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.
139 movies
Practically Yours
1944·7.0
The Climax
1944·5.5
A Fig Leaf for Eve
1944·4.8
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943·6.5
The Glass Key
1942·6.6
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941·6.0
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941·7.0
Lady from Louisiana
1941·5.4
Citizen Kane
1941·8.0
A Man Betrayed
1941·5.6
Tin Pan Alley
1940·5.4
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940·7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940·7.0
The Sea Hawk
1940·7.2
All This, and Heaven Too
1940·7.2
Edison, the Man
1940·6.8
Johnny Apollo
1940·6.8
The Ghost Comes Home
1940·5.7
Alice in Movieland
1940·6.4
The Roaring Twenties
1939·7.5
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939·7.8
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939·7.0
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939·5.7
It's a Wonderful World
1939·6.5
Happily Buried
1939·5.3
Comet Over Broadway
1938·5.7
A Man to Remember
1938·6.7
Hollywood Boulevard
1936·4.5
Search for Beauty
1934·5.5
The Movie Album
1932·7.5
Eagle of the Night
1928·7.0
The Wagon Show
1928·9.0
Camille
1927·3.7
The Shamrock and the Rose
1927·6.0
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
1927·7.0
The False Alarm
1926·10.0
The Last Alarm
1926·8.0
The Mad Marriage
1925·10.0
The Story Without a Name
1924·10.0
Love of Women
1924·7.0
Virtuous Liars
1924·5.5
Week End Husbands
1924·9.0
Roulette
1924·8.0
Fog Bound
1923·8.0
Man and Wife
1923·7.0
The Glimpses of the Moon
1923·9.0
None So Blind
1923·9.0
Deadline at Eleven
1920·8.0
The Tower of Jewels
1919·8.0
The Cambric Mask
1919·0.0
The Captain's Captain
1919·0.0
The Crimson Stain Mystery
1916·0.0
The Crown Prince's Double
1916·0.0
Rags and the Girl
1915·0.0
The Heart of Jim Brice
1915·10.0
The Evil Men Do
1915·7.0
Too Much Burglar
1914·9.0
The Peacemaker
1914·0.0
The Mysterious Lodger
1914·0.0
The Moonstone of Fez
1914·0.0
Etta of the Footlights
1914·9.0
Iron and Steel
1914·7.0
Some Steamer Scooping
1914·7.0
Fellow Voyagers
1913·0.0
The Hindoo Charm
1913·0.0
The Lonely Princess
1913·6.0
A Princess of Bagdad
1913·0.0
The Sale of a Heart
1913·0.0
Jack's Chrysanthemum
1913·7.0
Delayed Proposals
1913·5.0
Getting Up a Practice
1913·9.0
What a Change of Clothes Did
1913·10.0
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
1913·10.0
It All Came Out in the Wash
1912·5.5
When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
1912·6.5
As You Like It
1912·1.0
Bobby's Father
1912·9.0
The Adventure of the Italian Model
1912·4.0
A Vitagraph Romance
1912·6.2
The Loyalty of Sylvia
1912·7.0
Her Grandchild
1912·10.0
The Two Battles
1912·9.0
Wanted... a Grandmother
1912·7.0
The Black Sheep
1912·8.0
Conscience
1912·4.0
The Money Kings
1912·0.0
On the Pupil of His Eye
1912·10.0
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
1912·0.0
Lulu's Doctor
1912·4.7
Half a Hero
1912·9.0
The Picture Idol
1912·5.5
The Spider's Web
1912·10.0
Aunty's Romance
1912·5.5
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
1912·5.0
The Old Silver Watch
1912·7.0
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
1912·5.0
The First Violin
1912·0.0
For the Honor of the Family
1912·10.0
The Meeting of the Ways
1912·4.0
Some Good in All
1911·10.0
Auld Lang Syne
1911·7.0
His Sister's Children
1911·0.0
For Love and Glory
1911·10.0
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
1911·10.0
The Geranium
1911·0.0
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
1911·10.0
A Quaker Mother
1911·7.0
Barriers Burned Away
1911·10.0
The Sleep Walker
1911·10.0
Proving His Love; or, The Ruse of a Beautiful Woman
1911·0.0
The Changing of Silas Warner
1911·0.0
The Sacrifice
1911·8.5
For Her Brother's Sake
1911·8.0
Dead Man’s Honor
1911·0.0
The Show Girl
1911·7.0
His Mother
1911·0.0
Little Nemo
1911·6.4
The Inherited Taint
1911·9.0
A Tale of Two Cities
1911·5.0
The New Stenographer
1911·4.0
Water Lilies
1911·5.5
Siren of the Sea
1911·10.0
How She Won Him
1910·8.0
Rose Leaves
1910·8.0
Over the Garden Wall
1910·0.0
The Love of Chrysanthemum
1910·4.0
Elektra
1910·0.0
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
1910·2.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1909·4.7
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
1909·7.0
Saul and David
1909·0.0
The Bride of Lammermoor
1909·8.0
The Merchant of Venice
1908·0.0
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
1908·10.0
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
1908·4.7
Antony and Cleopatra
1908·2.5
Leah, the Forsaken
1908·2.0
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
1908·3.0
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
1908·10.0