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Sydney Hughes Greenstreet was a British-American 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. Greenstreet is best remembered for his Warner Bros. films with Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre, which include The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), and Passage to Marseille (1944). Greenstreet portrayed Nero Wolfe on radio during 1950 and 1951. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1925.
Birth Name
Sydney Hughes Greenstreet
Born
Saturday, 27 December 1879
Died
Monday, 18 January 1954
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self | 1989 |
| Biography | Self / Various characters | 1987 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Kaspar Gutman (clip from The Maltese Falcon (1941)) | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Kasper Gutman | 1963 |
| Malaya | The Dutchman | 1949 |
| It's a Great Feeling | Sydney Greenstreet | 1949 |
| Flamingo Road | Sheriff Titus Semple | 1949 |
| The Velvet Touch | Captain Danbury / Capt. Danbury | 1948 |
| The Woman in White | Count Alessandro Fosco / Count Fosco | 1948 |
| Ruthless | Buck Mansfield | 1948 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self | 1989 |
| Biography | Self / Various characters | 1987 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Kaspar Gutman (clip from The Maltese Falcon (1941)) | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Kasper Gutman | 1963 |
| Malaya | The Dutchman | 1949 |
| It's a Great Feeling | Sydney Greenstreet | 1949 |
| Flamingo Road | Sheriff Titus Semple | 1949 |
| The Velvet Touch | Captain Danbury / Capt. Danbury | 1948 |
| The Woman in White | Count Alessandro Fosco / Count Fosco | 1948 |
| Ruthless | Buck Mansfield | 1948 |
| The Hucksters | Evan Llewellyn Evans | 1947 |
| That Way with Women | James P. Alden | 1947 |
| The Verdict | Supt. George Edward Grodman | 1946 |
| Devotion | William Makepeace Thackeray | 1946 |
| Three Strangers | Jerome K. Arbutny | 1946 |
| Christmas in Connecticut | Alexander Yardley | 1945 |
| Conflict | Dr. Mark Hamilton / Mark Hamilton | 1945 |
| Pillow to Post | Colonel Michael Otley | 1945 |
| Hollywood Canteen | Sydney Greenstreet / Self | 1944 |
| The Conspirators | Ricardo Quintanilla | 1944 |
| The Mask of Dimitrios | Mr. Peters | 1944 |
| Between Two Worlds | Reverend Tim Thompson | 1944 |
| Passage to Marseille | Maj. Duval / Major Duval | 1944 |
| Background to Danger | Colonel Robinson | 1943 |
| Casablanca | Signor Ferrari | 1943 |
| Across the Pacific | Dr. H.F.G. Lorenz / Dr. Lorenz | 1942 |
| They Died with Their Boots On | Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott | 1941 |
| The Maltese Falcon | Kasper Gutman | 1941 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1942 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
