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