Maurice Costello
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.
Citizen Kane
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Foreign Correspondent
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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The Sea Hawk
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The Roaring Twenties
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The Glass Key
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All This, and Heaven Too
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
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Little Nemo
as HimselfCartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a...
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Johnny Apollo
as Extra (uncredited)Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then...
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It's a Wonderful World
as Guest (uncredited)Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he...
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Du Barry was a Lady
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A Man Betrayed
as Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove...
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Edison, the Man
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The Climax
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Lady from Louisiana
as EdwardsNorthern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime...
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Camille
as Armand's fatherBased on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
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Hollywood Boulevard
as Director in CommissaryWith a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines...
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The Ghost Comes Home
as Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea...
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Search for Beauty
as Health Acres Guest (uncredited)Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine...
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Alice in Movieland
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Practically Yours
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Tin Pan Alley
as (uncredited)Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to...
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Comet Over Broadway
as Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
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A Man to Remember
as Town Councilor (uncredited)On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
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Third Finger, Left Hand
as Man at Railroad StationMagazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
as LysanderAn early film adaptation of the Beard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation...
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Man in Audience (uncredited)Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual...
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A Fig Leaf for Eve
as Nightclub PatronA nightclub dancer, raised in an orphanage, learns she might be the long-lost heiress to a hair...
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A Tale of Two Cities
as Sydney CartonA condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and...
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Happily Buried
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Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
as HartThe first of four films in the "Five Little Peppers" series, based on Margaret Sinclair's...
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Water Lilies
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As You Like It
as OrlandoAfter the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind...
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The Glimpses of the Moon
as Fred GillowThe film is based upon the 1922 Edith Wharton novel The Glimpses of the Moon.
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The Story Without a Name
as The CrippleAlan Holt is a radio expert who has invented a death ray machine for the U.S. government....
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Aunty's Romance
as Stephen Fiske Jr.Romantic comedy in which a woman who no longer wants to marry her fiance when it turns out he...
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Roulette
as Ben CorcoranBefore he can avenge a crooked card game, Dan Carrington suffers heart failure and dies in his...
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Fellow Voyagers
as Tom BlakeMiss Marbury comes on deck and looks haughtily at Mrs. Cray, an attractive young widow, half...
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Auld Lang Syne
as TammasAmong the green hills of Scotland dwelt two farmer lads, Tammas and Geordie, fast friends tried...
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Man and Wife
as Caleb PerkinsDora Perkins is a country girl who runs away to New York City. She gets work as a nurse and...
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic
as Jesus ChristThis patriotic and historic picture portrays the writing of the famous national hymn by Mrs....
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Rose Leaves
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The Mad Marriage
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Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
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Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
as Marc AntonyA short film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was the first film to...
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The Shamrock and the Rose
as Father O'BrienThe neighborly "feud" between a Jewish and an Irish families escalates when two of their...
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The Loyalty of Sylvia
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The Meeting of the Ways
as Tom - an Honest AttorneyTom and Dick are brothers and are being educated at the same college. Tom is a studious fellow...
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A Vitagraph Romance
as Maurice CostelloAfter meeting a handsome writer, Senator Carter's daughter leaves home and enters the employ of...
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Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
as 'Enry AwkinsNoah Clayton, an old coster, who has made a bit of money, lives with his daughter Liza. He is...
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The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
as uncreditedDuring the French Revolution, the Duke and Duchess of Bérac are captured by a mob. The Duchess...
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A Princess of Bagdad
as Seyn - the CobblerA caliph imprisons the cobbler's son his daughter has fallen in love with, but the cobbler's...
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The Picture Idol
as Howard HansonA short comedy about a girl (played by Clara Kimball Young) who is in love with a movie star...
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Delayed Proposals
as Jack HardyIt is sometimes decidedly difficult to get a little privacy on shipboard. Several times Jack...
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The Wagon Show
as Colonel BeldanColonel Beldan runs a Wild West show. When Beldan's star attraction switches to his unscrupulous...
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The Adventure of the Italian Model
as Lambert Chase - the DetectiveMaster detective, Lambert Chase, unravels a case of poisoning
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Lulu's Doctor
as Doctor John LewisMagde leaves her fiancé Lewis in order to take care of Lulu, the child of her deceased sister,...
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Eagle of the Night
as uncredited1928 was the last year when silent films dominated the market, and this aviation-based action...
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Dr. LaFleur's Theory
as Dr. LaFleurDr. Lafleur is convinced that crime is an illness and can be treated like that.
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The Crimson Stain Mystery
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When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
as Henry FordShort comedy about a arguing couple in which the man is doing everything to make up with his...
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The Moonstone of Fez
as Schuyler Van NordenWhile touring Algiers, Mrs. Osborne and her daughter, Winnifred, make the acquaintance of...
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The Lonely Princess
as Endicott, an American MillionaireA young American millionaire in Venice falls in love with the beautiful princess Ione.
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The Show Girl
as Dr. RenfrewAudrey, a charming actress, but classed among the show girls, is invited with some of her stage...
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The Bride of Lammermoor
as Edgar RavenswoodSir Walter Scott adaptation, existing in fragmentary form in the Library of Congress paper print...
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