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Maurice George Costello (February 22, 1877 – October 29,
1950)[1] 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.
Born
Thursday, 22 February 1877
Died
Saturday, 28 October 1950
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Hollywood: The Golden Years | Self | 1961 |
Guest Wife | Bit Role | 1945 |
Practically Yours | Senate Stenographer | 1944 |
The Doughgirls | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1944 |
The Climax | Audience Member / Audience Member (Uncredited) | 1944 |
A Fig Leaf for Eve | Nightclub Patron | 1944 |
Sweet Rosie O'Grady | Minor Role | 1943 |
Du Barry Was a Lady | Passerby | 1943 |
The Glass Key | Card Player | 1942 |
Henry Aldrich, Editor | Fire Spectator | 1942 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
Hollywood: The Golden Years | Self | 1961 |
Guest Wife | Bit Role | 1945 |
Practically Yours | Senate Stenographer | 1944 |
The Doughgirls | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1944 |
The Climax | Audience Member / Audience Member (Uncredited) | 1944 |
A Fig Leaf for Eve | Nightclub Patron | 1944 |
Sweet Rosie O'Grady | Minor Role | 1943 |
Du Barry Was a Lady | Passerby | 1943 |
The Glass Key | Card Player | 1942 |
Henry Aldrich, Editor | Fire Spectator | 1942 |
Cairo | Cavity Rock Townsman | 1942 |
Reap the Wild Wind | Ball Guest | 1942 |
Ride 'Em Cowboy | Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning | 1942 |
H.M. Pulham, Esq. | Wedding Guest | 1941 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Ringsider at Fight | 1941 |
Lady from Louisiana | Edwards | 1941 |
Citizen Kane | Extra | 1941 |
A Man Betrayed | Club Inferno Patron | 1941 |
A Little Bit of Heaven | Uncle Louie | 1940 |
Third Finger, Left Hand | Man at Railroad Station | 1940 |
Soak the Old | Man in Montage | 1940 |
Foreign Correspondent | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1940 |
The Sea Hawk | Man Carrying Spear | 1940 |
All This, and Heaven Too | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1940 |
Edison, the Man | Broker | 1940 |
Johnny Apollo | Extra | 1940 |
The Ghost Comes Home | Townsman at Banquet | 1940 |
Alice in Movieland | Well-Wisher at Train Station | 1940 |
Rovin' Tumbleweeds | Ways and Means Committee Member | 1939 |
The Roaring Twenties | Nightclub Patron | 1939 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Diggs - Newsman | 1939 |
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew | Hart | 1939 |
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Man in Audience | 1939 |
It's a Wonderful World | Guest | 1939 |
Disbarred | Frightened Juror | 1939 |
There's That Woman Again | Headwaiter | 1938 |
Comet Over Broadway | Actor at Dress Rehearsal | 1938 |
A Man to Remember | Town Councilor | 1938 |
I Am the Law | Lindsay Staff Member | 1938 |
Hollywood Boulevard | Director in Commissary | 1936 |
Search for Beauty | Health Acres Guest | 1934 |
The Movie Album #2 | (archive footage) | 1932 |
The Movie Album | Self | 1932 |
Eagle of the Night | 1928 | |
See You Later | 1928 | |
The Wagon Show | Colonel Beldan | 1928 |
Black Feather | 1928 | |
The Shamrock and the Rose | Father O'Brien | 1927 |
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut | Baxter Ryan | 1927 |
The Wives of the Prophet | William Neil | 1926 |
Heart of Alaska | 1924 | |
Love of Women | Mr. Redfield | 1924 |
Virtuous Liars | Josiah Wright | 1924 |
Week End Husbands | John Keane | 1924 |
Let Not Man Put Asunder | Sir Humphrey | 1924 |
Man and Wife | Caleb Perkins | 1923 |
The Glimpses of the Moon | Fred Gillow | 1923 |
Conceit | Barbe la Fleche | 1921 |
Deadline at Eleven | Paul Klocke | 1920 |
Human Collateral | Richard Morton | 1920 |
The Girl-Woman | Sanford | 1919 |
The Tower of Jewels | Fraser Grimstead | 1919 |
The Crown Prince's Double | Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence | 1916 |
The Man Who Couldn't Beat God | Martin Henchford | 1915 |
How Cissy Made Good | Self | 1915 |
The Plot | Roy Burton - The Reporter | 1914 |
The Blood Ruby | Bob Carr - The Ranch Foreman | 1914 |
The Lonely Princess | Endicott, an American Millionaire | 1913 |
Delayed Proposals | Jack Hardy | 1913 |
What a Change of Clothes Did | John Mason | 1913 |
A Princess of Bagdad | Seyn - the Cobbler | 1913 |
As You Like It | Orlando | 1912 |
A Vitagraph Romance | Maurice Costello | 1912 |
The Loyalty of Sylvia | Dr. Dudley Lawrence | 1912 |
The Money Kings | Roy Brain | 1912 |
The Days of Terror; or, in the Reign of Terror | 1912 | |
The Picture Idol | Howard Hanson | 1912 |
Dr. LaFleur's Theory | Dr. LaFleur | 1912 |
The Old Silver Watch | Frank as an Adult | 1912 |
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins | 'Enry Awkins | 1912 |
Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics | Himself / Self - Maurice Costello | 1911 |
A Tale of Two Cities | Sydney Carton | 1911 |
Siren of the Sea | Fisherman | 1911 |
By the Faith of a Child | Stephen | 1910 |
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy | 1910 | |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | 1909 |
Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | 1909 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
---|
The Man Who Couldn't Beat God | 1915 |
The Plot | 1914 |
The Blood Ruby | 1914 |
The Lonely Princess | 1913 |
What a Change of Clothes Did | 1913 |
Dr. LaFleur's Theory | 1912 |
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins | 1912 |