Maurice Costello

Known For: Acting
Born: February 20, 1877
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: October 29, 1950

Maurice Costello

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 so…

Filmography

Practically Yours

1944 · Senate Stenographer (uncredited)

The Climax

1944 · Audience Member (Uncredited)

A Fig Leaf for Eve

1944 · Nightclub Patron

Du Barry Was a Lady

1943 · Passerby (uncredited)

The Glass Key

1942 · Card Player (uncredited)

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1941 · Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

1941 · Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)

Lady from Louisiana

1941 · Edwards

Citizen Kane

1941 · Extra (uncredited)

A Man Betrayed

1941 · Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)

Tin Pan Alley

1940 · (uncredited)

Third Finger, Left Hand

1940 · Man at Railroad Station

Foreign Correspondent

1940 · Man (uncredited)

The Sea Hawk

1940 · Man Carrying Spear

All This, and Heaven Too

1940 · Extra (uncredited)

Edison, the Man

1940 · Broker

Johnny Apollo

1940 · Extra (uncredited)

The Ghost Comes Home

1940 · Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

Alice in Movieland

1940 · Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties

1939 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939 · Diggs (uncredited)

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

1939 · Hart

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

1939 · Man in Audience (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful World

1939 · Guest (uncredited)

Happily Buried

1939 · Board Member

Comet Over Broadway

1938 · Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)

A Man to Remember

1938 · Town Councilor (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard

1936 · Director in Commissary

Search for Beauty

1934 · Health Acres Guest (uncredited)

The Movie Album

1932 · (archive footage)

