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