Maurice Costello
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Maurice Costello (February 22, 1877 - October 28, 1950) was an American actor and director.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Irish immigrants Thomas Costello and Ellen Fitzgerald, he appeared in his first motion picture in 1905, starring as Sherlock Holmes in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He made his stage debut in 1909. He then went to 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. His daughters were the actresses Dolores Costello and Helene Costello, grandson John Drew Barrymore, and great granddaughter Drew Barrymore.
Costello died at the age 73 in 1950 in Los Angeles, California and was interred at Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.
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