Don Costello

Don Costello

Nacimiento : 1901-09-05, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Muerte : 1945-10-24

Historia

A Broadway stage actor, Costello entered films in 1935 and in 1939 was put under contract with MGM. Known for his wicked sense of humor, Costello often times played the role of a menace or a tough guy. Date of Death 24 October 1945, Hollywood, California

Perfil

Don Costello

Películas

La dalia azul
Leo
Cuando Johnny, terminada la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), vuelve a su casa, descubre que Helen, su mujer, ha encontrado un nuevo amor, Eddie, el dueño de un night club llamado 'La dalia azul'. Al principio se siente tan anonadado que piensa en vengarse, pero inmediatamente abandona la idea y se va. Cuando, al día siguiente, su mujer aparece muerta, él se convierte en el principal sospechoso. No tendrá entonces más remedio que buscar al asesino, y Joyce, la esposa de Eddie, le ayudará a encontrarlo
Follow That Woman
Nick
A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.
Marshal of Laredo
Henchman Pretty Boy Murphy
Substituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot stars in the Republic "Red Ryder" western Marshal of Laredo. This time, Red comes to the aid of a frontier lawyer, who is suspected of being an outlaw
The Red Dragon
Charles Masack
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.
La rubia de los cabellos de fuego
Gus Vettori (uncredited)
La vida de la bulliciosa animadora Texas Guinan se recuerda desde su pobre infancia con un padre con mala suerte hasta su reinado como la Reina de los Clubes Nocturnos. En el camino, también encuentra el romance y la angustia.
El caballero del Oeste
Leo Gledhill
Un despreocupado vaquero es confundido por la gente del pueblo con un famoso pistolero. El vaquero decide que lo mejor sería salir de la ciudad... hasta que conoce a la novia del pistolero.
Great Stagecoach Robbery
Jed Quinlan
In this western, Red Ryder tries to be a good example for a young man who idolizes his father, an outlaw. The boy wants to follow in his father's footsteps when the hero intervenes.
Dos cabezudos
Diamond (uncredited)
Tres amigos, Oliver Quackenbush (Lou Costello), Molly McCarthy (Martha O'Driscoll), y su hermano Slats McCarthy (Bud Abbott) tienen un trabajo en el Salón Miramar como bailarines. Slats publica un artículo falso en el periódico local, con la ambición de Molly para recaudar fondos para asistir a Bixby Colegio. El decano de Bixby (Donald Cook) lee el artículo y le ofrece una beca. Ella está de acuerdo, pero solo si sus dos amigos pueden acompañarla, por lo que son contratados como vigilantes.
Mystery Man
Bud Trilling
Hoppy's ranch is threatened by rustlers. Hoppy and the gang oblige as usual.
The Whistler
Lefty Vigran aka Gorss (Uncredited)
A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.
Texas Masquerade
Ace Maxson
A young Eastern lawyer, seriously injured in a stage holdup, secures the help of Hoppy, California and Jimmy in completing his mission to his woman cousin's ranch in Texas. The ranch, as are others in the same area, is being plagued by a gang called the Night Riders, while the friendly local town lawyer is trying to cajole the cousin into selling out to him. Hoppy begins by arriving in the town, separate from his pals, all spiffed up and dandified, posing as the Eastern lawyer...
Murder on the Waterfront
Gordon Shane
A sailor and his wife become involved in a murder investigation.
La chica y el vaquero
Drunk
Una chica de ciudad conoce un guapo cowboy de rodeo en una visita turística a la ciudad en autobús. Con él olvidará a sus pretendientes
Crime Doctor
Nick Ferris / Jim Warren
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.
Los vigilantes del cielo
Heydrich
Dos torpes, fracasados como hombres de negocios y guardias de ataques aéreos, se topan con un nido de saboteadores nazis empeñados en volar la planta local de magnesio.
Truck Busters
Anthony 'Tony' Bonetti
An independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked trucking company exec to bring all drivers under his control. When the trucker's brother dies in an "accident" arranged by the trucking company's henchmen, he takes matters into his own hands
¡Qué noche aquella!
Eddie Turner
Jeff Troy escribe novelas de poco éxito y Nancy, su mujer, piensa que ello es debido a que viven en un apartamento poco conveniente para un escritor como él, por lo que decide acabar con la mediocridad de su existencia y alquilar un piso bajo con un jardín en una discreta casa de un barrio más tranquilo. En ella vivirán una experiencia tan extraordinaria como irrepetible. La casa entera tiene un aire siniestro, y los vecinos parecen hostiles y asustados. Jeff deberá entonces poner en práctica sus conocimientos detectivescos para resolver un asesinato cometido en su propia casa.
