Maurice Costello
Acting
1877-02-20 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
Practically Yours
1944 · Movie
The Climax
1944 · Movie
A Fig Leaf for Eve
1944 · Movie
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Movie
The Glass Key
1942 · Movie
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941 · Movie
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941 · Movie
Lady from Louisiana
1941 · Movie
Citizen Kane
1941 · Movie
A Man Betrayed
1941 · Movie
Tin Pan Alley
1940 · Movie
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 · Movie
Foreign Correspondent
1940 · Movie
The Sea Hawk
1940 · Movie
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Movie
Edison, the Man
1940 · Movie
Johnny Apollo
1940 · Movie
The Ghost Comes Home
1940 · Movie
Alice in Movieland
1940 · Movie
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Movie
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939 · Movie
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939 · Movie
It's a Wonderful World
1939 · Movie
Happily Buried
1939 · Movie
Comet Over Broadway
1938 · Movie
A Man to Remember
1938 · Movie
Hollywood Boulevard
1936 · Movie
Search for Beauty
1934 · Movie
The Movie Album
1932 · Movie
Eagle of the Night
1928 · Movie
The Wagon Show
1928 · Movie
Camille
1927 · Movie
The Shamrock and the Rose
1927 · Movie
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
1927 · Movie
The False Alarm
1926 · Movie
The Last Alarm
1926 · Movie
The Mad Marriage
1925 · Movie
The Story Without a Name
1924 · Movie
Love of Women
1924 · Movie
Virtuous Liars
1924 · Movie
Week End Husbands
1924 · Movie
Roulette
1924 · Movie
Fog Bound
1923 · Movie
Man and Wife
1923 · Movie
The Glimpses of the Moon
1923 · Movie
None So Blind
1923 · Movie
Deadline at Eleven
1920 · Movie
The Tower of Jewels
1919 · Movie
The Cambric Mask
1919 · Movie
The Captain's Captain
1919 · Movie
The Crimson Stain Mystery
1916 · Movie
The Crown Prince's Double
1916 · Movie
Rags and the Girl
1915 · Movie
The Heart of Jim Brice
1915 · Movie
The Evil Men Do
1915 · Movie
Too Much Burglar
1914 · Movie
The Peacemaker
1914 · Movie
The Mysterious Lodger
1914 · Movie
The Moonstone of Fez
1914 · Movie
Etta of the Footlights
1914 · Movie
Iron and Steel
1914 · Movie
Some Steamer Scooping
1914 · Movie
Fellow Voyagers
1913 · Movie
The Hindoo Charm
1913 · Movie
The Lonely Princess
1913 · Movie
A Princess of Bagdad
1913 · Movie
The Sale of a Heart
1913 · Movie
Jack's Chrysanthemum
1913 · Movie
Delayed Proposals
1913 · Movie
Getting Up a Practice
1913 · Movie
What a Change of Clothes Did
1913 · Movie
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
1913 · Movie
It All Came Out in the Wash
1912 · Movie
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
1912 · Movie
As You Like It
1912 · Movie
Bobby's Father
1912 · Movie
The Adventure of the Italian Model
1912 · Movie
A Vitagraph Romance
1912 · Movie
The Loyalty of Sylvia
1912 · Movie
Her Grandchild
1912 · Movie
The Two Battles
1912 · Movie
Wanted... a Grandmother
1912 · Movie
The Black Sheep
1912 · Movie
The Money Kings
1912 · Movie
Conscience
1912 · Movie
On the Pupil of His Eye
1912 · Movie
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
1912 · Movie
Lulu's Doctor
1912 · Movie
Half a Hero
1912 · Movie
The Picture Idol
1912 · Movie
The Spider's Web
1912 · Movie
Aunty's Romance
1912 · Movie
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
1912 · Movie
The Old Silver Watch
1912 · Movie
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
1912 · Movie
The First Violin
1912 · Movie
For the Honor of the Family
1912 · Movie
The Meeting of the Ways
1912 · Movie
Some Good in All
1911 · Movie
Auld Lang Syne
1911 · Movie
His Sister's Children
1911 · Movie
For Love and Glory
1911 · Movie
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
1911 · Movie
The Geranium
1911 · Movie
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
1911 · Movie
A Quaker Mother
1911 · Movie
Barriers Burned Away
1911 · Movie
The Sleep Walker
1911 · Movie
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman
1911 · Movie
The Changing of Silas Warner
1911 · Movie
The Sacrifice
1911 · Movie
For Her Brother's Sake
1911 · Movie
Dead Man’s Honor
1911 · Movie
The Show Girl
1911 · Movie
His Mother
1911 · Movie
Little Nemo
1911 · Movie
The Inherited Taint
1911 · Movie
A Tale of Two Cities
1911 · Movie
The New Stenographer
1911 · Movie
Water Lilies
1911 · Movie
Siren of the Sea
1911 · Movie
How She Won Him
1910 · Movie
Rose Leaves
1910 · Movie
Over the Garden Wall
1910 · Movie
The Love of Chrysanthemum
1910 · Movie
Elektra
1910 · Movie
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
1910 · Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1909 · Movie
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
1909 · Movie
Saul and David
1909 · Movie
The Bride of Lammermoor
1909 · Movie
The Merchant of Venice
1908 · Movie
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
1908 · Movie
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
1908 · Movie
Antony and Cleopatra
1908 · Movie
Leah, the Forsaken
1908 · Movie
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
1908 · Movie
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
1908 · Movie