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Maurice Costello (I) (1877–1950)

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Father of actresses Dolores Costello and Helene Costello. See more trivia »

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Filmography

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1945 Guest Wife
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1944 Practically Yours
Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
 
1944 The Climax
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1944 The Doughgirls (uncredited)
 
1944 A Fig Leaf for Eve
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
 
1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1943 Du Barry Was a Lady
Passerby (uncredited)
 
1942 The Glass Key
Card Player (uncredited)
 
1942 Henry Aldrich, Editor
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1942 Cairo
Cavity Rock Townsman (uncredited)
 
1942 Reap the Wild Wind ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1942 Ride 'Em Cowboy
Rodeo Spectator with Martin Manning (uncredited)
 
1941 H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
 
1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Ringsider at Fight (uncredited)
 
1941 Lady from Louisiana
Edwards
 
1941 A Man Betrayed
Club Inferno Patron (uncredited)
 
1940 Tin Pan Alley (uncredited)
 
1940 A Little Bit of Heaven
Uncle Louie
 
1940 Third Finger, Left Hand
Man at Railroad Station (uncredited)
 
1940 The Sea Hawk
Man Carrying Spear (uncredited)
 
1940 Edison, the Man
Broker (uncredited)
 
1940 Alice in Movieland (short)
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
 
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Ways and Means Committee Member (uncredited)
 
1939 The Roaring Twenties (uncredited)
 
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Diggs - Newsman (uncredited)
 
1939 Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Hart (uncredited)
 
1939 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Man in Audience (uncredited)
 
1939 It's a Wonderful World
Guest (uncredited)
 
1939 Happily Buried (short)
Board Member (uncredited)
 
1939 Disbarred
Frightened Juror (uncredited)
 
1939 There's That Woman Again
Headwaiter (uncredited)
 
1938 Comet Over Broadway
Actor at Dress Rehearsal (uncredited)
 
1938 A Man to Remember
Member of Town Council (uncredited)
 
1938 I Am the Law
Lindsay Staff Member (uncredited)
 
1936 Hollywood Boulevard
Director in Commissary
 
1934 Search for Beauty
Health Acres Guest (uncredited)
 
1928 Black Feather
 
1928 The Wagon Show
Colonel Beldan
 
1928 See You Later
 
1927 Spider Webs
Jeffrey Stanton
 
1927 The Shamrock and the Rose
Father O'Brien
 
1927 Wolves of the Air
Bob's Father
 
1927 Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Baxter Ryan
 
1926/I Camille
Armand's father
 
1926 The False Alarm
 
1926 The Last Alarm
Fireman's father
 
1926 The Wives of the Prophet
William Neil
 
1924 The Law and the Lady
Cyrus Blake
 
1924 The Story Without a Name
The Cripple
 
1924 Heart of Alaska
 
1924 Love of Women
Mr. Redfield
 
1924 Virtuous Liars
Josiah Wright
 
1924 Week End Husbands
John Keane
 
1924 Roulette
Ben Corcoran
 
1924 Let Not Man Put Asunder
Sir Humphrey
 
1923 Fog Bound
Deputy Brown
 
1923 Man and Wife
Caleb Perkins
 
1923 The Glimpses of the Moon
Fred Gillow
 
1923 None So Blind
Russell Mortimer
 
1922 Determination
Putnam
 
1921 Conceit
Barbe la Fleche
 
1920 Deadline at Eleven
Paul Klocke
 
1920 Human Collateral
Richard Morton
 
1920 The Tower of Jewels
Fraser Grimstead
 
1919 The Girl-Woman
Sanford
 
1919 The Man Who Won
Henry Longfield
 
1919 The Cambric Mask
John Sark
 
1919 The Captain's Captain
Lawford Tapp
 
1916 The Crimson Stain Mystery
Harold Stanley
 
1916 Tried for His Own Murder (short)
Ransford
 
1915 The Crown Prince's Double
Prince Oscar/Barry Lawrence
 
1915 A Question of Right or Wrong (short)
Paul Mathews
 
1915/II Saints and Sinners (short)
 
