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Birthday
January 1, 1944
Day of Death
2023-07-05
(79 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Russ Carlson
Lars Tobin
Eclair von Ott
Otto Von Lickit
Harry Gordon
Jack Hammer
Helmuth Richler
Kenneth Schwartz
John Stover
Oscar Tripe
Nicholas Berland
Amanda Barton
Warren Evans
Arlo Benson
Martin Jones
Arthur van Deuvel
Joel Devlin
Stephen Steinberg
Jerry Conti
Howard Steinman
Howard Stein
Rick Livermoore
Shaun Costello began directing for "loops" (10-minute scenes shown in coin-operated viewers in adult theaters) in NYC in the early 1970s, and soon was directing (and acting in) full porn movies and other grindhouse "roughies" shown in Times Square's 42nd Street adult theaters. Costello took work where he could get it, often working for the Mob, who owned many adult theaters and distribution, and working under different aliases for different theaters so that no one (at the time) knew that he was his own competition. Eventually moving on to a mainstream documentary career, Costello written and directed grindhouse movies - rough and violent and reflecting of their times - have seen a resurgence as the 2010's have seen these movies be remastered and re-released and often seen for the first time in decades. Anyone interested in the history of American porn or grindhouse/exploitation theater of the late 1960s and 1970s will likely have encountered Shaun Costello's work, often unknowingly due to his prolific use of aliases.
2021
1990
1982
1981
1979
1978
1977
1976
The Dark Side of Danielle
as Bruce / Betty's Master
Tortured Woman
as El Gringo
Water Power
as Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window
That Lady from Rio
as Sex Slave (uncredited)
The Fury in Alice
as Chip Carson
Girl Scout Cookies
as Mr. O'Malley
The Story of Eloise
as Edgar Frank
Sensuous Fly Girls
as Man in Stable
Midnight Desires
as Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
The Untamed Vixens
as Jerry
Venture Into the Bizzare
as Closing Narration (voice)
The Summer of Suzanne
as Chip
She's No Angel
as Dr. Warren Counter
The Travails of June
as Willy
1975
Cheryl's Surrender
as Ray Lavagis
Kathy's Graduation Present
as Randy
China Doll
as Bert
Baby Oil
as Orgy Guy with Two Girls
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
as Lola
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
as Minister
The Passions of Carol
as The Spirits
Two Senoritas
as Guy with Glasses
Private Practice
as Mr. Barnes
The School for Sexual Arts
as Guy in Final Class
Sin of Lust
as Bob Hartman
Hotel Hooker
as Pete
1974
1973
The Tycoon's Daughter
as Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster
Go Fly a Kite
as John Spaulding
Honeymoon Suite
as Jamie
Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks
as Newscaster / Homer Heaply
Sweet Sexteen
as Jerry
Come And Be Purified
as Brother Francis
Teachers and Cream
as Mr. Boynton
Tina Makes a Deal
as Customs Agent
Joe Rock Superstar
as Rock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite
Guess Who's Coming
as Peter
Forced Entry
as David
The Porn Brokers
as Self
1972
1971
