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Aliases: Maurice George Costello

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Movie Involvements: 104

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Citizen Kane
Average
8

Citizen Kane

(1941) Extra (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
Average
7

Foreign Correspondent

(1940) Man (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
Average
7

The Roaring Twenties

(1939) Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Climax
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5

The Climax

(1944) Audience Member (Uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
Average
7

The Sea Hawk

(1940) Man Carrying Spear
Hollywood Boulevard
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3

Hollywood Boulevard

(1936) Director in Commissary
The Glass Key
Average
7

The Glass Key

(1942) Card Player (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
Average
7

All This, and Heaven Too

(1940) Extra (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1944 Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
Audience Member (Uncredited)
Nightclub Patron
1943 Passerby
1942 Card Player (uncredited)
Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
1941 Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
Edwards
Extra (uncredited)
Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
1940 (uncredited)
Man at Railroad Station
Man (uncredited)
Man Carrying Spear
Extra (uncredited)
Broker
Extra (uncredited)
Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
1939 Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Diggs (uncredited)
Hart
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Guest (uncredited)
Board Member
1938 Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
Town Councilor (uncredited)
1936 Director in Commissary
1934 Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
1928 N/A
Colonel Beldan
1927 Armand's father
Father O'Brien
Baxter Ryan
1926 The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
1925 Walter Butler
1924 The Cripple
Ben Corcoran
1923 Deputy Brown
Fred Gillow
Caleb Perkins
1916 Harold Stanley
Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
1915 Jim Brice
David Horton
1914 Tom Perry
Himself - Cameo Appearance
Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
Schuyler Van Norden
Lord Wentworth
John Smardon
Baron Lafitte
1913 Tom Blake
Sir Edward Tilbury
Endicott, an American Millionaire
Seyn - the Cobbler
Charles Lindgard
Jack Hardy
Dr. Lyons
John Mason
Lambert Chase
1912 Barry Wall
Henry Ford
Orlando
Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
Lambert Chase - the Detective
Maurice Costello
Dr. Dudley Lawrence
Donald Grant - the Son
Gordon Frazier
Mr. Hale
Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
Harold Winter
Roy Brain
Lambert Chase, Detective
N/A
Doctor John Lewis
Joe Godfrey
Howard Hanson
Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
Stephen Fiske Jr.
Dr. LaFleur
Frank as an Adult
'Enry Awkins
N/A
Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
Tom - an Honest Attorney
1911 Bill - a Providential Thief
Tammas
Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
Lt. Osmond
Herbert - Rose's Fiance
Daniel Briton
Jesus Christ
John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
John Martin - First Brother
Dr. Allan Langham
Lloyd Stanwood
Silas Warner's Son
Nick Austin
Albert Black - The Brother
Hugh
Dr. Renfrew
Donald Gray
Himself
Herbert Warning
Sydney Carton
The boss
Maurice
Fisherman
1910 Arthur Lewis
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1909 Lysander
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Edgar Ravenswood
1908 N/A
N/A
Marc Antony
N/A
N/A
King Herod
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1913 Scenario Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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