Just Off Broadway
George Dolphin
Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!
A-Haunting We Will Go
Doc Lake
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
Sundown Jim
Dobe Hyde
US marshal Sundown Jim Majors main purpose in life is to bring a deadly frontier feud to a peaceful end. This requires him to clean out the local criminal element, which he does with determination.
Joe Smith, American
Mead
Joe Smith es el típico americano medio. Trabaja para una fábrica de aviones donde se está construyendo un nuevo bombardero. Este proyecto provoca que Joe sea secuestrado por agentes enemigos. Pero Joe Smith resulta ser todo un héroe americano, pues no sólo no dice nada de lo que sabe, sino que posteriormente ayuda a la policía en su investigación para detener a los secuestradores.
Senda prohibida
Billiken
Johnny Eager (Taylor) es un gángster que, para no levantar sospechas, lleva una doble vida: finge que vive en una humilde casa con sus parientes, pero en secreto continúa siendo el rey del juego ilegal. Lisbeth (Turner) es una inocente chica que conoce a Johnny y se enamora de él.
Unholy Partners
Georgie Pelotti
A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.
Last of the Duanes
Jim Bland
Based on Zane Grey's tale of a man who gains an unfair reputation as a gunfighter while out to avenge his father's death.
Whistling in the Dark
'Noose' Green
The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a friend, to further this goal. Wally, 'The Fox', is a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder, and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.
El difunto protesta
Lefty
Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) es un boxeador que iba a luchar por el campeonato mundial antes de morir en un accidente de avión. Por desgracia para Joe, él no estaba destinado a morir en el accidente, pero sube al cielo antes de tiempo por culpa de un ángel demasiado eficiente (Edward Everett Horton). Ahora es cosa del jefe del ángel, Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains), encontrar un nuevo cuerpo para Joe y darle otra oportunidad de luchar por el título. Mientras le buscan un nuevo hogar, Joe conoce a una joven idealista (Evelyn Keyes) de la que se enamora locamente, y lo que le da una razón para vivir, aparte de para poder pelear por el título. Adaptación de la obra "El cielo puede esperar", que en 1978 también fue adaptada por Warren Beatty.
I'll Wait for You
Police Sergeant Brent
A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
Ride on Vaquero
Redge
The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.S. Army regiment, to help break up a kidnap ring. On his way to Las Tables with his pal, Gordito, he makes a stop at the Martinez Rancho, where they learn that his friend Carlos has been kidnapped, from his wife Marquerita. At the Crystal Palace Saloon, Cisco runs into an old girlfriend, Sally, who he once jilted for a tight-rope walker, but she doesn't betray him when the sheriff and an army officer enter searching for Cisco.
Sleepers West
Carl Izzard
Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.
Wildcat Bus
Sid Casey
A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.
One Crowded Night
Lefty
The future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky motel in the desert.
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Fred
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
Otra reunión de acusados
"Diamond Back" Vogel
A Nick y a Nora Charles, un matrimonio muy excéntrico, les apasiona ejercer de detectives aficionados. Un día, la familia Charles, después de pasar un fin de semana fuera, regresa a su casa en compañía de un industrial de Long Island que sospecha que alguien quiere matarle, e inmediatamente su temor se hace realidad. Lo peor es que Nick está entre los sospechosos, pero Nora tiene sus propias ideas sobre el caso y se escabulle dentro de un club para buscar pistas.
Hot News Margie
Football Player (uncredited)
Margie is a reporter on a tabloid newspaper. Her assignment is to find out whether there is any truth to the rumor that college football star Babe Booth is secretly married. To get her story, she goes to the stadium where Booth is playing and gets involved in the game, with unexpected results.