Maurice Costello
Biography
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.
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Movies (50)
Practically Yours
as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
1944
The Climax
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
1944
A Fig Leaf for Eve
as Nightclub Patron
1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Passerby (uncredited)
1943
The Glass Key
as Card Player (uncredited)
1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
1941
Lady from Louisiana
as Edwards
1941
Citizen Kane
as Extra (uncredited)
1941
A Man Betrayed
as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
1941
Tin Pan Alley
as (uncredited)
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Man at Railroad Station
1940
Foreign Correspondent
as Man (uncredited)
1940
The Sea Hawk
as Man Carrying Spear
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
as Extra (uncredited)
1940
Edison, the Man
as Broker
1940
Johnny Apollo
as Extra (uncredited)
1940
The Ghost Comes Home
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
1940
Alice in Movieland
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
1940
The Roaring Twenties
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Diggs (uncredited)
1939
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
as Hart
1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1939
It's a Wonderful World
as Guest (uncredited)
1939
Happily Buried
as Board Member
1939
Comet Over Broadway
as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
1938
A Man to Remember
as Town Councilor (uncredited)
1938
Hollywood Boulevard
as Director in Commissary
1936
Search for Beauty
as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
1934
Eagle of the Night
1928
The Wagon Show
as Colonel Beldan
1928
Camille
as Armand's father
1927
The Shamrock and the Rose
as Father O'Brien
1927
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
as Baxter Ryan
1927
The False Alarm
1926
The Last Alarm
as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
1926
The Mad Marriage
as Walter Butler
1925
The Story Without a Name
as The Cripple
1924
Love of Women
as Mr. Redfield
1924
Virtuous Liars
as Josiah Wright
1924
Week End Husbands
as John Keane
1924
Roulette
as Ben Corcoran
1924
Fog Bound
as Deputy Brown
1923
Man and Wife
as Caleb Perkins
1923
The Glimpses of the Moon
as Fred Gillow
1923
None So Blind
as Russell Mortimer
1923
Deadline at Eleven
as Paul Klocke
1920
The Tower of Jewels
as Fraser Grimstead
1919
The Cambric Mask
as John Sark
1919
The Captain's Captain
as Lawford Tapp
1919