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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 20, 1877
Died
October 29, 1950
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Maurice George Costello
Maurice Costello
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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.
Known For
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Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
Practically Yours
1944
5.5
Audience Member (Uncredited)
The Climax
1944
4.6
Nightclub Patron
A Fig Leaf for Eve
1944
6.2
Passerby (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
6.6
Card Player (uncredited)
The Glass Key
1942
5.9
Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
6.9
Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
5.3
Edwards
Lady from Louisiana
1941
8.0
Extra (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
1941
5.4
Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
1941
Credits
Practically Yours
as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
1944
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The Climax
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
1944
5.5
A Fig Leaf for Eve
as Nightclub Patron
1944
4.6
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Passerby (uncredited)
1943
6.2
The Glass Key
as Card Player (uncredited)
1942
6.6
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
1941
5.9
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
1941
6.9
Lady from Louisiana
as Edwards
1941
5.3
Citizen Kane
as Extra (uncredited)
1941
8.0
A Man Betrayed
as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
1941
5.4
Tin Pan Alley
as (uncredited)
1940
5.1
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Man at Railroad Station
1940
6.8
Foreign Correspondent
as Man (uncredited)
1940
7.0
The Sea Hawk
as Man Carrying Spear
1940
7.2
All This, and Heaven Too
as Extra (uncredited)
1940
7.2
Edison, the Man
as Broker
1940
6.8
Johnny Apollo
as Extra (uncredited)
1940
6.8
The Ghost Comes Home
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
1940
5.0
Alice in Movieland
as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
1940
6.3
The Roaring Twenties
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1939
7.5
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Diggs (uncredited)
1939
7.8
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
as Hart
1939
6.2
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
1939
5.4
It's a Wonderful World
as Guest (uncredited)
1939
6.4
Happily Buried
as Board Member
1939
4.5
Comet Over Broadway
as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
1938
5.0
A Man to Remember
as Town Councilor (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Hollywood Boulevard
as Director in Commissary
1936
2.7
Search for Beauty
as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
1934
5.3
Eagle of the Night
1928
5.0
The Wagon Show
as Colonel Beldan
1928
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Camille
as Armand's father
1927
1.0
The Shamrock and the Rose
as Father O'Brien
1927
5.5
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
as Baxter Ryan
1927
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The False Alarm
1926
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The Last Alarm
as The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
1926
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The Mad Marriage
as Walter Butler
1925
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The Story Without a Name
as The Cripple
1924
0.0
Love of Women
as Mr. Redfield
1924
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Virtuous Liars
as Josiah Wright
1924
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Week End Husbands
as John Keane
1924
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Roulette
as Ben Corcoran
1924
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Fog Bound
as Deputy Brown
1923
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The Glimpses of the Moon
as Fred Gillow
1923
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Man and Wife
as Caleb Perkins
1923
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None So Blind
as Russell Mortimer
1923
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Deadline at Eleven
as Paul Klocke
1920
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The Tower of Jewels
as Fraser Grimstead
1919
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The Cambric Mask
as John Sark
1919
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The Captain's Captain
as Lawford Tapp
1919
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The Crimson Stain Mystery
as Harold Stanley
1916
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The Crown Prince's Double
as Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence
1916
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Rags and the Girl
as Tom Raine
1915
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The Heart of Jim Brice
as Jim Brice
1915
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The Evil Men Do
as David Horton
1915
0.0
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Too Much Burglar
as Tom Perry
1914
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The Peacemaker
as Himself - Cameo Appearance
1914
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The Mysterious Lodger
as Ralph Brent - the Mysterious Lodger
1914
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The Moonstone of Fez
as Schuyler Van Norden
1914
0.0
Etta of the Footlights
as Lord Wentworth
1914
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Iron and Steel
as John Smardon
1914
0.0
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Some Steamer Scooping
as Baron Lafitte
1914
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Fellow Voyagers
as Tom Blake
1913
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The Hindoo Charm
as Sir Edward Tilbury
1913
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The Lonely Princess
as Endicott, an American Millionaire
1913
5.0
A Princess of Bagdad
as Seyn - the Cobbler
1913
0.0
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The Sale of a Heart
