John Costello

John Costello

Born: August 27, 1878
Died: January 29, 1946
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for John Costello...

The Catered Affair
Title: The Catered Affair
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: June 14, 1956
Type: Movie
An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter's wedding.
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The Scarlet Trail
Title: The Scarlet Trail
Character: Ezra Chapman
Released: December 21, 1918
Type: Movie
A docudrama aimed at propagandizing the prevention of venereal disease
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The Princess of Park Row
Title: The Princess of Park Row
Character: Niclos
Released: October 1, 1917
Type: Movie
After Baron Alexis swindles the people of Bellaria out of rich mining lands, King Vladimir, who is told by his counselor Kronski that Alexis bought the land in good faith, sends Prince Niclos to America to negotiate a loan on the king's collateral so that the land can be bought and given back to the people.
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Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
Title: Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
Character: Prime Minister
Released: April 9, 1917
Type: Movie
When the nation of Ruthania declares war on the United States, an army of enemy soldiers invades the U.S. and captures New York. But the American forces have prepared adequately for such an event, and hidden booby traps, trick fortifications, and remote-controlled bombs...
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Rips and Rushes
Title: Rips and Rushes
Character: Girlie's Old Man
Released: February 6, 1917
Type: Movie
While Larry Semon does not star in Rips and Rushes, its confident gags and frenetic pace suggest his touch. In the knockabout one-reeler set in a dance studio, three suitors compete for the girl. James Aubrey, the actor playing the father’s preferred suitor, may look like a Chaplin imitator, but he came by those skills honorably, born like Chaplin in Britain and likewise coming to the U.S. with Fred Karno’s troupe. Nevertheless it’s Alice Mann, with her wacky headdress and knowing glance, who steals the show. Suffice it to say that many vases are broken and pants ripped before she escapes out the window with the handsomest of the beaus.
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The Shop Girl
Title: The Shop Girl
Character: Peter Rolls Sr
Released: June 19, 1916
Type: Movie
Peter is smitten with Winifred, a model, whom he met on board the steamer returning from Europe, but is discouraged by his sister, Ena, who is more ambitious for him. Peter is the son of Peter Rolls, the wealthy New Yorker. Ena tells Winifred that Peter is engaged to Eileen, sister of Lord Ravglan and that he is just trifling with her.
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The Redemption of Dave Darcey
Title: The Redemption of Dave Darcey
Character: Mr. Benton
Released: June 12, 1916
Type: Movie
Crook Dave Darcy gets reformed by working in a steel mill owned by someone who witnessed his crime.
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Lights of New York
Title: Lights of New York
Released: May 29, 1916
Type: Movie
Lights of New York is a 1916 drama
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The Little Trespasser
Title: The Little Trespasser
Character: Montgomery - the Uncle
Released: January 3, 1916
Type: Movie
Lillie's parents are caretakers of the property adjoining Mr. Montgomery's estate. He is a wealthy bachelor. Lillie's pleasures consist in shooting, boating and gathering flowers, while roaming through Mr. Montgomery's woods and gardens. Cobbs, the grouchy gardener, has orders to keep all trespassers off the grounds and in vain to keep the troublesome Lillie away. Jack, the owner's nephew, arrives on a visit, and starts out to frighten away the trespasser, but instead falls in love with Lillie and she introduces him to her parents. A pleasing romance follows and the young people get a bead of fun out of fooling the old gardener and Mr. Montgomery, but Jack always reports that the little trespasser cannot be found.
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Snatched from a Burning Death
Title: Snatched from a Burning Death
Character: Luigi
Released: March 9, 1915
Type: Movie
LeGrande, an old trapper, refuses to vacate his favorite hunting grounds when ordered to do so by Sampson and other settlers, and his life is only saved through the intervention of his daughter, Joan. The rascals soon learn to fear the girl's keen wit and daring, and Sampson, already pledged to marry Sanchezza, a Mexican girl, falls in love with Joan.
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The Moonshine Maid and the Man
Title: The Moonshine Maid and the Man
Character: Job - Nancy's Father
Released: December 7, 1914
Type: Movie
Dave wants to marry Nancy, and is determined to win a reward of $1000 for the arrest of some moonshiners. During a fight, Dave is mortally wounded. As he is dying, he learns that Nancy's father is the owner of the still, and Nancy is the "man" he suspected of being a moonshiner.
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Within an Ace
Title: Within an Ace
Character: Edwin Forrester
Released: October 31, 1914
Type: Movie
On shipboard, Edwin Forrester, a middle-aged Scotchman, makes the acquaintance of Tom Munroe, a confidence man. Forrester discloses the fact that he is going to visit his ranch in western America, also that he has but one relative, a niece, Ethel, in England." Munroe's greed aroused, he determines to kill Forrester, then gain possession of his property
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The Love of Pierre Larosse
Title: The Love of Pierre Larosse
Character: Dr. Coudert - Jeanne's Father
Released: October 1, 1914
Type: Movie
When Pierre Larosse, a trapper, calls on his sweetheart, Jeanne Coudert, to present her with the skin of a silver fox, he finds a stranger. Jacques Javillier, at the Coudert cabin. Jealousy is aroused between the two men by the girl's evident preference for the stranger. Pere Coudert, her father, is called away and announces that one of the men must accompany him.
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Regan's Daughter
Title: Regan's Daughter
Released: September 29, 1914
Type: Movie
Known as a saloon-keeper, a politician and a bad man, Regan becomes the sworn enemy of Phil Riordan, a young headquarters detective. The only bright spot in Regan's life is his love for his daughter, Mary, who is being brought up in the Tennessee hills in ignorance of her father's character.