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Maurice Costello
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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 comp…
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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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Maurice Costello's Filmography
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Practically Yours
as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
The Climax
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
A Fig Leaf for Eve
as Nightclub Patron
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Passerby (uncredited)
The Glass Key
as Card Player (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
Lady from Louisiana
as Edwards
Citizen Kane
as Extra (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
Tin Pan Alley
as (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Man at Railroad Station
Foreign Correspondent
as Man (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
as Man Carrying Spear
All This, and Heaven Too
as Extra (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
as Broker
Johnny Apollo
as Extra (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
Alice in Movieland
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Diggs (uncredited)
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
as Hart
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
as Guest (uncredited)
Happily Buried
as Board Member
Comet Over Broadway
as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
A Man to Remember
as Town Councilor (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Director in Commissary
Search for Beauty
as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
The Movie Album
as (archive footage)
Eagle of the Night
The Wagon Show
as Colonel Beldan
Camille
as Armand's father
The Shamrock and the Rose
as Father O'Brien
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
as Baxter Ryan
The False Alarm
No Poster
The Last Alarm
as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
The Mad Marriage
as Walter Butler
The Story Without a Name
as The Cripple
Love of Women
as Mr. Redfield
Virtuous Liars
as Josiah Wright
Week End Husbands
as John Keane
Roulette
as Ben Corcoran
Fog Bound
as Deputy Brown
The Glimpses of the Moon
as Fred Gillow
Man and Wife
as Caleb Perkins
None So Blind
as Russell Mortimer
Deadline at Eleven
as Paul Klocke
The Tower of Jewels
as Fraser Grimstead
The Cambric Mask
as John Sark
The Captain's Captain
as Lawford Tapp
The Crimson Stain Mystery
as Harold Stanley
The Crown Prince's Double
as Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
No Poster
Rags and the Girl
as Tom Raine
The Heart of Jim Brice
as Jim Brice
The Evil Men Do
as David Horton
No Poster
Too Much Burglar
as Tom Perry
The Peacemaker
as Himself - Cameo Appearance
No Poster
The Mysterious Lodger
as Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
The Moonstone of Fez
as Schuyler Van Norden
Etta of the Footlights
as Lord Wentworth
Iron and Steel
as John Smardon
No Poster
Some Steamer Scooping
as Baron Lafitte
Fellow Voyagers
as Tom Blake
No Poster
The Hindoo Charm
as Sir Edward Tilbury
The Lonely Princess
as Endicott, an American Millionaire
A Princess of Bagdad
as Seyn - the Cobbler
No Poster
The Sale of a Heart
as Charles Lindgard
Jack's Chrysanthemum
No Poster
Delayed Proposals
as Jack Hardy
No Poster
Getting Up a Practice
as Dr. Lyons
No Poster
What a Change of Clothes Did
as John Mason
No Poster
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
as Lambert Chase
No Poster
It All Came Out in the Wash
as Barry Wall
No Poster
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
as Henry Ford
As You Like It
as Orlando
No Poster
Bobby's Father
as Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
No Poster
The Adventure of the Italian Model
as Lambert Chase - the Detective
A Vitagraph Romance
as Maurice Costello
No Poster
The Loyalty of Sylvia
as Dr. Dudley Lawrence
No Poster
Her Grandchild
as Donald Grant - the Son
No Poster
The Two Battles
as Gordon Frazier
No Poster
Wanted... a Grandmother
as Mr. Hale
No Poster
The Black Sheep
as Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
No Poster
The Money Kings
as Roy Brain
No Poster
Conscience
as Harold Winter
No Poster
On the Pupil of His Eye
as Lambert Chase, Detective
No Poster
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
No Poster
Lulu's Doctor
as Doctor John Lewis
No Poster
Half a Hero
as Joe Godfrey
The Picture Idol
as Howard Hanson
The Spider's Web
as Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
Aunty's Romance
as Stephen Fiske Jr.
No Poster
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
as Dr. LaFleur
No Poster
The Old Silver Watch
as Frank as an Adult
No Poster
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
as 'Enry Awkins
The First Violin
No Poster
For the Honor of the Family
as Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
No Poster
The Meeting of the Ways
as Tom - an Honest Attorney
No Poster
Some Good in All
as Bill - a Providential Thief
Auld Lang Syne
as Tammas
His Sister's Children
as Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
No Poster
For Love and Glory
as Lt. Osmond
No Poster
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
as Herbert - Rose's Fiance
No Poster
The Geranium
as Daniel Briton
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
as Jesus Christ
No Poster
A Quaker Mother
as John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
No Poster
Barriers Burned Away
as John Martin - First Brother
No Poster
The Sleep Walker
as Dr. Allan Langham
No Poster
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman
as Lloyd Stanwood
No Poster
The Changing of Silas Warner
as Silas Warner's Son
No Poster
The Sacrifice
as Nick Austin
No Poster
For Her Brother's Sake
as Albert Black - The Brother
No Poster
Dead Man’s Honor
as Hugh
The Show Girl
as Dr. Renfrew
No Poster
His Mother
as Donald Gray
Little Nemo
as Himself
No Poster
The Inherited Taint
as Herbert Warning
A Tale of Two Cities
as Sydney Carton
The New Stenographer
as The boss
Water Lilies
as Maurice
No Poster
Siren of the Sea
as Fisherman
No Poster
How She Won Him
as Arthur Lewis
Rose Leaves
No Poster
Over the Garden Wall
No Poster
Love of Chrysanthemum
Elektra
No Poster
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Lysander
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
No Poster
Saul and David
as David
No Poster
Ruy Blas
as Ruy Blas
The Bride of Lammermoor
as Edgar Ravenswood
No Poster
The Merchant of Venice
No Poster
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
No Poster
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
Antony and Cleopatra
as Marc Antony
No Poster
Leah, the Forsaken
as Rudolf
No Poster
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
No Poster
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
as King Herod