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.
★8.0
MOVIE1941
Citizen Kane
as Extra (uncredited)
★7.8
MOVIE1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Diggs (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1912
The Old Silver Watch
as Frank as an Adult
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Foreign Correspondent
as Man (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1939
It's a Wonderful World
as Guest (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1940
The Sea Hawk
as Man Carrying Spear
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Passerby (uncredited)
MOVIE1911
His Mother
as Donald Gray
★10.0
MOVIE1912
Her Grandchild
as Donald Grant - the Son
★6.4
MOVIE1911
Little Nemo
as Himself
★7.2
MOVIE1940
All This, and Heaven Too
as Extra (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1939
The Roaring Twenties
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1940
The Ghost Comes Home
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1939
Happily Buried
as Board Member
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Johnny Apollo
as Extra (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1920
Deadline at Eleven
as Paul Klocke
★10.0
MOVIE1912
The Spider's Web
as Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
★10.0
MOVIE1926
The False Alarm
★5.5
MOVIE1911
Water Lilies
as Maurice
★8.0
MOVIE1919
The Tower of Jewels
as Fraser Grimstead
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Man at Railroad Station
★6.6
MOVIE1942
The Glass Key
as Card Player (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1941
Lady from Louisiana
as Edwards
★10.0
MOVIE1924
Virtuous Liars
as Josiah Wright
★7.5
MOVIE1932
The Movie Album
as (archive footage)
★5.5
MOVIE1912
Aunty's Romance
as Stephen Fiske Jr.
MOVIE1909
Saul and David
as David
★5.7
MOVIE1938
Comet Over Broadway
as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1912
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
as 'Enry Awkins
MOVIE1919
The Captain's Captain
as Lawford Tapp
★6.0
MOVIE1927
The Shamrock and the Rose
as Father O'Brien
MOVIE1911
Dead Man’s Honor
as Hugh
★5.6
MOVIE1941
A Man Betrayed
as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
MOVIE1910
Elektra
MOVIE1919
The Cambric Mask
as John Sark
★5.5
MOVIE1944
The Climax
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
MOVIE1915
Rags and the Girl
as Tom Raine
★8.0
MOVIE1910
Rose Leaves
★8.0
MOVIE1926
The Last Alarm
as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
MOVIE1911
The Changing of Silas Warner
as Silas Warner's Son
★10.0
MOVIE1911
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
as Jesus Christ
★8.0
MOVIE1910
How She Won Him
as Arthur Lewis
★4.7
MOVIE1912
Lulu's Doctor
as Doctor John Lewis
★7.0
MOVIE1914
Iron and Steel
as John Smardon
MOVIE1913
The Sale of a Heart
as Charles Lindgard
★4.7
MOVIE1908
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
★7.0
MOVIE1923
Man and Wife
as Caleb Perkins
MOVIE1916
The Crimson Stain Mystery
as Harold Stanley
★10.0
MOVIE1911
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
as Herbert - Rose's Fiance
★6.0
MOVIE1913
The Lonely Princess
as Endicott, an American Millionaire
MOVIE1910
Over the Garden Wall
★4.7
MOVIE1909
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Lysander
★8.0
MOVIE1912
The Black Sheep
as Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
★7.0
MOVIE1911
A Quaker Mother
as John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
★5.5
MOVIE1934
Search for Beauty
as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1912
Bobby's Father
as Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
★5.7
MOVIE1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1911
Auld Lang Syne
as Tammas
★6.5
MOVIE1912
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
as Henry Ford
★5.4
MOVIE1940
Tin Pan Alley
as (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1911
The Show Girl
as Dr. Renfrew
MOVIE1913
Fellow Voyagers
as Tom Blake
★7.0
MOVIE1915
The Evil Men Do
as David Horton
MOVIE1908
The Merchant of Venice
★6.4
MOVIE1940
Alice in Movieland
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
★3.7
MOVIE1927
Camille
as Armand's father
★4.0
MOVIE1912
The Adventure of the Italian Model
as Lambert Chase - the Detective
★2.0
MOVIE1908
Leah, the Forsaken
as Rudolf
MOVIE1911
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman
as Lloyd Stanwood
★9.0
MOVIE1912
Half a Hero
as Joe Godfrey
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Edison, the Man
as Broker
★10.0
MOVIE1913
What a Change of Clothes Did
as John Mason
★7.0
MOVIE1913
Jack's Chrysanthemum
★8.0
MOVIE1909
The Bride of Lammermoor
as Edgar Ravenswood
★4.0
MOVIE1910
The Love of Chrysanthemum
★3.0
MOVIE1908
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
MOVIE1913
The Hindoo Charm
as Sir Edward Tilbury
★2.5
MOVIE1910
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
★9.0
MOVIE1911
The Inherited Taint
as Herbert Warning
★7.0
MOVIE1944
Practically Yours
as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1911
For Love and Glory
as Lt. Osmond
★10.0
MOVIE1911
Barriers Burned Away
as John Martin - First Brother
★10.0
MOVIE1911
Some Good in All
as Bill - a Providential Thief
★7.0
MOVIE1912
Wanted... a Grandmother
as Mr. Hale
★6.7
MOVIE1938
A Man to Remember
as Town Councilor (uncredited)
MOVIE1911
His Sister's Children
as Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
★4.5
MOVIE1936
Hollywood Boulevard
as Director in Commissary
★9.0
MOVIE1924
Week End Husbands
as John Keane
★5.0
MOVIE1911
A Tale of Two Cities
as Sydney Carton
★8.0
MOVIE1911
For Her Brother's Sake
as Albert Black - The Brother
MOVIE1913
A Princess of Bagdad
as Seyn - the Cobbler
★2.5
MOVIE1908
Antony and Cleopatra
as Marc Antony
★4.0
MOVIE1912
The Meeting of the Ways
as Tom - an Honest Attorney
★4.8
MOVIE1944
A Fig Leaf for Eve
as Nightclub Patron
MOVIE1914
The Peacemaker
as Himself - Cameo Appearance
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
as Hart
★1.0
MOVIE1912
As You Like It
as Orlando
★9.0
MOVIE1923
The Glimpses of the Moon
as Fred Gillow
★5.5
MOVIE1912
The Picture Idol
as Howard Hanson
★10.0
MOVIE1924
The Story Without a Name
as The Cripple
★10.0
MOVIE1913
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
as Lambert Chase
★9.0
MOVIE1923
None So Blind
as Russell Mortimer
★7.0
MOVIE1924
Love of Women
as Mr. Redfield
★10.0
MOVIE1915
The Heart of Jim Brice
as Jim Brice
★7.0
MOVIE1909
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
★10.0
MOVIE1911
Siren of the Sea
as Fisherman
★7.0
MOVIE1927
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
as Baxter Ryan
★10.0
MOVIE1908
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
as King Herod
★6.2
MOVIE1912
A Vitagraph Romance
as Maurice Costello
MOVIE1916
The Crown Prince's Double
as Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
★9.0
MOVIE1928
The Wagon Show
as Colonel Beldan
MOVIE1912
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
★10.0
MOVIE1911
The Sleep Walker
as Dr. Allan Langham
★10.0
MOVIE1912
For the Honor of the Family
as Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
MOVIE1914
The Moonstone of Fez
as Schuyler Van Norden
★8.5
MOVIE1911
The Sacrifice
as Nick Austin
MOVIE1911
The Geranium
as Daniel Briton
★9.0
MOVIE1914
Etta of the Footlights
as Lord Wentworth
★10.0
MOVIE1912
On the Pupil of His Eye
as Lambert Chase, Detective
★5.0
MOVIE1913
Delayed Proposals
as Jack Hardy
★9.0
MOVIE1913
Getting Up a Practice
as Dr. Lyons
★7.0
MOVIE1912
The Loyalty of Sylvia
as Dr. Dudley Lawrence
★10.0
MOVIE1908
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
★8.0
MOVIE1923
Fog Bound
as Deputy Brown
★4.0
MOVIE1911
The New Stenographer
as The boss
★7.0
MOVIE1928
Eagle of the Night
★10.0
MOVIE1925
The Mad Marriage
as Walter Butler
★8.0
MOVIE1924
Roulette
as Ben Corcoran
★5.5
MOVIE1912
It All Came Out in the Wash
as Barry Wall
★7.0
MOVIE1914
Some Steamer Scooping
as Baron Lafitte
★4.0
MOVIE1912
Conscience
as Harold Winter
MOVIE1912
The Money Kings
as Roy Brain
★9.0
MOVIE1912
The Two Battles
as Gordon Frazier
MOVIE1912
The First Violin
★9.0
MOVIE1914
Too Much Burglar
as Tom Perry
MOVIE1914
The Mysterious Lodger
as Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
★5.0
MOVIE1912
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
as Dr. LaFleur