1915 The Gods Redeem (short)
 
1915 The Man Who Couldn't Beat God
Martin Henchford
 
1915 Rags and the Girl (short)
Tom Raine
 
1915 Dorothy (short)
Tom Marley
 
1915 The Romance of a Handkerchief (short)
John Harmon
 
1915 The Dawn of Understanding (short)
Oliver Weldon - the Husband
 
1915 The Criminal (short)
Gordon West - the District Attorney
 
1915 The Heart of Jim Brice (short)
Jim Brice
 
1915 On the Altar of Love (short)
 
1915 The Evil Men Do (short)
David Horton
 
1914 The Plot (short)
Roy Burton
 
1914 The Product (short)
John Strong
 
1914 By the Governor's Order (short)
Allan Lawrence
 
1914 Too Much Burglar (short)
Tom Perry
 
1914 Lola the Rat (short)
Dr. Chester
 
1914 The Mystery of Brayton Court (short)
Dr. Lynn Darmon
 
1914 The Mill of Life (short)
Harry Ames
 
1914 The Girl in the Case (short)
Harry Mackay - Bank Cashier
 
1914 The Blood Ruby (short)
 
1914 Bella's Elopement (short)
The Husband
 
1914 The Mysterious Lodger (short)
The Mysterious Lodger
 
1914 The Woes of a Waitress (short)
 
1914 Through Life's Window (short)
George Tresham
 
1914 Love the Clairvoyant (short)
The Jealous Husband
 
1914 Doctor Smith's Baby (short)
 
1914 The Moonstone of Fez (short)
Schuyler Van Norden
 
1914 A Sentimental Burglar (short)
 
1914 Etta of the Footlights (short)
Lord Wentworth
 
1914/II The Acid Test (short)
Tom Marston
 
1914 Her Great Scoop (short)
Bert Balley
 
1914 Mr. Barnes of New York
Mr. Barnes
 
1914/III The Woman in Black (short)
Dick Coles
 
1914 Iron and Steel (short)
John Smardon
 
1914 Some Steamer Scooping (short)
Baron Lafitte
 
1914 The Perplexed Bridegroom (short)
Jack Demly - the Bridegroom
 
1913 The Education of Aunt Georgiana (short)
Harry
 
1913 Fellow Voyagers (short)
Tom Blake
 
1913 The Sale of a Heart (short)
Charles Lindgard
 
1913 The Warmakers (short)
Calhoun - Under Secretary of War
 
1913 On Their Wedding Eve (short)
George Kendrick
 
1913 Matrimonial Manoeuvres (short)
Martin Mills
 
1913 The Mystery of the Silver Skull (short)
Billy Steele
 
1913 A Princess of Bagdad
Seyn - the Cobbler
 
1913 Extremities (short)
Edwin Bartells
 
1913 The Hindoo Charm (short)
Sir Edward Tilbury
 
1913 Cupid Versus Women's Rights (short)
Rex Liston
 
1913 The Lonely Princess (short)
Endicott, an American Millionaire
 
1913 The Clown and the Prima Donna (short)
Toto, the Clown
 
1913 A Maid of Mandalay (short)
Tommy Wilkins
 
1913 The Joys of a Jealous Wife (short)
Mr. Markham - the Husband
 
1913 A Faithful Servant (short)
Count Gullio
 
1913/I The Intruder (short)
Gilbert Gray - the Intruder
 
1913 The Taming of Betty (short)
Charles Disbrow
 
1913 The Spirit of the Orient (short)
Sir Leslie Gillespie
 
1913 Jack's Chrysanthemum (short)
Jack, an American Artist
 
1913 Delayed Proposals (short)
Jack Hardy
 
1913 The Wrath of Osaka (short)
Osaka
 
