Maurice Costello
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: February 20, 1877
Day of Death: October 29, 1950 (74 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
Actor Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Alice in Movieland
Actor Extra (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
Actor Broker
Edison, the Man
Actor Man (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
Actor (uncredited)
Tin Pan Alley
Actor Man Carrying Spear
The Sea Hawk
Actor Man at Railroad Station
Third Finger, Left Hand
Actor Extra (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
Actor Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home
1939
1938
1936
1934
1928
1927
1926
1925
1924
1923
1916
1915
1914
Actor Baron Lafitte
Some Steamer Scooping
Actor Lord Wentworth
Etta of the Footlights
Actor Tom Perry
Too Much Burglar
Actor John Smardon
Iron and Steel
Actor Himself - Cameo Appearance
The Peacemaker
Actor Schuyler Van Norden
The Moonstone of Fez
Actor Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
The Mysterious Lodger
Director
Some Steamer Scooping
Director
Etta of the Footlights
Director
Too Much Burglar
Director
Iron and Steel
Director
The Moonstone of Fez
Director
The Mysterious Lodger
1913
Actor Seyn - the Cobbler
A Princess of Bagdad
Actor Tom Blake
Fellow Voyagers
Actor Sir Edward Tilbury
The Hindoo Charm
Actor Lambert Chase
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
Actor Dr. Lyons
Getting Up a Practice
Actor Charles Lindgard
The Sale of a Heart
Actor Jack Hardy
Delayed Proposals
Actor Endicott, an American Millionaire
The Lonely Princess
Actor John Mason
What a Change of Clothes Did
Director
The Hindoo Charm
Director
Fellow Voyagers
Scenario Writer
Fellow Voyagers
Director
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
Director
Getting Up a Practice
Director
The Lonely Princess
Director
The Sale of a Heart
Director
What a Change of Clothes Did
1912
Actor Harold Winter
Conscience
Actor Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
For the Honor of the Family
Actor Roy Brain
The Money Kings
Actor Mr. Hale
Wanted... a Grandmother
Actor Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
Bobby's Father
Actor Donald Grant - the Son
Her Grandchild
Actor Maurice Costello
A Vitagraph Romance
Actor
The First Violin
Actor Lambert Chase, Detective
On the Pupil of His Eye
Actor Gordon Frazier
The Two Battles
Actor Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
The Black Sheep
Actor Howard Hanson
The Picture Idol
Actor Dr. LaFleur
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
Actor Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
The Spider's Web
Actor Joe Godfrey
Half a Hero
Actor
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
Actor Stephen Fiske Jr.
Aunty's Romance
Actor Dr. Dudley Lawrence
The Loyalty of Sylvia
Actor Orlando
As You Like It
Actor Barry Wall
It All Came Out in the Wash
Actor Doctor John Lewis
Lulu's Doctor
Actor Tom - an Honest Attorney
The Meeting of the Ways
Actor 'Enry Awkins
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
Actor Henry Ford
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
Actor Lambert Chase - the Detective
The Adventure of the Italian Model
Actor Frank as an Adult
The Old Silver Watch
Director
Conscience
Director
On the Pupil of His Eye
Director
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
Director
It All Came Out in the Wash
Director
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
Director
The Spider's Web
1911
Actor Fisherman
Siren of the Sea
Actor Herbert Warning
The Inherited Taint
Actor John Martin - First Brother
Barriers Burned Away
Actor Dr. Allan Langham
The Sleep Walker
Actor Albert Black - The Brother
For Her Brother's Sake
Actor John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
A Quaker Mother
Actor Herbert - Rose's Fiance
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
Actor Lt. Osmond
For Love and Glory
Actor Daniel Briton
The Geranium
Actor Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
His Sister's Children
Actor Bill - a Providential Thief
Some Good in All
Actor Sydney Carton
A Tale of Two Cities
Actor Nick Austin
The Sacrifice
Actor Maurice
Water Lilies
Actor Himself
Little Nemo
Actor The boss
The New Stenographer
Actor Dr. Renfrew
The Show Girl
Actor Jesus Christ
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Actor Tammas
Auld Lang Syne
Actor Lloyd Stanwood
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman
Actor Donald Gray
His Mother
Actor Hugh
Dead Man’s Honor
Actor Silas Warner's Son
The Changing of Silas Warner
Director
Some Good in All
1910
1909
1908
Actor
Richard III
Actor
Leah the Forsaken
Actor
The Merchant of Venice
Actor
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
Actor Marc Antony
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
Actor King Herod
Salome (The Dance of Seven Veils)
Actor
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain