Sydney Greenstreet

British-American actor (1879-1954)

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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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 19 films (1941–1949) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 6 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1941	The Maltese falcon	Warner Bros. (1941) (USA) (theatrical): Distributor \| Warner Bros. (A Warner Bros.-First National Picture): Publisher	1:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1941	The Maltese Falcon.	Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.	100 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	Across The Pacific.	Contemporary Films	10 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1942	Casablanca	Michael Curtiz	102 min		B&W
1942	Casablanca	Michael Curtiz	102 min	16mm	B&W
1942	HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN ▶	Delmer Daves	126 min	16mm	B&W
1943	Background To Danger.	Raoul Walsh	80 min.		B&W
1944	Between two worlds	Warner Bros.-First National ; produced by Mark Hellinger ; screen play by Daniel Fuchs ; directed by Edward A. Blatt.	112	16mm	B&W	sound
1944	Between two worlds.	Edward A. Blatt	112 min	16mm	B&W	silent
1944	Passage to Marseille.	warner bros.	4000	16mm	B&W	sound
1944	The Mask Of Dimitrios.	Jean Negulesco	95 min.	16mm	B&W	sound
1945	Christmas In Connecticut.	Peter Godfrey	101 min
1945	Conflict.	Curtis Bernhardt	86 min.		B&W
1945	Hollywood Canteen.	Delmer Daves	124 min		B&W
1945	Pillow To Post.	Vincent Sherman	92 min.		B&W
1946	The Verdict.	Don Siegel	86 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1946	Three Strangers.	Jean Negulesco	92 min.		B&W
1949	Flamingo road.	Michael Curtiz	9:55	16mm	B&W	sound
1949	Malaya.	Richard Thorpe	95 min.	35mm	B&W	sound