1913 The Mystery of the Stolen Jewels (short)
Lambert Chase
 
1913 Mr. Mintern's Misadventures (short)
Madison Mintern
 
1913 The Mystery of the Stolen Child (short)
Lambert Chase - Detective
 
1913 Getting Up a Practice (short)
Dr. Lyons
 
1913 The Way Out (short)
David Turner - a Bachelor
 
1913 Cinderella's Slipper (short)
John Leigh
 
1913 The Weapon (short)
Darrell Young
 
1913 The Two Purses (short)
Gerald Warren
 
1913 What a Change of Clothes Did (short)
John Mason
 
1913/II The Interrupted Honeymoon (short)
Mr. Harry Young - the Husband
 
1913 The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance (short)
Lambert Chase
 
1913 The Adventure of the Counterfeit Bills (short)
Lambert Chase - Detective
 
1912 It All Came Out in the Wash (short)
Barry Wall
 
1912 The Night Before Christmas (short)
John Corbin - the Father
 
1912 Six O'Clock (short)
Mr. Cameron
 
1912 Lord Browning and Cinderella (short)
Lord Browning
 
1912 The Face or the Voice (short)
Robert Hale
 
1912 A Mistake in Spelling (short)
Fred Manning
 
1912 When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet (short)
Henry Ford
 
1912 The Adventure of the Smelling Salts (short)
Lambert Chase - Detective
 
1912 Bobby's Father (short)
Dick Ramsay - Bobby's Father
 
1912 The Adventure of the Italian Model (short)
Lambert Chase - the Detective
 
1912 The Loyalty of Sylvia (short)
Dr. Dudley Lawrence
 
1912 Flirt or Heroine (short)
Dr. Kenneth Leslie
 
1912 Her Grandchild (short)
Donald Grant - the Son
 
1912 The Two Battles (short)
Gordon Frazier
 
1912 Wanted... a Grandmother (short)
Mr. Hale
 
1912 The Adventure of the Retired Army Colonel (short)
Lambert Chase - the Detective
 
1912 The Adventure of the Thumb Print (short)
Lambert Chase, Detective
 
1912/I The Black Sheep (short)
Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother (unconfirmed)
 
1912 Conscience (short)
Harold Winter
 
1912 Aunty's Romance (short)
Stephen Fiske Jr.
 
1912 On the Pupil of His Eye (short)
Lambert Chase, Detective
 
1912 When Roses Wither (short)
Howard Bennett - the Son
 
1912 Lulu's Doctor (short)
Doctor John Lewis
 
1912 Half a Hero
Joe Godfrey, Drug Commissioner
 
1912 The Picture Idol (short)
Howard Hanson
 
1912 Their Golden Anniversary (short)
John Jones - the Son
 
1912 The Spider's Web (short)
Trevor Lawlor - a Young Attorney
 
1912 Dr. LaFleur's Theory (short)
Dr. LaFleur
 
1912 The Old Kent Road (short)
Harry Gettings, A Young Traveling Salesman
 
1912 Counsel for the Defense (short)
Lynn Charter, Attorney
 
1912 The Way of a Man with a Maid (short)
Willis Bland
 
1912 The Jocular Winds of Fate (short)
Lord Drumleigh
 
1912 Nemesis! (short)
Richard Adams - a Doctor
 
1912 The Old Silver Watch (short)
Frank as an Adult
 
1912 Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins (short)
'Enry Awkins
 
