Maurice Costello

Acting · 0.5 popularity

Age

149

Movies

139

Born: February 20, 1877 – October 29, 1950
From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Works

139 films

Citizen Kane

19418.0

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

19397.8

The Sea Hawk

19407.2

The Roaring Twenties

19397.5

It's a Wonderful World

19396.6

Foreign Correspondent

19407.0

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

19417.0

The Climax

19445.5

Edison, the Man

19406.8

Du Barry Was a Lady

19436.5

All This, and Heaven Too

19407.2

The Glass Key

19426.6

Virtuous Liars

19245.5

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

19084.7

Her Grandchild

191210.0

The Movie Album

19327.5

Third Finger, Left Hand

19407.0

Rose Leaves

19108.0

His Mother

1911

A Man Betrayed

19415.6

Little Nemo

19116.4

Ride 'Em Cowboy

19416.0

Water Lilies

19115.5

Hollywood Boulevard

19364.5

Johnny Apollo

19406.8

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

19395.7

The Ghost Comes Home

19405.7

The Crimson Stain Mystery

1916

Happily Buried

19395.3

Fellow Voyagers

1913

The Last Alarm

19268.0

Bobby's Father

19129.0

Search for Beauty

19345.5

The Captain's Captain

1919

Elektra

1910

Alice in Movieland

19406.4

Lady from Louisiana

19415.4

The Sale of a Heart

1913

The Shamrock and the Rose

19276.0

Iron and Steel

19147.0

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

19397.0

Comet Over Broadway

19385.7

Dead Man’s Honor

1911

The Black Sheep

19128.0

Antony and Cleopatra

19082.5

Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins

19125.0

Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy

19102.5

Aunty's Romance

19125.5

The Bride of Lammermoor

19098.0

Tin Pan Alley

19405.4

The Cambric Mask

1919

The Hindoo Charm

1913

She Came, She Saw, She Conquered

191110.0

Week End Husbands

19249.0

Barriers Burned Away

191110.0

Roulette

19248.0

When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet

19126.5

Over the Garden Wall

1910

Johnny Get Your Hair Cut

19277.0

Half a Hero

19129.0

The Old Silver Watch

19127.0

The Adventure of the Italian Model

19124.0

What a Change of Clothes Did

191310.0

Saul and David

1909

His Sister's Children

1911

A Midsummer Night's Dream

19094.7

Rags and the Girl

1915

Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

190810.0

The Lonely Princess

19136.0

Practically Yours

19447.0

Fog Bound

19238.0

The Tower of Jewels

19198.0

How She Won Him

19108.0

The Wagon Show

19289.0

A Quaker Mother

19117.0

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

191110.0

The Merchant of Venice

1908

Lulu's Doctor

19124.7

As You Like It

19121.0

For Love and Glory

191110.0

Wanted... a Grandmother

19127.0

Man and Wife

19237.0

The Evil Men Do

19157.0

A Man to Remember

19386.7

Deadline at Eleven

19208.0

Camille

19273.7

Siren of the Sea

191110.0

A Fig Leaf for Eve

19444.8

The Inherited Taint

19119.0

Auld Lang Syne

19117.0

The False Alarm

192610.0

The Story Without a Name

192410.0

A Princess of Bagdad

1913

The Spider's Web

191210.0

Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

19083.0

The Changing of Silas Warner

1911

Leah, the Forsaken

19082.0

The Show Girl

19117.0

A Tale of Two Cities

19115.0

For Her Brother's Sake

19118.0

Some Good in All

191110.0

Eagle of the Night

19287.0

Getting Up a Practice

19139.0

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

1912

A Vitagraph Romance

19126.2

The Picture Idol

19125.5

The First Violin

1912

The Peacemaker

1914

Too Much Burglar

19149.0

The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome

19097.0

The Love of Chrysanthemum

19104.0

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

1911

The Money Kings

1912

The Sleep Walker

191110.0

The Glimpses of the Moon

19239.0

The Meeting of the Ways

19124.0

For the Honor of the Family

191210.0

Jack's Chrysanthemum

19137.0

Etta of the Footlights

19149.0

On the Pupil of His Eye

191210.0

The Crown Prince's Double

1916

The Heart of Jim Brice

191510.0

The Mad Marriage

192510.0

Conscience

19124.0

The New Stenographer

19114.0

The Loyalty of Sylvia

19127.0

The Geranium

1911

The Sacrifice

19118.5

Some Steamer Scooping

19147.0

The Moonstone of Fez

1914

Dr. LaFleur's Theory

19125.0

Delayed Proposals

19135.0

The Mysterious Lodger

1914

The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain

190810.0

The Two Battles

19129.0

Love of Women

19247.0

The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance

191310.0

None So Blind

19239.0

It All Came Out in the Wash

19125.5