Maurice Costello
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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
Credits
Citizen Kane (1941)
as Extra (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
as Guest (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Diggs (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
as Man (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Passerby (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
as Man Carrying Spear
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
as Extra (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
as Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
The Tower of Jewels (1919)
as Fraser Grimstead
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy (1908)
Actor
Ruy Blas (1909)
as Ruy Blas
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Broker
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
as Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
The Merchant of Venice (1908)
Actor
The Sale of a Heart (1913)
as Charles Lindgard
Fellow Voyagers (1913)
as Tom Blake
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
as Lysander
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1911)
as Jesus Christ
Her Grandchild (1912)
as Donald Grant - the Son
Week End Husbands (1924)
as John Keane
The Glass Key (1942)
as Card Player (uncredited)
The Crimson Stain Mystery (1916)
as Harold Stanley
Rags and the Girl (1915)
as Tom Raine
The Spider's Web (1912)
as Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
The Adventure of the Italian Model (1912)
as Lambert Chase - the Detective
Man and Wife (1923)
as Caleb Perkins
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered (1911)
as Herbert - Rose's Fiance
The Climax (1944)
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Rose Leaves (1910)
Actor
The Movie Album (1932)
as (archive footage)
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet (1912)
as Henry Ford
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
as Director in Commissary
Over the Garden Wall (1910)
Actor
Antony and Cleopatra (1908)
as Marc Antony
The Captain's Captain (1919)
as Lawford Tapp
Little Nemo (1911)
as Himself
Johnny Apollo (1940)
as Extra (uncredited)
Elektra (1910)
Actor
The Shamrock and the Rose (1927)
as Father O'Brien
Aunty's Romance (1912)
as Stephen Fiske Jr.
The Black Sheep (1912)
as Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
Virtuous Liars (1924)
as Josiah Wright
The Old Silver Watch (1912)
as Frank as an Adult
Some Good in All (1911)
as Bill - a Providential Thief
Iron and Steel (1914)
as John Smardon
The Evil Men Do (1915)
as David Horton
The False Alarm (1926)
Actor
Dead Man’s Honor (1911)
as Hugh
Deadline at Eleven (1920)
as Paul Klocke
His Mother (1911)
as Donald Gray
Lulu's Doctor (1912)
as Doctor John Lewis
The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Happily Buried (1939)
as Board Member
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy (1910)
Actor
A Princess of Bagdad (1913)
as Seyn - the Cobbler
A Man to Remember (1938)
as Town Councilor (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
as Man at Railroad Station
The Last Alarm (1926)
as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
A Man Betrayed (1941)
as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
The Cambric Mask (1919)
as John Sark
His Sister's Children (1911)
as Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
Wanted... a Grandmother (1912)
as Mr. Hale
The Picture Idol (1912)
as Howard Hanson
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew (1939)
as Hart
The Hindoo Charm (1913)
as Sir Edward Tilbury
Auld Lang Syne (1911)
as Tammas
What a Change of Clothes Did (1913)
as John Mason
A Quaker Mother (1911)
as John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
The Bride of Lammermoor (1909)
as Edgar Ravenswood
Lady from Louisiana (1941)
as Edwards
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
as (uncredited)
Water Lilies (1911)
as Maurice
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (1927)
as Baxter Ryan
The Glimpses of the Moon (1923)
as Fred Gillow
Bobby's Father (1912)
as Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
Eagle of the Night (1928)
Actor
How She Won Him (1910)
as Arthur Lewis
Practically Yours (1944)
as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
The Lonely Princess (1913)
as Endicott, an American Millionaire
Roulette (1924)
as Ben Corcoran
Barriers Burned Away (1911)
as John Martin - First Brother
Alice in Movieland (1940)
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Love of Chrysanthemum (1910)
Actor
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins (1912)
as 'Enry Awkins
Siren of the Sea (1911)
as Fisherman
Half a Hero (1912)
as Joe Godfrey
Jack's Chrysanthemum (1913)
Actor
The Heart of Jim Brice (1915)
as Jim Brice
A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944)
as Nightclub Patron
As You Like It (1912)
as Orlando
For the Honor of the Family (1912)
as Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
The Changing of Silas Warner (1911)
as Silas Warner's Son
The First Violin (1912)
Actor
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome (1909)
Actor
Dr. LaFleur's Theory (1912)
as Dr. LaFleur
None So Blind (1923)
as Russell Mortimer
For Love and Glory (1911)
as Lt. Osmond
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman (1911)
as Lloyd Stanwood
Etta of the Footlights (1914)
as Lord Wentworth
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance (1913)
as Lambert Chase
The Crown Prince's Double (1916)
as Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
For Her Brother's Sake (1911)
as Albert Black - The Brother
Saul and David (1909)
as David
The Story Without a Name (1924)
as The Cripple
Comet Over Broadway (1938)
as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
The Geranium (1911)
as Daniel Briton
The Meeting of the Ways (1912)
as Tom - an Honest Attorney
The Show Girl (1911)
as Dr. Renfrew
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy (1908)
Actor
On the Pupil of His Eye (1912)
as Lambert Chase, Detective
The Moonstone of Fez (1914)
as Schuyler Van Norden
Too Much Burglar (1914)
as Tom Perry
A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
as Sydney Carton
The Loyalty of Sylvia (1912)
as Dr. Dudley Lawrence
It All Came Out in the Wash (1912)
as Barry Wall
Camille (1927)
as Armand's father
Getting Up a Practice (1913)
as Dr. Lyons
The Inherited Taint (1911)
as Herbert Warning
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror (1912)
Actor
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain (1908)
Actor
The Mysterious Lodger (1914)
as Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
Love of Women (1924)
as Mr. Redfield
Leah, the Forsaken (1908)
as Rudolf
Conscience (1912)
as Harold Winter
Fog Bound (1923)
as Deputy Brown
The Wagon Show (1928)
as Colonel Beldan
The Sacrifice (1911)
as Nick Austin
The Two Battles (1912)
as Gordon Frazier
The Money Kings (1912)
as Roy Brain
Delayed Proposals (1913)
as Jack Hardy
The Mad Marriage (1925)
as Walter Butler
A Vitagraph Romance (1912)
as Maurice Costello
The Peacemaker (1914)
as Himself - Cameo Appearance
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils (1908)
as King Herod
Search for Beauty (1934)
as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
The Sleep Walker (1911)
as Dr. Allan Langham
The New Stenographer (1911)
as The boss
Some Steamer Scooping (1914)
as Baron Lafitte