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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The Climax | Audience Member (Uncredited) | 1944-10-20 |
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A Fig Leaf for Eve | Nightclub Patron | 1944-07-04 |
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Du Barry Was a Lady | Passerby | 1943-08-13 |
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Ride 'Em Cowboy | Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited) | 1942-02-13 |
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The Glass Key | Card Player (uncredited) | 1942-09-08 |
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Lady from Louisiana | Edwards | 1941-04-22 |
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Ringsider at Fight (uncredited) | 1941-08-07 |
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Citizen Kane | Extra (uncredited) | 1941-04-17 |
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A Man Betrayed | Club Inferno Patron (uncredited) | 1941-03-07 |
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Tin Pan Alley | (uncredited) | 1940-11-29 |
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Third Finger, Left Hand | Man at Railroad Station | 1940-10-11 |
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Alice in Movieland | Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited) | 1940-03-03 |
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All This, and Heaven Too | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-07-05 |
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Johnny Apollo | Extra (uncredited) | 1940-04-19 |
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The Sea Hawk | Man Carrying Spear | 1940-08-10 |
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The Ghost Comes Home | Townsman at Banquet (uncredited) | 1940-03-08 |
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Foreign Correspondent | Man (uncredited) | 1940-08-16 |
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Edison, the Man | Broker | 1940-05-10 |
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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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Five Little Peppers And How They Grew | Hart | 1939-08-22 |
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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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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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The Shamrock and the Rose | Father O'Brien | 1927-04-14 |
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Johnny Get Your Hair Cut | Baxter Ryan | 1927-01-15 |
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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 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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Roulette | Ben Corcoran | 1924-01-19 |
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Love of Women | Mr. Redfield | 1924-06-30 |
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None So Blind | Russell Mortimer | 1923-02-19 |
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Man and Wife | Caleb Perkins | 1923-03-25 |
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Fog Bound | Deputy Brown | 1923-05-27 |
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The Glimpses of the Moon | Fred Gillow | 1923-03-25 |
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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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Too Much Burglar | Tom Perry | 1914-11-19 |
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Some Steamer Scooping | Baron Lafitte | 1914-02-12 |
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The Mysterious Lodger | Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger | 1914-08-27 |
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The Moonstone of Fez | Schuyler Van Norden | 1914-07-07 |
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Etta of the Footlights | Lord Wentworth | 1914-05-23 |
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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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Fellow Voyagers | Tom Blake | 1913-11-26 |
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The Sale of a Heart | Charles Lindgard | 1913-07-18 |
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A Princess of Bagdad | Seyn - the Cobbler | 1913-09-01 |
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The Hindoo Charm | Sir Edward Tilbury | 1913-09-17 |
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Getting Up a Practice | Dr. Lyons | 1913-03-27 |
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What a Change of Clothes Did | John Mason | 1913-01-20 |
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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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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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As You Like It | Orlando | 1912-10-06 |
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When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet | Henry Ford | 1912-10-08 |
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The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror | 1912-06-13 | |
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The Loyalty of Sylvia | Dr. Dudley Lawrence | 1912-09-12 |
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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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Aunty's Romance | Stephen Fiske Jr. | 1912-05-12 |
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Dr. LaFleur's Theory | Dr. LaFleur | 1912-05-05 |
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Half a Hero | Joe Godfrey | 1912-06-07 |
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The First Violin | 1912-02-02 | |
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A Vitagraph Romance | Maurice Costello | 1912-09-17 |
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The Money Kings | Roy Brain | 1912-07-15 |
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The Adventure of the Italian Model | Lambert Chase - the Detective | 1912-09-21 |
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The Black Sheep | Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother | 1912-07-19 |
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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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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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Wanted... a Grandmother | Mr. Hale | 1912-08-09 |
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Conscience | Harold Winter | 1912-07-15 |
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Her Grandchild | Donald Grant - the Son | 1912-08-19 |
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Bobby's Father | Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father | 1912-09-23 |
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The Picture Idol | Howard Hanson | 1912-05-31 |
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On the Pupil of His Eye | Lambert Chase, Detective | 1912-07-05 |
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The Changing of Silas Warner | Silas Warner's Son | 1911-06-10 |
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Siren of the Sea | Fisherman | 1911-01-01 |
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His Mother | Donald Gray | 1911-05-09 |
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Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman | Lloyd Stanwood | 1911-06-16 |
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Auld Lang Syne | Tammas | 1911-11-07 |
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic | Jesus Christ | 1911-06-30 |
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Dead Man’s Honor | Hugh | 1911-05-23 |
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The New Stenographer | The boss | 1911-02-18 |
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For Love and Glory | Lt. Osmond | 1911-08-14 |
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The Show Girl | Dr. Renfrew | 1911-05-18 |
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His Sister's Children | Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle | 1911-09-26 |
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Some Good in All | Bill - a Providential Thief | 1911-12-25 |
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She Came, She Saw, She Conquered | Herbert - Rose's Fiance | 1911-07-26 |
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A Quaker Mother | John Harmon - A Quaker Husband | 1911-06-27 |
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The Inherited Taint | Herbert Warning | 1911-03-31 |
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For Her Brother's Sake | Albert Black - The Brother | 1911-06-06 |
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The Sleep Walker | Dr. Allan Langham | 1911-06-23 |
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Barriers Burned Away | John Martin - First Brother | 1911-06-24 |
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A Tale of Two Cities | Sydney Carton | 1911-02-20 |
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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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Water Lilies | Maurice | 1911-01-13 |
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The Sacrifice | Nick Austin | 1911-06-09 |
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Over the Garden Wall | 1910-06-10 | |
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How She Won Him | Arthur Lewis | 1910-09-09 |
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Rose Leaves | 1910-08-27 | |
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Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy | 1910-01-02 | |
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The Love of Chrysanthemum | 1910-05-28 | |
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Saul and David | David | 1909-02-27 |
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The Way of the Cross | 1909-08-21 | |
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The Bride of Lammermoor | Edgar Ravenswood | 1909-01-05 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | 1909-12-25 |
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Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy | 1908-12-01 | |
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Leah the Forsaken | 1908-10-10 | |
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Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils | King Herod | 1908-08-29 |
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The Merchant of Venice | 1908-12-22 | |
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The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain | 1908-12-19 | |
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Antony and Cléopatra | Marc Antony | 1908-11-03 |
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Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy | 1908-09-28 |
