1877-02-20 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Practically Yours | Senate Stenographer (uncredited) | 1944-12-20 |
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A Fig Leaf for Eve | Nightclub Patron | 1944-07-04 |
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The Climax | Audience Member (Uncredited) | 1944-10-20 |
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Du Barry Was a Lady | Passerby (uncredited) | 1943-08-13 |
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The Glass Key | Card Player (uncredited) | 1942-09-08 |
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Ride 'Em Cowboy | Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited) | 1941-11-17 |
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Lady from Louisiana | Edwards | 1941-04-22 |
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Citizen Kane | Extra (uncredited) | 1941-04-17 |
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Ringsider at Fight (uncredited) | 1941-08-07 |
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A Man Betrayed | Club Inferno Patron (uncredited) | 1941-03-07 |
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Edison, the Man | Broker | 1940-05-10 |
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All This, and Heaven Too | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-07-05 |
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Foreign Correspondent | Man (uncredited) | 1940-08-16 |
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Third Finger, Left Hand | Man at Railroad Station | 1940-10-11 |
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The Ghost Comes Home | Townsman at Banquet (uncredited) | 1940-03-08 |
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Tin Pan Alley | (uncredited) | 1940-11-29 |
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Alice in Movieland | Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited) | 1940-03-03 |
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The Sea Hawk | Man Carrying Spear | 1940-08-10 |
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Johnny Apollo | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-04-19 |
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The Roaring Twenties | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
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It's a Wonderful World | Guest (uncredited) | 1939-05-19 |
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Diggs (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
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Happily Buried | Board Member | 1939-04-14 |
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Man in Audience (uncredited) | 1939-07-21 |
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Five Little Peppers And How They Grew | Hart | 1939-08-22 |
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Comet Over Broadway | Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited) | 1938-12-03 |
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A Man to Remember | Town Councilor (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Director in Commissary | 1936-08-20 |
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Search for Beauty | Health Acres Guest (uncredited) | 1934-02-02 |
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Eagle of the Night | 1928-10-20 | |
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The Wagon Show | Colonel Beldan | 1928-02-19 |
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Johnny Get Your Hair Cut | Baxter Ryan | 1927-01-15 |
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The Shamrock and the Rose | Father O'Brien | 1927-04-14 |
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Camille | Armand's father | 1927-09-04 |
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The Last Alarm | The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father | 1926-06-15 |
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The False Alarm | 1926-09-20 | |
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The Mad Marriage | Walter Butler | 1925-01-30 |
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The Story Without a Name | The Cripple | 1924-10-27 |
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Virtuous Liars | Josiah Wright | 1924-05-18 |
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Love of Women | Mr. Redfield | 1924-06-30 |
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Roulette | Ben Corcoran | 1924-01-19 |
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Week End Husbands | John Keane | 1924-02-10 |
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The Glimpses of the Moon | Fred Gillow | 1923-03-25 |
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Fog Bound | Deputy Brown | 1923-05-27 |
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Man and Wife | Caleb Perkins | 1923-03-25 |
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None So Blind | Russell Mortimer | 1923-02-19 |
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Deadline at Eleven | Paul Klocke | 1920-03-15 |
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The Tower of Jewels | Fraser Grimstead | 1919-12-08 |
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The Captain's Captain | Lawford Tapp | 1919-01-06 |
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The Cambric Mask | John Sark | 1919-04-07 |
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The Crown Prince's Double | Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence | 1916-02-07 |
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The Crimson Stain Mystery | Harold Stanley | 1916-08-21 |
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The Evil Men Do | David Horton | 1915-01-19 |
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The Heart of Jim Brice | Jim Brice | 1915-04-01 |
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Rags and the Girl | Tom Raine | 1915-09-29 |
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Etta of the Footlights | Lord Wentworth | 1914-05-23 |
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The Mysterious Lodger | Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger | 1914-08-27 |
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Too Much Burglar | Tom Perry | 1914-11-19 |
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The Moonstone of Fez | Schuyler Van Norden | 1914-07-07 |
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Iron and Steel | John Smardon | 1914-02-21 |
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The Peacemaker | Himself - Cameo Appearance | 1914-10-14 |
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Some Steamer Scooping | Baron Lafitte | 1914-02-12 |
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What a Change of Clothes Did | John Mason | 1913-01-20 |
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Jack's Chrysanthemum | 1913-06-25 | |
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A Princess of Bagdad | Seyn - the Cobbler | 1913-09-01 |
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The Lonely Princess | Endicott, an American Millionaire | 1913-09-03 |
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Delayed Proposals | Jack Hardy | 1913-06-19 |
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The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance | Lambert Chase | 1913-01-10 |
