912
Dr. Dudley Lawrence
Her Grandchild
1912
Donald Grant - the Son
The Two Battles
1912
Gordon Frazier
The Black Sheep
1912
Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
Conscience
1912
Harold Winter
On the Pupil of His Eye
1912
Lambert Chase, Detective
Lulu's Doctor
1912
Doctor John Lewis
Half a Hero
1912
Joe Godfrey
movieThe Picture Idol
1912
Howard Hanson
movieThe Spider's Web
1912
Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
movieAunty's Romance
1912
Stephen Fiske Jr.
The Old Silver Watch
1912
Frank as an Adult
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
1912
'Enry Awkins
For the Honor of the Family
1912
Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
The Meeting of the Ways
1912
Tom - an Honest Attorney
Some Good in All
1911
Bill - a Providential Thief
movieAuld Lang Syne
1911
Tammas
movieHis Sister's Children
1911
Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
1911
Herbert - Rose's Fiance
The Geranium
1911
Daniel Briton
movieThe Battle Hymn of the Republic
1911
Jesus Christ
A Quaker Mother
1911
John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
Barriers Burned Away
1911
John Martin - First Brother
The Sleep Walker
1911
Dr. Allan Langham
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman
1911
Lloyd Stanwood
The Changing of Silas Warner
1911
Silas Warner's Son
The Sacrifice
1911
Nick Austin
For Her Brother's Sake
1911
Albert Black - The Brother
movieThe Show Girl
1911
Dr. Renfrew
His Mother
1911
Donald Gray
movieLittle Nemo
1911
Himself
The Inherited Taint
1911
Herbert Warning
movieA Tale of Two Cities
1911
Sydney Carton
movieThe New Stenographer
1911
The boss
movieWater Lilies
1911
Maurice
How She Won Him
1910
Arthur Lewis
movieThe Bride of Lammermoor
1909
Edgar Ravenswood
movieAntony and Cleopatra
1908
Marc Antony
Directing23
movieThe Heart of Jim Brice
1915
Director
movieThe Evil Men Do
1915
Director
movieThe Moonstone of Fez
1914
Director
movieEtta of the Footlights
1914
Director
movieIron and Steel
1914
Director
movieFellow Voyagers
1913
Director
movieThe Lonely Princess
1913
Director
movieJack's Chrysanthemum
1913
Director
Conscience
1912
Director
movieThe Spider's Web
1912
Director
Writing1
movieFellow Voyagers
1913
Scenario Writer