Don Costello

Born: 1901-09-05

A Broadway stage actor, Costello entered films in 1935 and in 1939 was put under contract with MGM. Known for his wicked sense of humor, Costello often times played the role of a menace or a tough guy. Date of Death 24 October 1945, Hollywood, California


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Here Comes Mr. Jordan

as Lefty
Released: 1941-08-07

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on...

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The Blue Dahlia

as Leo
Released: 1946-04-16

Soon after a veteran's return from war his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an...

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Another Thin Man

as "Diamond Back" Vogel
Released: 1939-11-17

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from...

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Along Came Jones

as Leo Gledhill
Released: 1945-07-19

An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it...

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Incendiary Blonde

as Gus Vettori (uncredited)
Released: 1945-07-25

Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New...

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Sleepers West

as Carl Izzard
Released: 1941-03-14

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder...

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Johnny Eager

as Billiken
Released: 1941-12-09

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

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A Night to Remember

as Eddie Turner
Released: 1942-12-10

A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the...

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Crime Doctor

as Nick Ferris / Jim Warren
Released: 1943-06-22

Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to ...

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A-Haunting We Will Go

as Doc Lake
Released: 1942-08-07

Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable...

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Truck Busters

as Anthony 'Tony' Bonetti
Released: 1943-01-28

An independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked...

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The Whistler

as Lefty Vigran aka Gorss (Uncredited)
Released: 1944-03-30

A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill...

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A Lady Takes a Chance

as Drunk
Released: 1943-08-19

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget...

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Ride on Vaquero

as Redge
Released: 1941-04-18

The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released...

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Joe Smith, American

as Mead
Released: 1942-02-01

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after...

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One Crowded Night

as Lefty
Released: 1940-08-09

The future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky...

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Mystery Man

as Bud Trilling
Released: 1944-05-31

Hoppy's ranch is threatened by rustlers. Hoppy and the gang oblige as usual.

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Texas Masquerade

as Ace Maxson
Released: 1944-02-08

A young Eastern lawyer, seriously injured in a stage holdup, secures the help of Hoppy,...

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Unholy Partners

as Georgie Pelotti
Released: 1941-11-01

A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.

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Here Come the Co-eds

as Diamond (uncredited)
Released: 1945-02-02

Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a...

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Air Raid Wardens

as Heydrich
Released: 1943-04-04

Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi...

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Murder on the Waterfront

as Gordon Shane
Released: 1943-09-18

A sailor and his wife become involved in a murder investigation.

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Wildcat Bus

as Sid Casey
Released: 1940-08-23

A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.

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Sundown Jim

as Dobe Hyde
Released: 1942-03-27

US marshal Sundown Jim Majors main purpose in life is to bring a deadly frontier feud to a...

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I'll Wait for You

as Police Sergeant Brent
Released: 1941-05-16

A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.

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Whistling in the Dark

as 'Noose' Green
Released: 1941-08-08

The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is...

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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

as Fred
Released: 1939-12-01

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get...

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The Red Dragon

as Charles Masack
Released: 1945-08-01

Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with...

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Just Off Broadway

as George Dolphin
Released: 1942-08-28

Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a...

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Follow That Woman

as Nick
Released: 1945-12-14

A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.

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Great Stagecoach Robbery

as Jed Quinlan
Released: 1945-02-15

In this western, Red Ryder tries to be a good example for a young man who idolizes his father,...

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Crime of the Century

as Joe, Bartender
Released: 1946-02-28

Ex-convict Hank Rogers is searching for his brother Jim, a newspaperman, and becomes involved...

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Last of the Duanes

as Jim Bland
Released: 1941-09-26

Based on Zane Grey's tale of a man who gains an unfair reputation as a gunfighter while out to...

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Marshal of Laredo

as Henchman Pretty Boy Murphy
Released: 1945-10-06

Substituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot...

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Hot News Margie

as Football Player (uncredited)
Released: 1931-11-27

Margie is a reporter on a tabloid newspaper. Her assignment is to find out whether there is any...

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