Sydney Greenstreet (1879–1954) |
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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". ...
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Born:in Sandwich, Kent, England, UKDied:(age 74) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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(1940s) Spoken-Word Recording: Narrated and played the leading role of Montresor in a dramatized version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado", released by Decca Records on 78-RPM. See more »Official Sites:
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5' 9" (1.75 m)
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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.Trivia:
Author Tennessee Williams wrote his one-act play "The Last of My Solid Gold Watches" with Sydney Greenstreet in mind, and dedicated it to him. See more »Star Sign:
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