1912 Mrs. Carter's Necklace (short)
Harry Carter
 
1912 The Diamond Brooch (short)
Jack Bronson - the Man The Star Loves
 
1912 Her Last Shot (short)
John Lewis - the Farmer
 
1912 Winning Is Losing (short)
Oliver Normand
 
1912 The Law or the Lady (short)
Judge Calder
 
1912 The First Violin (short)
 
1912 For the Honor of the Family (short)
Guy Ryder aka Guy Denton
 
1912 Caught in the Rain (short)
Jaspar Ray - the Prisoner
 
1912 The Meeting of the Ways (short)
Tom - an Honest Attorney
 
1912 A Romance of Wall Street (short)
Philip Linton
 
1912 The Money Kings (short)
Roy Brain
 
1911 Some Good in All (short)
Bill - a Providential Thief
 
1911 Love at Gloucester Port (short)
Frank Mills
 
1911 His Wife's Secret (short)
Leslie Charlton
 
1911 His Last Cent (short)
Jack Meyers
 
1911 An Innocent Burglar (short)
Frank Foster
 
1911 Who's Who (short)
Bertie Hall - a Young Clubman
 
1911 Auld Lang Syne (short)
Tammas
 
1911 Captain Barnacle, Diplomat (short)
Dick Martin
 
1911 Her Hero (short)
 
1911 A Western Heroine (short)
Roger Peters - the Ranch Foreman
 
1911 His Sister's Children (short)
Harry Burton - the Children's Uncle
 
1911 Foraging (short)
Jack Ainsley
 
1911 The Thumb Print (short)
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
 
1911 A Handsomer Man (short)
John - the Husband
 
1911 My Old Dutch (short)
Clive Huntley
 
1911 Wages of War (short)
Maurice Payson
 
1911 The Second Honeymoon (short)
Jack Merwin - the Husband
 
1911 For Love and Glory (short)
Lt. Osmond
 
1911 Two Wolves and a Lamb (short)
Bertie Belknap - Man About Town
 
1911 She Came, She Saw, She Conquered (short)
Herbert - Rose's Fiance
 
1911 The Geranium (short)
 
1911 A Quaker Mother (short)
John Harmon - A Quaker Husband
 
1911 Barriers Burned Away (short)
John Martin - First Brother
 
1911 The Sleep Walker (short)
 
1911 The Changing of Silas Warner (short)
Silas Warner's Son
 
1911 The Sacrifice (short)
 
1911/II For Her Brother's Sake (short)
Albert Black - The Brother
 
1911 A Dead Man's Honor (short)
Hugh
 
1911 The Show Girl (short)
Dr. Renfrew
 
1911 His Mother (short)
Donald Gray
 
1911 The Wooing of Winifred (short)
The Suitor
 
1911 The Inherited Taint (short)
 
1911 The New Stenographer (short)
The Boss
 
1911 Society and the Man (short)
The Protagonist
 
1911 Girl of the Mountains (short)
Harold Brandon, a Speculator
 
1911 Three Men and a Maid (short)
Secretary to the Old Men
 
1911 Siren of the Sea (short)
Fisherman
 
1910/I The Law and the Man (short)
John Turton - a Lawyer
 
1910 A Woman's Love (short)
 
1910 The Sepoy's Wife (short)
The Doctor
 
1910 How She Won Him (short)
Arthur Lewis
 
1910 Rose Leaves (short)
 
1910 The Turn of the Balance (short)
 
1910/I Uncle Tom's Cabin (short)
 
1910 Becket (short)
 
1910 The Altar of Love (short)
 
1910/I Over the Garden Wall (short)
 
1910 Love of Chrysanthemum (short)
 
1910 Convict No. 796 (short)
 
1910 Through the Darkness (short)
 
1910/I St. Elmo (short)
St. Elmo Thornton
 
1910 Elektra (short)
 
1910 Capital vs. Labor (short)
 
1910 Conscience (short)
 
1910 The Girl and the Judge; or, A Terrible Temptation (short)
The Young Lover
 
1910 A Pair of Schemers; or, My Wife and My Uncle (short)
The Husband
 
1909 The Power of the Press (short)
 
1909 Les Misérables (short)
Jean Valjean
 
1909 The Romance of an Umbrella (short)
 
1909 The Way of the Cross (short)
 
1909 The Gift of Youth (short)
 
1909 The Plot That Failed (short)
 
1909 King Lear (short)
Undetermined role
 
1909 Kenilworth (short)
 
1909 Saul and David (short)
David
 
1909 Virginius (short)
 
1909 Ruy Blas (short)
 
1908 The Merchant of Venice (short)
Undetermined Role
 
1908 Slippery Jim's Repentance (short)
 
1908/I Julius Caesar (short)
 
