Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Greenstreet Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: December 27, 1879

Death Date: January 18, 1954

Birth Place: Kenosha, Wisconsin

Portly English actor with a uniqely insinuating style of line delivery who made a sensational screen debut as the cunning Kaspar Guttman in John Huston's "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) at age 61. Greenstreet subsequently appeared in numerous films as a brilliant schemer and shrewd architect of villainy, memorably opposite Peter Lorre, with change-of-pace sympathetic roles (e.g. "Christmas in Connecticut" 1945) cropping up occasionally.

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MalayaStream

Actor
The Dutchman
Movie
1950

Flamingo RoadStream

Actor
Sheriff Titus Semple
Movie
1949
83%

It's a Great Feeling

Self
Movie
1949

Ruthless

Actor
Buck Mansfield
Movie
1948

The Velvet Touch

Actor
Captain Danbury
Movie
1948

The Woman in White

Actor
Count Fosco
Movie
1948

That Way With Women

Actor
James P. Alden
Movie
1947

The HuckstersStream

Actor
Evan Llewellyn Evans
Movie
1947

El Amor es un Asunto Privado

Actor
Movie
1946

Three Strangers

Actor
Jerome K. Arbutny
Movie
1946

The Verdict

Actor
Supt. George Edward Grodman
Movie
1946

Devotion

Actor
William Makepeace Thackeray
Movie
1946

ConflictStream

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Dr. Mark Hamilton
Movie
1945
60%

Pillow to Post

Actor
Michael Otley
Movie
1945

Christmas in ConnecticutStream

Actor
Alexander Yardley
Movie
1945
89%

Passage to Marseille

Actor
Maj. Duval
Movie
1944

Between Two Worlds

Actor
Reverend Tim Thompson
Movie
1944

The ConspiratorsStream

Actor
Ricardo Quintanilla
Movie
1944

The Mask of DimitriosStream

Actor
Mr. Peters
Movie
1944
83%

Background to Danger

Actor
Colonel Robinson
Movie
1943

Across the Pacific

Actor
Dr. Lorenz
Movie
1942

CasablancaStream

Actor
Signor Ferrari
Movie
1942
99%

They Died With Their Boots OnStream

Actor
Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott
Movie
1941
82%

The Maltese FalconStream

Actor
Kasper Gutman
Movie
1941
99%