Maurice Costello
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Film
Citizen Kane
Extra (uncredited)
1941
Film
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Diggs (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Sea Hawk
Man Carrying Spear
1940
Film
Foreign Correspondent
Man (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Roaring Twenties
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1939
Film
It's a Wonderful World
Guest (uncredited)
1939
Film
All This, and Heaven Too
Extra (uncredited)
1940
Film
Johnny Apollo
Extra (uncredited)
1940
Film
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
1941
Film
Du Barry Was a Lady
Passerby (uncredited)
1943
Film
Edison, the Man
Broker
1940
Film
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Glass Key
Card Player (uncredited)
1942
Film
Elektra
1910
Film
Practically Yours
Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
1944
Film
Deadline at Eleven
Paul Klocke
1920
Film
Virtuous Liars
Josiah Wright
1924
Film
The Climax
Audience Member (Uncredited)
1944
Film
Hollywood Boulevard
Director in Commissary
1936
Film
A Man Betrayed
Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
1941
Film
Happily Buried
Board Member
1939
Film
Comet Over Broadway
Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
1938
Film
Third Finger, Left Hand
Man at Railroad Station
1940
Film
Alice in Movieland
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
1940
Film
Tin Pan Alley
(uncredited)
1940
Film
The Movie Album
(archive footage)
1932
Film
The Crimson Stain Mystery
Harold Stanley
1916
Film
A Man to Remember
Town Councilor (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Ghost Comes Home
Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
1940
Film
Lady from Louisiana
Edwards
1941
Film
Little Nemo
Himself
1911
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
1908
Film
The False Alarm
1926
Film
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Man in Audience (uncredited)
1939
Film
Search for Beauty
Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
1934
His Mother
Donald Gray
1911
The Black Sheep
Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
1912
Film
Man and Wife
Caleb Perkins
1923
Film
The Captain's Captain
Lawford Tapp
1919
Her Grandchild
Donald Grant - the Son
1912
Film
Antony and Cleopatra
Marc Antony
1908
Film
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Hart
1939
Film
Water Lilies
Maurice
1911
Film
Fellow Voyagers
Tom Blake
1913
Film
Week End Husbands
John Keane
1924
Film
The Evil Men Do
David Horton
1915
The Last Alarm
The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
1926
Film
Iron and Steel
John Smardon
1914
Film
The Picture Idol
Howard Hanson
1912
Film
The Peacemaker
Himself - Cameo Appearance
1914
Film
Auld Lang Syne
Tammas
1911
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
King Herod
1908
Film
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Baxter Ryan
1927
Film
The Tower of Jewels
Fraser Grimstead
1919
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
1908
Over the Garden Wall
1910
The Sale of a Heart
Charles Lindgard
1913
Saul and David
David
1909
The Adventure of the Italian Model
Lambert Chase - the Detective
1912
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
Herbert - Rose's Fiance
1911
The Old Silver Watch
Frank as an Adult
1912
Rags and the Girl
Tom Raine
1915
Film
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysander
1909
Film
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Jesus Christ
1911
Film
Roulette
Ben Corcoran
1924
Film
The Cambric Mask
John Sark
1919
Film
The Spider's Web
Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
1912
Film
A Vitagraph Romance
Maurice Costello
1912
The Love of Chrysanthemum
1910
Film
The Shamrock and the Rose
Father O'Brien
1927
Film
The Story Without a Name
The Cripple
1924
Bobby's Father
Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
1912
What a Change of Clothes Did
John Mason
1913
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
'Enry Awkins
1912
For Love and Glory
Lt. Osmond
1911
The Sacrifice
Nick Austin
1911
The Money Kings
Roy Brain
1912
Film
None So Blind
Russell Mortimer
1923
Film
Rose Leaves
1910
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
1912
Film
The Bride of Lammermoor
Edgar Ravenswood
1909
Some Good in All
Bill - a Providential Thief
1911
A Quaker Mother
John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
1911
The Hindoo Charm
Sir Edward Tilbury
1913
The Loyalty of Sylvia
Dr. Dudley Lawrence
1912
Film
Camille
Armand's father
1927
Lulu's Doctor
Doctor John Lewis
1912
The Merchant of Venice
1908
Film
The Mad Marriage
Walter Butler
1925
How She Won Him
Arthur Lewis
1910
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
Henry Ford
1912
Film
Eagle of the Night
1928
Film
Aunty's Romance
Stephen Fiske Jr.
1912
The Changing of Silas Warner
Silas Warner's Son
1911
Film
A Tale of Two Cities
Sydney Carton
1911
Film
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
1909
Film
Fog Bound
Deputy Brown
1923
The Meeting of the Ways
Tom - an Honest Attorney
1912
Film
The Crown Prince's Double
Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
1916
For the Honor of the Family
Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
1912
Film
The Show Girl
Dr. Renfrew
1911
Leah, the Forsaken
Rudolf
1908
Film
A Fig Leaf for Eve
Nightclub Patron
1944
Some Steamer Scooping
Baron Lafitte
1914
The Geranium
Daniel Briton
1911
Film
The First Violin
1912
Too Much Burglar
Tom Perry
1914
Film
Love of Women
Mr. Redfield
1924
Delayed Proposals
Jack Hardy
1913
Dead Man’s Honor
Hugh
1911
Film
A Princess of Bagdad
Seyn - the Cobbler
1913
Film
The Lonely Princess
Endicott, an American Millionaire
1913
Half a Hero
Joe Godfrey
1912
Getting Up a Practice
Dr. Lyons
1913
Film
The Heart of Jim Brice
Jim Brice
1915
On the Pupil of His Eye
Lambert Chase, Detective
1912
The Inherited Taint
Herbert Warning
1911
Film
The Wagon Show
Colonel Beldan
1928
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman
Lloyd Stanwood
1911
Film
Etta of the Footlights
Lord Wentworth
1914
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
1908
Film
The New Stenographer
The boss
1911
Siren of the Sea
Fisherman
1911
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
1910
Film
Jack's Chrysanthemum
1913
Film
As You Like It
Orlando
1912
Film
The Glimpses of the Moon
Fred Gillow
1923
Film
His Sister's Children
Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
1911
The Sleep Walker
Dr. Allan Langham
1911
Film
The Moonstone of Fez
Schuyler Van Norden
1914
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
Lambert Chase
1913
The Two Battles
Gordon Frazier
1912
Barriers Burned Away
John Martin - First Brother
1911
The Mysterious Lodger
Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
1914
Wanted... a Grandmother
Mr. Hale
1912
For Her Brother's Sake
Albert Black - The Brother
1911
Conscience
Harold Winter
1912
It All Came Out in the Wash
Barry Wall
1912
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
Dr. LaFleur
1912