Maurice Costello

Also Known As: Maurice George 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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Birthday: February 20, 1877

Deathday: October 29, 1950

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

The Love of Chrysanthemum
The Story Without a Name
A Man Betrayed
Siren of the Sea
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Man and Wife
Alice in Movieland
The Inherited Taint
The Sleep Walker
Barriers Burned Away
How She Won Him
For Her Brother's Sake
A Quaker Mother
A Princess of Bagdad
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
For Love and Glory
Richard III
The Last Alarm
Conscience
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Leah the Forsaken
Fellow Voyagers
The Geranium
His Sister's Children
Some Steamer Scooping
Etta of the Footlights
Too Much Burglar
The Evil Men Do
For the Honor of the Family
Some Good in All
The Money Kings
The Heart of Jim Brice
Wanted... a Grandmother
Her Grandchild
Bobby's Father
The Hindoo Charm
A Tale of Two Cities
A Vitagraph Romance
Roulette
The First Violin
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
On the Pupil of His Eye
The Black Sheep
The Sacrifice
The Two Battles
Getting Up a Practice
The Sale of a Heart
Iron and Steel
Lady from Louisiana
Water Lilies
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
The Wagon Show
Little Nemo
Citizen Kane
A Man to Remember
The Roaring Twenties
The Crimson Stain Mystery
It's a Wonderful World
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Picture Idol
Practically Yours
Comet Over Broadway
Hollywood Boulevard
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
The Glass Key
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
All This, and Heaven Too
The New Stenographer
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
The Spider's Web
Search for Beauty
Edison, the Man
Half a Hero
The Merchant of Venice
Fog Bound
The Mad Marriage
The Way of the Cross
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
Aunty's Romance
The Loyalty of Sylvia
Delayed Proposals
As You Like It
The Lonely Princess
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
Eagle of the Night
Foreign Correspondent
Tin Pan Alley
The Sea Hawk
Third Finger, Left Hand
Johnny Apollo
The Meeting of the Ways
Lulu's Doctor
It All Came Out in the Wash
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
The Show Girl
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
The Peacemaker
The Crown Prince's Double
Camille
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
The Shamrock and the Rose
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
Du Barry was a Lady
Happily Buried
The Bride of Lammermoor
Auld Lang Syne
Rose Leaves
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Adventure of the Italian Model
The Old Silver Watch
The Glimpses of the Moon
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman
What a Change of Clothes Did
The Moonstone of Fez
The Mysterious Lodger
Salome (The Dance of Seven Veils)
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
The Climax
The Ghost Comes Home
His Mother
Dead Man’s Honor
Over the Garden Wall
The Changing of Silas Warner
A Fig Leaf for Eve
None So Blind
Love of Women
Rags and the Girl