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Maurice Costello
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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 pri…
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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.
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1944
Practically Yours
Movie Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
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1944
The Climax
Movie Audience Member (Uncredited)
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1944
A Fig Leaf for Eve
Movie Nightclub Patron
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1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie Passerby (uncredited)
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1942
The Glass Key
Movie Card Player (uncredited)
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1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Movie Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
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1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Movie Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
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1941
Lady from Louisiana
Movie Edwards
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1941
Citizen Kane
Movie Extra (uncredited)
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1941
A Man Betrayed
Movie Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
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1940
Tin Pan Alley
Movie (uncredited)
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1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
Movie Man at Railroad Station
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1940
Foreign Correspondent
Movie Man (uncredited)
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1940
The Sea Hawk
Movie Man Carrying Spear
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1940
All This, and Heaven Too
Movie Extra (uncredited)
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1940
Edison, the Man
Movie Broker
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1940
Johnny Apollo
Movie Extra (uncredited)
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1940
The Ghost Comes Home
Movie Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
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1940
Alice in Movieland
Movie Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
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1939
The Roaring Twenties
Movie Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie Diggs (uncredited)
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1939
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Movie Hart
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1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Movie Man in Audience (uncredited)
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1939
It's a Wonderful World
Movie Guest (uncredited)
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1939
Happily Buried
Movie Board Member
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1938
Comet Over Broadway
Movie Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
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1938
A Man to Remember
Movie Town Councilor (uncredited)
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1936
Hollywood Boulevard
Movie Director in Commissary
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1934
Search for Beauty
Movie Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
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1932
The Movie Album
Movie (archive footage)
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1928
Eagle of the Night
Movie
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1928
The Wagon Show
Movie Colonel Beldan
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1927
Camille
Movie Armand's father
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1927
The Shamrock and the Rose
Movie Father O'Brien
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1927
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Movie Baxter Ryan
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1926
The False Alarm
Movie
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1926
The Last Alarm
Movie The Captain of the Fire Brigade - Tom's Father
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1925
The Mad Marriage
Movie Walter Butler
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1924
The Story Without a Name
Movie The Cripple
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1924
Love of Women
Movie Mr. Redfield
