Maurice Costello
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1877-02-20
Deathday 1950-10-29 (73 years old)
Place of Birth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As Maurice George Costello
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
Actor
as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
as Nightclub Patron
as Passerby
as Card Player (uncredited)
as Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
as Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
as Edwards
as Extra (uncredited)
as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Man at Railroad Station
as Man (uncredited)
as Man Carrying Spear
as Extra (uncredited)
as Broker
as Extra (uncredited)
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
as Diggs (uncredited)
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
as Guest (uncredited)
as Board Member
as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
as Town Councilor (uncredited)
as Director in Commissary
as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
as Colonel Beldan
as Armand's father
as Father O'Brien
as Baxter Ryan
as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
as Walter Butler
as The Cripple
as Ben Corcoran
as Deputy Brown
as Caleb Perkins
as Fred Gillow
as Harold Stanley
as Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
as Jim Brice
as David Horton
as Tom Perry
as Himself - Cameo Appearance
as Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
as Schuyler Van Norden
as Lord Wentworth
as John Smardon
as Baron Lafitte
as Tom Blake
as Sir Edward Tilbury
as Endicott, an American Millionaire
as Seyn - the Cobbler
as Charles Lindgard
as Jack Hardy
as Dr. Lyons
as John Mason
as Lambert Chase
as Barry Wall
as Henry Ford
as Orlando
as Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
as Lambert Chase - the Detective
as Maurice Costello
as Dr. Dudley Lawrence
as Donald Grant - the Son
as Gordon Frazier
as Mr. Hale
as Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
as Harold Winter
as Roy Brain
as Lambert Chase, Detective
as Doctor John Lewis
as Joe Godfrey
as Howard Hanson
as Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
as Stephen Fiske Jr.
as Dr. LaFleur
as Frank as an Adult
as 'Enry Awkins
as Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
as Tom - an Honest Attorney
as Bill - a Providential Thief
as Tammas
as Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
as Lt. Osmond
as Herbert - Rose's Fiance
as Daniel Briton
as Jesus Christ
as John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
as John Martin - First Brother
as Dr. Allan Langham
as Lloyd Stanwood
as Silas Warner's Son
as Nick Austin
as Albert Black - The Brother
as Hugh
as Dr. Renfrew
as Donald Gray
as Himself
as Herbert Warning
as Sydney Carton
as The boss
as Maurice
as Fisherman
as Arthur Lewis
as Lysander
as Edgar Ravenswood
as King Herod
Director
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Writer
as Scenario Writer