Maurice Costello
Acting
🎂 1877-02-20
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.
Cast credits(129)
Extra (uncredited)
1941
Diggs (uncredited)
1939
Man Carrying Spear
1940
Man (uncredited)
1940
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1939
Audience Member (Uncredited)
1944
Guest (uncredited)
1939
Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
1941
Extra (uncredited)
1940
Card Player (uncredited)
1942
Passerby
1943
(uncredited)
1940
Broker
1940
Man at Railroad Station
1940
Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
1941
Extra (uncredited)
1940
Director in Commissary
1936
1912
Caleb Perkins
1923
1908
Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
1942
Edwards
1941
Daniel Briton
1911
Man in Audience (uncredited)
1939
Board Member
1939
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
1940
Lambert Chase, Detective
1912
Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
1938
Donald Gray
1911
Deputy Brown
1923
Hart
1939
The boss
1911
Tom Perry
1914
Stephen Fiske Jr.
1912
The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
1926
Gordon Frazier
1912
Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
1940
Tom - an Honest Attorney
1912
Silas Warner's Son
1911
The Cripple
1924
Father O'Brien
1927
Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
1944
Town Councilor (uncredited)
1938
Ben Corcoran
1924
Orlando
1912
Armand's father
1927
Henry Ford
1912
Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
1916
Nightclub Patron
1944
1908
Maurice
1911
1928
Lord Wentworth
1914
Roy Brain
1912
Tammas
1911
Nick Austin
1911
Baxter Ryan
1927
Himself
1911
Lysander
1909
Lambert Chase
1913
Tom Blake
1913
Bill - a Providential Thief
1911
Colonel Beldan
1928
Schuyler Van Norden
1914
Jim Brice
1915
Himself - Cameo Appearance
1914
Herbert - Rose's Fiance
1911
Jack Hardy
1913
Harold Winter
1912
Frank as an Adult
1912
1910
Fred Gillow
1923
Seyn - the Cobbler
1913
Hugh
1911
King Herod
1908
Donald Grant - the Son
1912
1909
David Horton
1915
Lambert Chase - the Detective
1912
Maurice Costello
1912
Charles Lindgard
1913
Dr. Allan Langham
1911
Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
1912
Jesus Christ
1911
'Enry Awkins
1912
Albert Black - The Brother
1911
Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
1914
Sydney Carton
1911
Marc Antony
1908
Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
1934
Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
1912
1908
Walter Butler
1925
Tom Raine
1915
1912
Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
1912
Herbert Warning
1911
Dr. Lyons
1913
Mr. Redfield
1924
Baron Lafitte
1914
Doctor John Lewis
1912
Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
1912
Russell Mortimer
1923
Dr. Renfrew
1911
1910
Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
1911
John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
1911
Dr. LaFleur
1912
Barry Wall
1912
Sir Edward Tilbury
1913
1910
Joe Godfrey
1912
Lt. Osmond
1911
1910
Arthur Lewis
1910
1908
John Martin - First Brother
1911
John Smardon
1914
Mr. Hale
1912
Endicott, an American Millionaire
1913
Harold Stanley
1916
Fisherman
1911
Dr. Dudley Lawrence
1912
Edgar Ravenswood
1909
John Mason
1913
1908
Howard Hanson
1912
Lloyd Stanwood
1911
David
1909