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
Arthur Lewis
How She Won Him
John Martin - First Brother
Barriers Burned Away
Dr. Allan Langham
The Sleep Walker
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
Leah the Forsaken
Tom Blake
Fellow Voyagers
Baron Lafitte
Some Steamer Scooping
Daniel Briton
The Geranium
Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
His Sister's Children
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
Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
Bobby's Father
Donald Grant - the Son
Her Grandchild
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
Gordon Frazier
The Two Battles
Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
The Black Sheep
Nick Austin
The Sacrifice
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 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
Barry Wall
It All Came Out in the Wash
Doctor John Lewis
Lulu's Doctor
Tom - an Honest Attorney
The Meeting of the Ways
'Enry Awkins
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
Dr. Renfrew
The Show Girl
Henry Ford
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
Himself - Cameo Appearance
The Peacemaker
Armand's father
Camille
Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
The Crown Prince's Double
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
Du Barry Was a Lady
Board Member
Happily Buried
Edgar Ravenswood
The Bride of Lammermoor
Jesus Christ
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Rose Leaves
Tammas
Auld Lang Syne
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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
129
Gender
Male
Birthday
1877-02-20
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Maurice George Costello