Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 20, 1877
Died
Oct 29, 1950
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
139 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Practically Yours
Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
The Climax
Audience Member (Uncredited)
A Fig Leaf for Eve
Nightclub Patron
Du Barry Was a Lady
Passerby (uncredited)
The Glass Key
Card Player (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
Lady from Louisiana
Edwards
Citizen Kane
Extra (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
Tin Pan Alley
(uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
Man at Railroad Station
Foreign Correspondent
Man (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
Man Carrying Spear
All This, and Heaven Too
Extra (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Broker
Johnny Apollo
Extra (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home
Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
Alice in Movieland
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Diggs (uncredited)
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Hart
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Man in Audience (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
Guest (uncredited)
Happily Buried
Board Member
Comet Over Broadway
Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
A Man to Remember
Town Councilor (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Director in Commissary
Search for Beauty
Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
The Movie Album
(archive footage)
Eagle of the Night
The Wagon Show
Colonel Beldan
Camille
Armand's father
The Shamrock and the Rose
Father O'Brien
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Baxter Ryan
The False Alarm
The Last Alarm
The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
The Mad Marriage
Walter Butler
The Story Without a Name
The Cripple
Love of Women
Mr. Redfield
Virtuous Liars
Josiah Wright
Week End Husbands
John Keane
Roulette
Ben Corcoran
Fog Bound
Deputy Brown
Man and Wife
Caleb Perkins
The Glimpses of the Moon
Fred Gillow
None So Blind
Russell Mortimer
Deadline at Eleven
Paul Klocke
The Tower of Jewels
Fraser Grimstead
The Cambric Mask
John Sark