1908 Antony and Cleopatra (short)
Marc Antony (unconfirmed)
 
1908 Ex-Convict No. 900 (short)
 
1908 Leah the Forsaken (short)
 
1908 Richard III (short)
 
1908 Salome (short)
King Herod
 
Show ShowDirector (79 titles)
1915 The Heart of Jim Brice (short)
 
1915 On the Altar of Love (short)
 
1915 The Evil Men Do (short)
 
1914 The Plot (short)
 
1914 The Product (short)
 
1914 By the Governor's Order (short)
 
1914 Too Much Burglar (short)
 
1914 Lola the Rat (short)
 
1914 The Mill of Life (short)
 
1914 The Girl in the Case (short)
 
1914 The Blood Ruby (short)
 
1914 Bella's Elopement (short)
 
1914 The Mysterious Lodger (short)
 
1914 The Woes of a Waitress (short)
 
1914 Through Life's Window (short)
 
1914 Love the Clairvoyant (short)
 
1914 Doctor Smith's Baby (short)
 
1914 The Moonstone of Fez (short)
 
1914 A Sentimental Burglar (short)
 
1914 Etta of the Footlights (short)
 
1914/II The Acid Test (short)
 
1914 Her Great Scoop (short)
 
1914/III The Woman in Black (short)
 
1914 Iron and Steel (short)
 
1914 Some Steamer Scooping (short)
 
1914 The Perplexed Bridegroom (short)
 
1913 The Golden Pathway (short)
 
1913 Fellow Voyagers (short)
 
1913 The Sale of a Heart (short)
 
1913 The Warmakers (short)
 
1913 On Their Wedding Eve (short)
 
1913 Matrimonial Manoeuvres (short)
 
1913 Extremities (short)
 
1913 The Hindoo Charm (short)
 
1913 Cupid Versus Women's Rights (short)
 
1913 The Lonely Princess (short)
 
1913 A Maid of Mandalay (short)
 
1913 The Joys of a Jealous Wife (short)
 
1913 A Faithful Servant (short)
 
1913/I The Intruder (short)
 
1913 The Taming of Betty (short)
 
1913 The Spirit of the Orient (short)
 
1913 Jack's Chrysanthemum (short)
 
1913 The Wrath of Osaka (short)
 
1913 Mr. Mintern's Misadventures (short)
 
1913 Getting Up a Practice (short)
 
1913 The Way Out (short)
 
1913 Cinderella's Slipper (short)
 
1913 The Weapon (short)
 
1913 The Two Purses (short)
 
1912 It All Came Out in the Wash (short)
 
1912 Conscience (short)
 
1912 On the Pupil of His Eye (short)
 
1912 Their Golden Anniversary (short)
 
1912 The Spider's Web (short)
 
1912 Dr. LaFleur's Theory (short)
 
1912 The Old Kent Road (short)
 
1912 The Jocular Winds of Fate (short)
 
1912 Nemesis! (short)
 
1912 Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins (short)
 
1912 The Law or the Lady (short)
 
1912 A Romance of Wall Street (short)
 
1911 Some Good in All (short)
 
1911 Love at Gloucester Port (short)
 
1911 His Wife's Secret (short)
 
1910 The Turn of the Balance (short)
 
1910 The Altar of Love (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1913 Fellow Voyagers (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Aunty's Romance (short) (scenario)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1914 Through Life's Window (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1914 How Cissy Made Good (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1914 The Peacemaker (short)
Himself - Cameo Appearance
 
1912 A Vitagraph Romance (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
1947 Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1932 Movie Album Featurettes (short)
 
1931 The Movie Album (documentary short)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1902) Stage: Appeared in a production of "Scotland Yard". See more »

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[In reference to his plummeting film career] It's better to be a has-been than a never-was. See more »

Trivia:

Father of actresses Dolores Costello and Helene Costello. See more »

Nickname:

* The Dimpled Darling See more »

Star Sign:

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