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