Maurice Costello
Known for: Acting
Born: February 20, 1877
Died: October 29, 1950
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
139 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Practically Yours
1944
5.5
The Climax
1944
4.8
A Fig Leaf for Eve
1944
6.5
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
6.7
The Glass Key
1942
6.0
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
7.0
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
5.4
Lady from Louisiana
1941
8.0
Citizen Kane
1941
5.5
A Man Betrayed
1941
5.4
Tin Pan Alley
1940
7.0
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940
7.2
The Sea Hawk
1940
7.2
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
6.8
Edison, the Man
1940
6.8
Johnny Apollo
1940
5.7
The Ghost Comes Home
1940
6.4
Alice in Movieland
1940
7.5
The Roaring Twenties
1939
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
7.0
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939
5.7
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
6.5
It's a Wonderful World
1939
5.3
Happily Buried
1939
5.7
Comet Over Broadway
1938
6.7
A Man to Remember
1938
4.5
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
5.5
Search for Beauty
1934
7.5
The Movie Album
1932
7.0
Eagle of the Night
1928
9.0
The Wagon Show
1928
3.7
Camille
1927
6.0
The Shamrock and the Rose
1927
7.0
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
1927
10.0
The False Alarm
19268.0
The Last Alarm
1926
10.0
The Mad Marriage
1925
10.0
The Story Without a Name
1924
7.0
Love of Women
1924
5.5
Virtuous Liars
1924
9.0
Week End Husbands
1924
8.0
Roulette
1924
8.0
Fog Bound
1923
7.0
Man and Wife
1923
9.0
The Glimpses of the Moon
1923
9.0
None So Blind
1923
8.0
Deadline at Eleven
1920
8.0
The Tower of Jewels
1919
NR
The Cambric Mask
1919
NR
The Captain's Captain
1919
NR
The Crimson Stain Mystery
1916
NR
The Crown Prince's Double
1916NR
Rags and the Girl
1915
10.0
The Heart of Jim Brice
1915
7.0
The Evil Men Do
19159.0
Too Much Burglar
1914
NR
The Peacemaker
1914NR
The Mysterious Lodger
1914
NR
The Moonstone of Fez
1914
9.0
Etta of the Footlights
1914
7.0
Iron and Steel
19147.0
Some Steamer Scooping
1914
NR
Fellow Voyagers
1913NR
The Hindoo Charm
1913
6.0
The Lonely Princess
1913
NR
A Princess of Bagdad
1913NR
The Sale of a Heart
1913
7.0
Jack's Chrysanthemum
19135.0
Delayed Proposals
19139.0
Getting Up a Practice
191310.0
What a Change of Clothes Did
191310.0
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
19135.5
It All Came Out in the Wash
19126.5
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
1912
1.0
As You Like It
19129.0
Bobby's Father
19124.0
The Adventure of the Italian Model
1912
6.2
A Vitagraph Romance
19127.0
The Loyalty of Sylvia
191210.0
Her Grandchild
19129.0
The Two Battles
19127.0
Wanted... a Grandmother
19128.0
The Black Sheep
19124.0
Conscience
1912NR
The Money Kings
191210.0
On the Pupil of His Eye
1912NR
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
19124.7
Lulu's Doctor
19129.0
Half a Hero
1912
5.5
The Picture Idol
1912
10.0
The Spider's Web
1912
5.5
Aunty's Romance
19125.0
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
19127.0
The Old Silver Watch
19125.0
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
1912
NR
The First Violin
191210.0
For the Honor of the Family
19124.0
The Meeting of the Ways
191210.0
Some Good in All
1911
7.0
Auld Lang Syne
1911
NR
His Sister's Children
191110.0
For Love and Glory
191110.0
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
1911NR
The Geranium
1911
10.0
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
19117.0
A Quaker Mother
191110.0
Barriers Burned Away
191110.0
The Sleep Walker
1911NR
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman
1911NR
The Changing of Silas Warner
19118.5
The Sacrifice
19118.0
For Her Brother's Sake
1911NR
Dead Man’s Honor
1911
7.0
The Show Girl
1911NR
His Mother
1911
6.4
Little Nemo
19119.0
The Inherited Taint
1911
5.0
A Tale of Two Cities
1911
4.0
The New Stenographer
1911
5.5
Water Lilies
191110.0
Siren of the Sea
19118.0
How She Won Him
1910
8.0
Rose Leaves
1910NR
Over the Garden Wall
19104.0
The Love of Chrysanthemum
1910
NR
Elektra
19102.5
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
1910
4.8
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1909
7.0
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
1909NR
Saul and David
1909
8.0
The Bride of Lammermoor
1909NR
The Merchant of Venice
190810.0
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
19084.7
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
1908
2.5
Antony and Cleopatra
19082.0
Leah, the Forsaken
19083.0
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
190810.0
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
1908