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Maurice Costello
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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 director
The Evil Men Do
The Heart of Jim Brice
Some Steamer Scooping
Etta of the Footlights
Too Much Burglar
Iron and Steel
The Moonstone of Fez
The Mysterious Lodger
The Hindoo Charm
Fellow Voyagers
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
Getting Up a Practice
The Lonely Princess
The Sale of a Heart
What a Change of Clothes Did
Jack's Chrysanthemum
Conscience
On the Pupil of His Eye
Dr. LaFleur's Theory
It All Came Out in the Wash
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins
The Spider's Web
Some Good in All
As actor
Practically Yours
The Climax
A Fig Leaf for Eve
Du Barry Was a Lady
The Glass Key
A Man Betrayed
Lady from Louisiana
Citizen Kane
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Alice in Movieland
All This, and Heaven Too
Edison, the Man
Foreign Correspondent
Tin Pan Alley
The Sea Hawk
Third Finger, Left Hand
Johnny Apollo
The Ghost Comes Home
The Roaring Twenties
It's a Wonderful World
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Happily Buried
A Man to Remember
Comet Over Broadway
Hollywood Boulevard
Search for Beauty
The Movie Album