Maurice Costello

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1877-02-20 (73 years old)

Deathday

1950-10-29

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Maurice 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, bei...

Acting

1924

1941

A Man Betrayed

as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)

1911

Siren of the Sea

as Fisherman

1927

1923

Man and Wife

as Caleb Perkins

1940

Alice in Movieland

as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)

1911

The Inherited Taint

as Herbert Warning

1910

How She Won Him

as Arthur Lewis

1911

Barriers Burned Away

as John Martin - First Brother

1911

The Sleep Walker

as Dr. Allan Langham

1911

For Her Brother's Sake

as Albert Black - The Brother

1911

A Quaker Mother

as John Harmon - A Quaker Husband

1913

A Princess of Bagdad

as Seyn - the Cobbler

1911

She Came, She Saw, She Conquered

as Herbert - Rose's Fiance

1911

For Love and Glory

as Lt. Osmond

1926

The Last Alarm

as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father

1912

Conscience

as Harold Winter

1913

Fellow Voyagers

as Tom Blake

1914

Some Steamer Scooping

as Baron Lafitte

1911

The Geranium

as Daniel Briton

1911

His Sister's Children

as Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle

1914

Etta of the Footlights

as Lord Wentworth

1914

Too Much Burglar

as Tom Perry

1915

The Evil Men Do

as David Horton

1912

For the Honor of the Family

as Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton

1911

Some Good in All

as Bill - a Providential Thief

1912

The Money Kings

as Roy Brain

1915

1912

Bobby's Father

as Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father

1912

Her Grandchild

as Donald Grant - the Son

1913

The Hindoo Charm

as Sir Edward Tilbury

1911

A Tale of Two Cities

as Sydney Carton

1912

A Vitagraph Romance

as Maurice Costello

1924

Roulette

as Ben Corcoran

1912

On the Pupil of His Eye

as Lambert Chase, Detective

1912

The Two Battles

as Gordon Frazier

1912

The Black Sheep

as Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother

1911

The Sacrifice

as Nick Austin

1913

1913

The Sale of a Heart

as Charles Lindgard

1914

Iron and Steel

as John Smardon

1941

1911

Water Lilies

as Maurice

1928

The Wagon Show

as Colonel Beldan

1911

Little Nemo

as Himself

1941

Citizen Kane

as Extra (uncredited)

1938

A Man to Remember

as Town Councilor (uncredited)

1939

The Roaring Twenties

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1916

The Crimson Stain Mystery

as Harold Stanley

1939

It's a Wonderful World

as Guest (uncredited)

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Diggs (uncredited)

1912

The Picture Idol

as Howard Hanson

1944

Practically Yours

as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)

1938

Comet Over Broadway

as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)

1936

Hollywood Boulevard

as Director in Commissary

1912

Dr. LaFleur's Theory

as Dr. LaFleur

1942

The Glass Key

as Card Player (uncredited)

1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)

1940

All This, and Heaven Too

as Extra (uncredited)

1911

1912

The Spider's Web

as Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney

1934

Search for Beauty

as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)

1940

1912

Half a Hero

as Joe Godfrey

1923

Fog Bound

as Deputy Brown

1925

The Mad Marriage

as Walter Butler

1912

Aunty's Romance

as Stephen Fiske Jr.

1912

The Loyalty of Sylvia

as Dr. Dudley Lawrence

1913

Delayed Proposals

as Jack Hardy

1912

As You Like It

as Orlando

1913

The Lonely Princess

as Endicott, an American Millionaire

1940

Foreign Correspondent

as Man (uncredited)

1940

Tin Pan Alley

as (uncredited)

1940

The Sea Hawk

as Man Carrying Spear

1940

Third Finger, Left Hand

as Man at Railroad Station

1940

Johnny Apollo

as Extra (uncredited)

1912

Lulu's Doctor

as Doctor John Lewis

1912

The Meeting of the Ways

as Tom - an Honest Attorney

1912

Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins

as 'Enry Awkins

1911

The Show Girl

as Dr. Renfrew

1914

The Peacemaker

as Himself - Cameo Appearance

1927

Camille

as Armand's father

1916

The Crown Prince's Double

as Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence

1942

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)

1939

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1927

The Shamrock and the Rose

as Father O'Brien

1943

1939

Happily Buried

as Board Member

1909

The Bride of Lammermoor

as Edgar Ravenswood

1911

1912

The Adventure of the Italian Model

as Lambert Chase - the Detective

1912

The Old Silver Watch

as Frank as an Adult

1923

1914

The Moonstone of Fez

as Schuyler Van Norden

1914

The Mysterious Lodger

as Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger

1944

The Climax

as Audience Member (Uncredited)

1940

The Ghost Comes Home

as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)

1911

His Mother

as Donald Gray

1911

The Changing of Silas Warner

as Silas Warner's Son

1944

A Fig Leaf for Eve

as Nightclub Patron

1923

None So Blind

as Russell Mortimer

1924

Love of Women

as Mr. Redfield

1915

Rags and the Girl

as Tom Raine

1909

Production

1912

Conscience

as Director

1911

Some Good in All

as Director

1913

The Hindoo Charm

as Director

1914

1913

Fellow Voyagers

as Director

1913

Fellow Voyagers

as Scenario Writer

1915

The Evil Men Do

as Director

1914

1914

Too Much Burglar

as Director

1915

1914

Iron and Steel

as Director

1913

1912

1913

1912

1912

The Spider's Web

as Director

1913

1914

1914

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