Eagle of the Night

1928

The Wagon Show

1928 · Colonel Beldan

Camille

1927 · Armand's father

The Shamrock and the Rose

1927 · Father O'Brien

Johnny Get Your Hair Cut

1927 · Baxter Ryan

The False Alarm

1926

The Last Alarm

1926 · The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father

The Mad Marriage

1925 · Walter Butler

The Story Without a Name

1924 · The Cripple

Love of Women

1924 · Mr. Redfield

Virtuous Liars

1924 · Josiah Wright

Week End Husbands

1924 · John Keane

Roulette

1924 · Ben Corcoran

Fog Bound

1923 · Deputy Brown

Man and Wife

1923 · Caleb Perkins

The Glimpses of the Moon

1923 · Fred Gillow

None So Blind

1923 · Russell Mortimer

Deadline at Eleven

1920 · Paul Klocke

The Tower of Jewels

1919 · Fraser Grimstead

The Cambric Mask

1919 · John Sark

The Captain's Captain

1919 · Lawford Tapp

The Crimson Stain Mystery

1916 · Harold Stanley

The Crown Prince's Double

1916 · Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence

Rags and the Girl

Rags and the Girl

1915 · Tom Raine

The Heart of Jim Brice

1915 · Jim Brice, Director

The Evil Men Do

1915 · David Horton, Director

Too Much Burglar

Too Much Burglar

1914 · Tom Perry, Director

The Peacemaker

1914 · Himself - Cameo Appearance

The Mysterious Lodger

The Mysterious Lodger

1914 · Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger, Director

The Moonstone of Fez

1914 · Schuyler Van Norden, Director

Etta of the Footlights

1914 · Lord Wentworth, Director

Iron and Steel

1914 · John Smardon, Director

Some Steamer Scooping

Some Steamer Scooping

1914 · Baron Lafitte, Director

Fellow Voyagers

1913 · Tom Blake, Director, Scenario Writer

The Hindoo Charm

The Hindoo Charm

1913 · Sir Edward Tilbury, Director

The Lonely Princess

1913 · Endicott, an American Millionaire, Director

A Princess of Bagdad

1913 · Seyn - the Cobbler

The Sale of a Heart

The Sale of a Heart

1913 · Charles Lindgard, Director

Jack's Chrysanthemum

1913 · , Director

Delayed Proposals

Delayed Proposals

1913 · Jack Hardy

Getting Up a Practice

Getting Up a Practice

1913 · Dr. Lyons, Director

What a Change of Clothes Did

What a Change of Clothes Did

1913 · John Mason, Director

The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance

The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance

1913 · Lambert Chase, Director

It All Came Out in the Wash

It All Came Out in the Wash

1912 · Barry Wall, Director

When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet

When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet

1912 · Henry Ford

As You Like It

1912 · Orlando

Bobby's Father

1912 · Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father

The Adventure of the Italian Model

The Adventure of the Italian Model

1912 · Lambert Chase - the Detective

A Vitagraph Romance

1912 · Maurice Costello

The Loyalty of Sylvia

The Loyalty of Sylvia

1912 · Dr. Dudley Lawrence

Her Grandchild

1912 · Donald Grant - the Son

The Two Battles

The Two Battles

1912 · Gordon Frazier

Wanted... a Grandmother

Wanted... a Grandmother

1912 · Mr. Hale

The Black Sheep

The Black Sheep

1912 · Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother

Conscience

1912 · Harold Winter, Director

The Money Kings

The Money Kings

1912 · Roy Brain

On the Pupil of His Eye

On the Pupil of His Eye

1912 · Lambert Chase, Detective, Director

The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror

The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror

1912

Lulu's Doctor

1912 · Doctor John Lewis

Half a Hero

1912 · Joe Godfrey

The Picture Idol

1912 · Howard Hanson

The Spider's Web

1912 · Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney, Director

Aunty's Romance

1912 · Stephen Fiske Jr.

Dr. LaFleur's Theory

Dr. LaFleur's Theory

1912 · Dr. LaFleur, Director

The Old Silver Watch

The Old Silver Watch

1912 · Frank as an Adult

Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins

Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins

1912 · 'Enry Awkins, Director

The First Violin

1912

For the Honor of the Family

For the Honor of the Family

1912 · Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton

The Meeting of the Ways

The Meeting of the Ways

1912 · Tom - an Honest Attorney

Some Good in All

Some Good in All

1911 · Bill - a Providential Thief, Director

Auld Lang Syne

1911 · Tammas

His Sister's Children

1911 · Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle

For Love and Glory

For Love and Glory

1911 · Lt. Osmond

She Came, She Saw, She Conquered

She Came, She Saw, She Conquered

1911 · Herbert - Rose's Fiance

The Geranium

1911 · Daniel Briton

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

1911 · Jesus Christ

A Quaker Mother

A Quaker Mother

1911 · John Harmon - A Quaker Husband

Barriers Burned Away

Barriers Burned Away

1911 · John Martin - First Brother

The Sleep Walker

The Sleep Walker

1911 · Dr. Allan Langham

Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman

Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman

1911 · Lloyd Stanwood

The Changing of Silas Warner

The Changing of Silas Warner

1911 · Silas Warner's Son

The Sacrifice

1911 · Nick Austin

For Her Brother's Sake

For Her Brother's Sake

1911 · Albert Black - The Brother

Dead Man’s Honor

Dead Man’s Honor

1911 · Hugh

The Show Girl

1911 · Dr. Renfrew

His Mother

1911 · Donald Gray

Little Nemo

1911 · Himself

The Inherited Taint

The Inherited Taint

1911 · Herbert Warning

A Tale of Two Cities

1911 · Sydney Carton

The New Stenographer

1911 · The boss

Water Lilies

1911 · Maurice

Siren of the Sea

Siren of the Sea

1911 · Fisherman

How She Won Him

How She Won Him

1910 · Arthur Lewis

Rose Leaves

1910

Over the Garden Wall

Over the Garden Wall

1910

The Love of Chrysanthemum

The Love of Chrysanthemum

1910

Elektra

1910

Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy

Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy

1910

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1909 · Lysander

The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome

1909

Saul and David

1909 · David

The Bride of Lammermoor

1909 · Edgar Ravenswood

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1908

The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain

The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain

1908

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

1908

Antony and Cleopatra

1908 · Marc Antony

Leah, the Forsaken

Leah, the Forsaken

1908 · Rudolf

Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

1908

Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

1908 · King Herod

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