
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.

The Love of Chrysanthemum

The Cripple
The Story Without a Name

Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed

Fisherman
Siren of the Sea

Baxter Ryan
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut

Caleb Perkins
Man and Wife

Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Alice in Movieland

Herbert Warning
The Inherited Taint

Dr. Allan Langham
The Sleep Walker

John Martin - First Brother
Barriers Burned Away

Arthur Lewis
How She Won Him

Albert Black - The Brother
For Her Brother's Sake

John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
A Quaker Mother

Seyn - the Cobbler
A Princess of Bagdad

Herbert - Rose's Fiance
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered

Lt. Osmond
For Love and Glory

Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
The Last Alarm

Harold Winter
Conscience

Lysander
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Rudolf
Leah the Forsaken

Tom Blake
Fellow Voyagers

Daniel Briton
The Geranium

Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
His Sister's Children

Baron Lafitte
Some Steamer Scooping

Lord Wentworth
Etta of the Footlights

Tom Perry
Too Much Burglar

David Horton
The Evil Men Do

Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
For the Honor of the Family

Bill - a Providential Thief
Some Good in All

Roy Brain
The Money Kings

Jim Brice
The Heart of Jim Brice

Mr. Hale
Wanted... a Grandmother

Donald Grant - the Son
Her Grandchild

Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
Bobby's Father

Sir Edward Tilbury
The Hindoo Charm

Sydney Carton
A Tale of Two Cities

Maurice Costello
A Vitagraph Romance

Ben Corcoran
Roulette

The First Violin

Lambert Chase
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance

Lambert Chase, Detective
On the Pupil of His Eye

Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
The Black Sheep

Nick Austin
The Sacrifice

Gordon Frazier
The Two Battles

Dr. Lyons
Getting Up a Practice

Charles Lindgard
The Sale of a Heart

John Smardon
Iron and Steel

Edwards
Lady from Louisiana

Maurice
Water Lilies

Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy

Colonel Beldan
The Wagon Show

Himself
Little Nemo

Extra (uncredited)
Citizen Kane

Town Councilor (uncredited)
A Man to Remember

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties

Harold Stanley
The Crimson Stain Mystery

Guest (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World

Diggs (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Howard Hanson
The Picture Idol

Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
Practically Yours

Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
Comet Over Broadway

Director in Commissary
Hollywood Boulevard

Dr. LaFleur
Dr. LaFleur's Theory

Card Player (uncredited)
The Glass Key

Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Extra (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too

The boss
The New Stenographer

Hart
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
The Spider's Web

Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
Search for Beauty

Broker
Edison, the Man

Joe Godfrey
Half a Hero

The Merchant of Venice

Deputy Brown
Fog Bound

Walter Butler
The Mad Marriage

The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome

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

Stephen Fiske Jr.
Aunty's Romance

Dr. Dudley Lawrence
The Loyalty of Sylvia

Jack Hardy
Delayed Proposals

Orlando
As You Like It

Endicott, an American Millionaire
The Lonely Princess

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

Eagle of the Night

Man (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent

(uncredited)
Tin Pan Alley

Man Carrying Spear
The Sea Hawk

Man at Railroad Station
Third Finger, Left Hand

Extra (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo

Tom - an Honest Attorney
The Meeting of the Ways

Doctor John Lewis
Lulu's Doctor

Barry Wall
It All Came Out in the Wash

'Enry Awkins
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins

Dr. Renfrew
The Show Girl

Henry Ford
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet

Himself - Cameo Appearance
The Peacemaker

Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
The Crown Prince's Double

Armand's father
Camille

Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy

Man in Audience (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Father O'Brien
The Shamrock and the Rose

Marc Antony
Antony and Cléopatra

Passerby (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady

Board Member
Happily Buried

Edgar Ravenswood
The Bride of Lammermoor

Tammas
Auld Lang Syne

Rose Leaves

Jesus Christ
The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Lambert Chase - the Detective
The Adventure of the Italian Model

Frank as an Adult
The Old Silver Watch

Fred Gillow
The Glimpses of the Moon

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

John Mason
What a Change of Clothes Did

Schuyler Van Norden
The Moonstone of Fez

Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
The Mysterious Lodger

King Herod
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain

Audience Member (Uncredited)
The Climax

Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home

Donald Gray
His Mother

Hugh
Dead Man’s Honor

Over the Garden Wall

Silas Warner's Son
The Changing of Silas Warner

Nightclub Patron
A Fig Leaf for Eve

Russell Mortimer
None So Blind

Mr. Redfield
Love of Women

Tom Raine
Rags and the Girl

David
Saul and David

Fraser Grimstead
The Tower of Jewels

Paul Klocke
Deadline at Eleven

John Sark
The Cambric Mask

Josiah Wright
Virtuous Liars

John Keane
Week End Husbands

Lawford Tapp
The Captain's Captain

The False Alarm
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
136
Gender
Male
Birthday
1877-02-20
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Maurice George Costello