Maurice Costello
Actor/Actriz
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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.
As Actor/Actress
El Ciudadano Kane
Extra (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
Man (uncredited)
Caballero sin espada
Diggs (uncredited)
The Climax
Audience Member (Uncredited)
El hombre que supo perder
Card Player (uncredited)
Los violentos años veinte
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
El halcón de los mares
Man Carrying Spear
Hollywood Boulevard
Director in Commissary
All This, and Heaven Too
Extra (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
Extra (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
Passerby (uncredited)
Edison, el hombre
Broker
Abbott y Costello: Duro vaquero
Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Hart
En este mundo traidor
Guest (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Man in Audience (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand
Man at Railroad Station
Comet Over Broadway
Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
Alice in Movieland
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Baxter Ryan
Lady from Louisiana
Edwards
Deadline at Eleven
Paul Klocke
The Ghost Comes Home
Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysander
Practically Yours
Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
The Shamrock and the Rose
Father O'Brien
Camille
Armand's father
A Tale of Two Cities
Sydney Carton
Behind the Camera
The Hindoo Charm
Director
Etta of the Footlights
Director
Too Much Burglar
Director
The Spider's Web
Director
The Evil Men Do
Director
Jack's Chrysanthemum
Director
The Heart of Jim Brice
Director
Fellow Voyagers
Director, Scenario Writer
The Lonely Princess
Director
The Moonstone of Fez
Director
Iron and Steel
Director