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Sydney Greenstreet (1879–1954)


Sydney Greenstreet's father was a leather merchant with eight children. Sydney left home at age 18 to make his fortune as a Ceylon tea planter, but drought forced him out of business and back to England. He managed a brewery and, to escape boredom, took acting lessons. His stage debut was as a murderer in a 1902 production of "Sherlock Holmes"... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1949 Malaya
The Dutchman
 
1949 It's a Great Feeling
Sydney Greenstreet (uncredited)
 
1948 The Velvet Touch
Capt. Danbury
 
1948 Ruthless
Buck Mansfield
 
1947 The Hucksters
Evan Llewellyn Evans
 
1947 That Way with Women
James P. Alden
 
1946 The Verdict
Supt. George Edward Grodman
 
1946 Three Strangers
Jerome K. Arbutny
 
1945 Conflict
Dr. Mark Hamilton
 
1945 Pillow to Post
Colonel Michael Otley
 
1944 Hollywood Canteen
Sydney Greenstreet
 
1944 The Conspirators
Ricardo Quintanilla
 
1944 The Mask of Dimitrios
Mr. Peters
 
1944 Passage to Marseille
Maj. Duval
 
1943 Background to Danger
Colonel Robinson
 
1942 In This Our Life
Extra on Roadhouse Table (uncredited)
 
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1947 That Way with Women (performer: "Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1907). Stage Play: The Merchant of Venice. Comedy (revival/production played in repertory with Macbeth, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Masks and Faces, Everyman). Written by William Shakespeare. Garden Theatre: 4 Mar 1907- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: St. Clair Bayfield... See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Article  | See more »

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Personal Quote:

The lens is the actor's best critic... showing his mind more clearly than on the stage. You can get wonderful cooperation out of the lens if you are true, but God help you if you are not. Pictures are much harder to do than the theater... You're at the mercy of the camera angles and the piecemeal technique. See more »

Trivia:

Son, John Ogden Greenstreet died March 4, 2004 at age 84. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn