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

Citizen Kane

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The Roaring Twenties

The Sea Hawk

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Foreign Correspondent

The Glass Key

All This, and Heaven Too

All Movies (139)

• Practically Yours1944 · as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
• The Climax1944 · as Audience Member (Uncredited)
• A Fig Leaf for Eve1944 · as Nightclub Patron
• Du Barry Was a Lady1943 · as Passerby (uncredited)
• The Glass Key1942 · as Card Player (uncredited)
• Ride 'Em Cowboy1941 · as Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan1941 · as Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
• Lady from Louisiana1941 · as Edwards
• Citizen Kane1941 · as Extra (uncredited)
• A Man Betrayed1941 · as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
• Tin Pan Alley1940 · as (uncredited)
• Third Finger, Left Hand1940 · as Man at Railroad Station
• Foreign Correspondent1940 · as Man (uncredited)
• The Sea Hawk1940 · as Man Carrying Spear
• All This, and Heaven Too1940 · as Extra (uncredited)
• Edison, the Man1940 · as Broker
• Johnny Apollo1940 · as Extra (uncredited)
• The Ghost Comes Home1940 · as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
• Alice in Movieland1940 · as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
• The Roaring Twenties1939 · as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939 · as Diggs (uncredited)
• Five Little Peppers And How They Grew1939 · as Hart
• Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever1939 · as Man in Audience (uncredited)
• It's a Wonderful World1939 · as Guest (uncredited)
• Happily Buried1939 · as Board Member
• Comet Over Broadway1938 · as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
• A Man to Remember1938 · as Town Councilor (uncredited)
• Hollywood Boulevard1936 · as Director in Commissary
• Search for Beauty1934 · as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
• The Movie Album1932 · as (archive footage)
• Eagle of the Night1928
• The Wagon Show1928 · as Colonel Beldan
• Camille1927 · as Armand's father
• The Shamrock and the Rose1927 · as Father O'Brien
• Johnny Get Your Hair Cut1927 · as Baxter Ryan
• The False Alarm1926
• The Last Alarm1926 · as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
• The Mad Marriage1925 · as Walter Butler
• The Story Without a Name1924 · as The Cripple
• Love of Women1924 · as Mr. Redfield
• Virtuous Liars1924 · as Josiah Wright
• Week End Husbands1924 · as John Keane
• Roulette1924 · as Ben Corcoran
• Fog Bound1923 · as Deputy Brown
• Man and Wife1923 · as Caleb Perkins
• The Glimpses of the Moon1923 · as Fred Gillow
• None So Blind1923 · as Russell Mortimer
• Deadline at Eleven1920 · as Paul Klocke
• The Tower of Jewels1919 · as Fraser Grimstead
• The Cambric Mask1919 · as John Sark
• The Captain's Captain1919 · as Lawford Tapp
• The Crimson Stain Mystery1916 · as Harold Stanley
• The Crown Prince's Double1916 · as Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
• Rags and the Girl1915 · as Tom Raine
• The Heart of Jim Brice1915 · as Jim Brice
• The Evil Men Do1915 · as David Horton
• Too Much Burglar1914 · as Tom Perry
• The Peacemaker1914 · as Himself - Cameo Appearance
• The Mysterious Lodger1914 · as Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
• The Moonstone of Fez1914 · as Schuyler Van Norden
• Etta of the Footlights1914 · as Lord Wentworth
• Iron and Steel1914 · as John Smardon
• Some Steamer Scooping1914 · as Baron Lafitte
• Fellow Voyagers1913 · as Tom Blake
• The Hindoo Charm1913 · as Sir Edward Tilbury
• The Lonely Princess1913 · as Endicott, an American Millionaire
• A Princess of Bagdad1913 · as Seyn - the Cobbler
• The Sale of a Heart1913 · as Charles Lindgard
• Jack's Chrysanthemum1913
• Delayed Proposals1913 · as Jack Hardy
• Getting Up a Practice1913 · as Dr. Lyons
• What a Change of Clothes Did1913 · as John Mason
• The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance1913 · as Lambert Chase
• It All Came Out in the Wash1912 · as Barry Wall
• When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet1912 · as Henry Ford
• As You Like It1912 · as Orlando
• Bobby's Father1912 · as Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
• The Adventure of the Italian Model1912 · as Lambert Chase - the Detective
• A Vitagraph Romance1912 · as Maurice Costello
• The Loyalty of Sylvia1912 · as Dr. Dudley Lawrence
• Her Grandchild1912 · as Donald Grant - the Son
• The Two Battles1912 · as Gordon Frazier
• Wanted... a Grandmother1912 · as Mr. Hale
• The Black Sheep1912 · as Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
• Conscience1912 · as Harold Winter
• The Money Kings1912 · as Roy Brain
• On the Pupil of His Eye1912 · as Lambert Chase, Detective
• The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror1912
• Lulu's Doctor1912 · as Doctor John Lewis
• Half a Hero1912 · as Joe Godfrey
• The Picture Idol1912 · as Howard Hanson
• The Spider's Web1912 · as Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
• Aunty's Romance1912 · as Stephen Fiske Jr.
• Dr. LaFleur's Theory1912 · as Dr. LaFleur
• The Old Silver Watch1912 · as Frank as an Adult
• Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins1912 · as 'Enry Awkins
• The First Violin1912
• For the Honor of the Family1912 · as Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
• The Meeting of the Ways1912 · as Tom - an Honest Attorney
• Some Good in All1911 · as Bill - a Providential Thief
• Auld Lang Syne1911 · as Tammas
• His Sister's Children1911 · as Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
• For Love and Glory1911 · as Lt. Osmond
• She Came, She Saw, She Conquered1911 · as Herbert - Rose's Fiance
• The Geranium1911 · as Daniel Briton
• The Battle Hymn of the Republic1911 · as Jesus Christ
• A Quaker Mother1911 · as John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
• Barriers Burned Away1911 · as John Martin - First Brother
• The Sleep Walker1911 · as Dr. Allan Langham
• Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman1911 · as Lloyd Stanwood
• The Changing of Silas Warner1911 · as Silas Warner's Son
• The Sacrifice1911 · as Nick Austin
• For Her Brother's Sake1911 · as Albert Black - The Brother
• Dead Man’s Honor1911 · as Hugh
• The Show Girl1911 · as Dr. Renfrew
• His Mother1911 · as Donald Gray
• Little Nemo1911 · as Himself
• The Inherited Taint1911 · as Herbert Warning
• A Tale of Two Cities1911 · as Sydney Carton
• The New Stenographer1911 · as The boss
• Water Lilies1911 · as Maurice
• Siren of the Sea1911 · as Fisherman
• How She Won Him1910 · as Arthur Lewis
• Rose Leaves1910
• Over the Garden Wall1910
• The Love of Chrysanthemum1910
• Elektra1910
• Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy1910
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1909 · as Lysander
• The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome1909
• Saul and David1909 · as David
• The Bride of Lammermoor1909 · as Edgar Ravenswood
• The Merchant of Venice1908
• The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain1908
• Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy1908
• Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian1908 · as Marc Antony
• Leah the Forsaken1908 · as Rudolf
• Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy1908
• Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils1908 · as King Herod