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born: "5 September 1901"
died: "24 October 1945"
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# Don Costello

Actor. Born 5 September 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Died 24 October 1945.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 September 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- **Died:** 24 October 1945
- **Also known as:** Eldon Lawrence Costello
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Costello, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5292457, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182538/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120749

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Here Comes Mr. Jordan*](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md) (77)

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## Biography

Don Costello (born Eldon Lawrence Costello) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 5 September 1901, he began his career in theatre in the 1920s, working as a stage manager and actor with stock companies before appearing on Broadway.

Costello entered films in 1935 and signed with MGM in 1939. He appeared in more than 30 films, often in supporting roles as tough or menacing characters. Among his credits are *Another Thin Man* (1939), *Johnny Eager* (1941), *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941) as Lefty, *A-Haunting We Will Go* (1942) and *The Blue Dahlia* (1946). He died in Hollywood, California, on 24 October 1945.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), Fi1m 77, as Lefty — [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Blue Dahlia* (1946), as Leo
- *Crime of the Century* (1946), as Joe, Bartender
- *Follow That Woman* (1945), as Nick
- *Marshal of Laredo* (1945), as Henchman Pretty Boy Murphy
- *The Red Dragon* (1945), as Charles Masack
- *Incendiary Blonde* (1945), as Gus Vettori (uncredited)
- *Along Came Jones* (1945), as Leo Gledhill
- *Great Stagecoach Robbery* (1945), as Jed Quinlan
- *Here Come the Co-Eds* (1945), as Diamond (uncredited)
- *Mystery Man* (1944), as Bud Trilling
- *The Whistler* (1944), as Lefty Vigran aka Gorss (Uncredited)
- *Texas Masquerade* (1944), as Ace Maxson
- *Murder on the Waterfront* (1943), as Gordon Shane
- *A Lady Takes a Chance* (1943), as Drunk
- *Crime Doctor* (1943), as Nick Ferris / Jim Warren
- *Air Raid Wardens* (1943), as Heydrich
- *Truck Busters* (1943), as Anthony 'Tony' Bonetti
- *A Night to Remember* (1942), as Eddie Turner
- *Just Off Broadway* (1942), as George Dolphin
- *A-Haunting We Will Go* (1942), as Doc Lake
- *Sundown Jim* (1942), as Dobe Hyde
- *Joe Smith, American* (1942), as Mead
- *Johnny Eager* (1941), as Billiken
- *Unholy Partners* (1941), as Georgie Pelotti
- *Last of the Duanes* (1941), as Jim Bland
- *Whistling in the Dark* (1941), as 'Noose' Green
- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), as Lefty — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)
- *I'll Wait for You* (1941), as Police Sergeant Brent
- *Ride on Vaquero* (1941), as Redge
- *Sleepers West* (1941), as Carl Izzard
- *Wildcat Bus* (1940), as Sid Casey
- *One Crowded Night* (1940), as Lefty
- *Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President* (1939), as Fred
- *Another Thin Man* (1939), as 'Diamond Back' Vogel
- *Hot News Margie* (1931), as Football Player (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Don Costello](https://film.one/media/person/1232252/gallery-70b1445af48e.jpg) Don Costello — Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Don_Costello_in_Another_Thin_Man_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Don Costello](https://film.one/media/person/1232252/gallery-d63a7994a9d4.jpg) Don Costello — Image via TMDB

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