as Charles Lindgard
1913
0.0
Delayed Proposals
as Jack Hardy
1913
5.0
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Getting Up a Practice
as Dr. Lyons
1913
0.0
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What a Change of Clothes Did
as John Mason
1913
0.0
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The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
as Lambert Chase
1913
0.0
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It All Came Out in the Wash
as Barry Wall
1912
4.0
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
as Henry Ford
1912
4.0
As You Like It
as Orlando
1912
1.0
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Bobby's Father
as Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
1912
0.0
The Adventure of the Italian Model
as Lambert Chase - the Detective
1912
4.0
A Vitagraph Romance
as Maurice Costello
1912
4.8
The Loyalty of Sylvia
as Dr. Dudley Lawrence
1912
4.0
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Her Grandchild
as Donald Grant - the Son
1912
0.0
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The Two Battles
as Gordon Frazier
1912
0.0
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Wanted... a Grandmother
as Mr. Hale
1912
0.0
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The Black Sheep
as Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
1912
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Conscience
as Harold Winter
1912
4.0
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The Money Kings
as Roy Brain
1912
0.0
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On the Pupil of His Eye
as Lambert Chase, Detective
1912
0.0
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
1912
0.0
Lulu's Doctor
as Doctor John Lewis
1912
2.5
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Half a Hero
as Joe Godfrey
1912
0.0
The Picture Idol
as Howard Hanson
1912
5.0
The Spider's Web
as Trevor Lawlor - A Young Attorney
1912
0.0
Aunty's Romance
as Stephen Fiske Jr.
1912
4.0
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
as Dr. LaFleur
1912
2.5
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The Old Silver Watch
as Frank as an Adult
1912
4.0
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
as 'Enry Awkins
1912
5.0
The First Violin
1912
0.0
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For the Honor of the Family
as Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
1912
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The Meeting of the Ways
as Tom - an Honest Attorney
1912
4.0
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Some Good in All
as Bill - a Providential Thief
1911
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Auld Lang Syne
as Tammas
1911
0.0
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His Sister's Children
as Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
1911
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For Love and Glory
as Lt. Osmond
1911
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She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
as Herbert - Rose's Fiance
1911
0.0
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The Geranium
as Daniel Briton
1911
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic
as Jesus Christ
1911
0.0
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A Quaker Mother
as John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
1911
0.0
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Barriers Burned Away
as John Martin - First Brother
1911
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The Sleep Walker
as Dr. Allan Langham
1911
0.0
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Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman
as Lloyd Stanwood
1911
0.0
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The Changing of Silas Warner
as Silas Warner's Son
1911
0.0
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The Sacrifice
as Nick Austin
1911
10.0
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For Her Brother's Sake
as Albert Black - The Brother
1911
0.0
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Dead Man’s Honor
as Hugh
1911
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The Show Girl
as Dr. Renfrew
1911
6.0
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His Mother
as Donald Gray
1911
0.0
Little Nemo
as Himself
1911
6.3
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The Inherited Taint
as Herbert Warning
1911
0.0
A Tale of Two Cities
as Sydney Carton
1911
5.0
The New Stenographer
as The boss
1911
4.0
Water Lilies
as Maurice
1911
4.0
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Siren of the Sea
as Fisherman
1911
0.0
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How She Won Him
as Arthur Lewis
1910
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Rose Leaves
1910
0.0
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Over the Garden Wall
1910
0.0
The Love of Chrysanthemum
1910
4.0
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Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
1910
2.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Lysander
1909
4.8
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
1909
0.0
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Saul and David
as David
1909
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The Bride of Lammermoor
as Edgar Ravenswood
1909
0.0
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The Merchant of Venice
1908
0.0
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The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
1908
0.0
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Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
1908
4.7
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
as Marc Antony
1908
2.5
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Leah the Forsaken
as Rudolf
1908
2.0
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Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
1908
3.0
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Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
as King Herod
1908
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