Sydney Greenstreet
British-American actor (1879-1954) · United Kingdom · Actors · Died at 74
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Something wrong?Sydney Hughes Greenstreet was a British and American character actor. While he did not begin his career in films until the age of 61, he had a run of significant motion pictures in a Hollywood career lasting through the 1940s. He is best remembered for the three Warner Bros.
A life in dates
Flamingo RoadFilm, Sheriff Titus Semple
MalayaFilm, 1949The Dutchman1948
RuthlessFilm, Buck Mansfield
The Velvet TouchFilm, 1948Capt. Danbury1947
That Way with WomenFilm, James P. Alden1946
DevotionFilm, William Makepeace Thackeray1945
Christmas in ConnecticutFilm, Alexander Yardley
Pillow to PostFilm, 1945Colonel Michael Otley1944
Between Two WorldsFilm, Reverend Tim Thompson
The ConspiratorsFilm, 1944Ricardo Quintanilla1943
Background to DangerFilm, Colonel Robinson1942
Across the PacificFilm, Dr. Lorenz1941
The Maltese FalconFilm, Kasper Gutman
They Died with Their Boots OnFilm, 1941Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott1879Born27 December 1879Also in Deutsch
Photos 5
Filmography 24
FRFlamingo Road
IFIt's a Great FeelingMAMalayaTTThe Velvet TouchRURuthless
TWThe Woman in White
THThe HuckstersTWThat Way with Women
TVThe Verdict
TSThree StrangersDEDevotionCCChristmas in Connecticut
COConflictPPPillow to Post
PMPassage to Marseille
TDThe Mask of DimitriosBWBetween Two Worlds
HCHollywood CanteenTCThe Conspirators
CACasablancaBDBackground to DangerAPAcross the PacificTFThe Maltese FalconTOThey Died with Their Boots OnIn common with Sydney
About this person
Sydney Hughes Greenstreet was a British and American character actor. While he did not begin his career in films until the age of 61, he had a run of significant motion pictures in a Hollywood career lasting through the 1940s. He is best remembered for the three Warner Bros. films - The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca (1942), and Passage to Marseille (1944) - with both Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre. Greenstreet was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Maltese Falcon. He portrayed Nero Wolfe on radio during 1950 and 1951. He became an American citizen in 1925.
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