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Getting Up a Practice | Dr. Lyons | 1913-03-27 |
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The Sale of a Heart | Charles Lindgard | 1913-07-18 |
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The Hindoo Charm | Sir Edward Tilbury | 1913-09-17 |
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Fellow Voyagers | Tom Blake | 1913-11-26 |
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The Meeting of the Ways | Tom - an Honest Attorney | 1912-01-12 |
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Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins | 'Enry Awkins | 1912-03-13 |
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Lulu's Doctor | Doctor John Lewis | 1912-06-09 |
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It All Came Out in the Wash | Barry Wall | 1912-12-29 |
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Half a Hero | Joe Godfrey | 1912-06-07 |
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When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet | Henry Ford | 1912-10-08 |
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The Two Battles | Gordon Frazier | 1912-08-17 |
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The Old Silver Watch | Frank as an Adult | 1912-03-19 |
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The Adventure of the Italian Model | Lambert Chase - the Detective | 1912-09-21 |
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For the Honor of the Family | Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton | 1912-01-27 |
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The Spider's Web | Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney | 1912-05-14 |
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The Black Sheep | Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother | 1912-07-19 |
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The First Violin | 1912-02-02 | |
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On the Pupil of His Eye | Lambert Chase, Detective | 1912-07-05 |
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Dr. LaFleur's Theory | Dr. LaFleur | 1912-05-05 |
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Her Grandchild | Donald Grant - the Son | 1912-08-19 |
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The Loyalty of Sylvia | Dr. Dudley Lawrence | 1912-09-12 |
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Bobby's Father | Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father | 1912-09-23 |
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Aunty's Romance | Stephen Fiske Jr. | 1912-05-12 |
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The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror | 1912-06-13 | |
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As You Like It | Orlando | 1912-10-06 |
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Wanted... a Grandmother | Mr. Hale | 1912-08-09 |
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The Picture Idol | Howard Hanson | 1912-05-31 |
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Conscience | Harold Winter | 1912-07-15 |
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The Money Kings | Roy Brain | 1912-07-15 |
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A Vitagraph Romance | Maurice Costello | 1912-09-17 |
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Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman | Lloyd Stanwood | 1911-06-16 |
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The Sacrifice | Nick Austin | 1911-06-09 |
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Dead Man’s Honor | Hugh | 1911-05-23 |
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A Tale of Two Cities | Sydney Carton | 1911-02-20 |
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Some Good in All | Bill - a Providential Thief | 1911-12-25 |
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The Changing of Silas Warner | Silas Warner's Son | 1911-06-10 |
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Auld Lang Syne | Tammas | 1911-11-07 |
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His Mother | Donald Gray | 1911-05-09 |
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Siren of the Sea | Fisherman | 1911-01-01 |
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Water Lilies | Maurice | 1911-01-13 |
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For Her Brother's Sake | Albert Black - The Brother | 1911-06-06 |
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A Quaker Mother | John Harmon - A Quaker Husband | 1911-06-27 |
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Barriers Burned Away | John Martin - First Brother | 1911-06-24 |
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The Sleep Walker | Dr. Allan Langham | 1911-06-23 |
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The Geranium | Daniel Briton | 1911-07-15 |
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Little Nemo | Himself | 1911-04-08 |
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She Came, She Saw, She Conquered | Herbert - Rose's Fiance | 1911-07-26 |
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The New Stenographer | The boss | 1911-02-18 |
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic | Jesus Christ | 1911-06-30 |
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His Sister's Children | Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle | 1911-09-26 |
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The Inherited Taint | Herbert Warning | 1911-03-31 |
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The Show Girl | Dr. Renfrew | 1911-05-18 |
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For Love and Glory | Lt. Osmond | 1911-08-14 |
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The Love of Chrysanthemum | 1910-05-28 | |
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Over the Garden Wall | 1910-06-10 | |
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Rose Leaves | 1910-08-27 | |
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How She Won Him | Arthur Lewis | 1910-09-09 |
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Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy | 1910-01-02 | |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | 1909-12-25 |
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The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome | 1909-08-21 | |
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Saul and David | David | 1909-02-27 |
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The Bride of Lammermoor | Edgar Ravenswood | 1909-01-05 |
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Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy | 1908-09-28 | |
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Antony and Cléopatra | Marc Antony | 1908-11-03 |
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The Merchant of Venice | 1908-12-22 | |
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Leah the Forsaken | Rudolf | 1908-10-10 |
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The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain | 1908-12-19 | |
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Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils | King Herod | 1908-08-29 |
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Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy | 1908-12-01 |
