Cast
Maurice Costello
Acting
Cast
Maurice Costello
Known for
Acting
Born
1877-02-20
From
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
1950-10-29
Also known as Maurice George 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.
Citizen Kane
as Extra (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
as Man (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Diggs (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Climax
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Director in Commissary
Johnny Apollo
as Extra (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
as Man Carrying Spear
Camille
as Armand's father
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
The Glass Key
as Card Player (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
as Extra (uncredited)
Conscience
as Harold Winter
The Sacrifice
as Nick Austin
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Passerby (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
as Broker
Lady from Louisiana
as Edwards
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Man at Railroad Station
It's a Wonderful World
as Guest (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
Comet Over Broadway
as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
Roulette
as Ben Corcoran
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
Alice in Movieland
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Tin Pan Alley
as (uncredited)
The Crown Prince's Double
as Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
The Shamrock and the Rose
as Father O'Brien
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
as Hart
A Man to Remember
as Town Councilor (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Lysander
Deadline at Eleven
as Paul Klocke
Little Nemo
as Himself
The Last Alarm
as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
Happily Buried
as Board Member
The Story Without a Name
as The Cripple
The Cambric Mask
as John Sark
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
as Baxter Ryan
Practically Yours
as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
The Crimson Stain Mystery
as Harold Stanley
The Mad Marriage
as Walter Butler
The Money Kings
as Roy Brain
Search for Beauty
as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
Eagle of the Night
As You Like It
as Orlando
A Tale of Two Cities
as Sydney Carton
Bobby's Father
as Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
Fellow Voyagers
as Tom Blake
The Sale of a Heart
as Charles Lindgard
The Spider's Web
as Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
Elektra
Too Much Burglar
as Tom Perry
Over the Garden Wall
Some Steamer Scooping
as Baron Lafitte
The Geranium
as Daniel Briton
Aunty's Romance
as Stephen Fiske Jr.
Auld Lang Syne
as Tammas
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
His Sister's Children
as Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
Lulu's Doctor
as Doctor John Lewis
The Captain's Captain
as Lawford Tapp
Rags and the Girl
as Tom Raine
Her Grandchild
as Donald Grant - the Son
The Changing of Silas Warner
as Silas Warner's Son
The Hindoo Charm
as Sir Edward Tilbury
The First Violin
The Two Battles
as Gordon Frazier
Half a Hero
as Joe Godfrey
Etta of the Footlights
as Lord Wentworth
The Peacemaker
as Himself - Cameo Appearance
Some Good in All
as Bill - a Providential Thief
A Fig Leaf for Eve
as Nightclub Patron
Fog Bound
as Deputy Brown
The Evil Men Do
as David Horton
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
as Jesus Christ
How She Won Him
as Arthur Lewis
The Glimpses of the Moon
as Fred Gillow
The Adventure of the Italian Model
as Lambert Chase - the Detective
What a Change of Clothes Did
as John Mason
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
On the Pupil of His Eye
as Lambert Chase, Detective
The Loyalty of Sylvia
as Dr. Dudley Lawrence
The Inherited Taint
as Herbert Warning
The Black Sheep
as Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
as Marc Antony
Dead Man’s Honor
as Hugh
Barriers Burned Away
as John Martin - First Brother
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
as Lambert Chase
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
as 'Enry Awkins
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
Love of Women
as Mr. Redfield
The Picture Idol
as Howard Hanson
The Moonstone of Fez
as Schuyler Van Norden
The Meeting of the Ways
as Tom - an Honest Attorney
For Her Brother's Sake
as Albert Black - The Brother
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
A Princess of Bagdad
as Seyn - the Cobbler
The Tower of Jewels
as Fraser Grimstead
For the Honor of the Family
as Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
Getting Up a Practice
as Dr. Lyons
Week End Husbands
as John Keane
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
The Old Silver Watch
as Frank as an Adult
Virtuous Liars
as Josiah Wright
None So Blind
as Russell Mortimer
The Wagon Show
as Colonel Beldan
His Mother
as Donald Gray
The Heart of Jim Brice
as Jim Brice
Jack's Chrysanthemum
Man and Wife
as Caleb Perkins
The Movie Album
as (archive footage)
Leah the Forsaken
as Rudolf
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
as Herbert - Rose's Fiance
The Bride of Lammermoor
as Edgar Ravenswood
Wanted... a Grandmother
as Mr. Hale
Saul and David
as David
The Show Girl
as Dr. Renfrew
The False Alarm
For Love and Glory
as Lt. Osmond
A Quaker Mother
as John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
as Dr. LaFleur
Delayed Proposals
as Jack Hardy
The Love of Chrysanthemum
A Vitagraph Romance
as Maurice Costello
Water Lilies
as Maurice
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
as King Herod
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman
as Lloyd Stanwood
The Mysterious Lodger
as Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
The Merchant of Venice
The Lonely Princess
as Endicott, an American Millionaire
The New Stenographer
as The boss
Rose Leaves
Iron and Steel
as John Smardon
It All Came Out in the Wash
as Barry Wall
Siren of the Sea
as Fisherman
The Sleep Walker
as Dr. Allan Langham
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
as Henry Ford