Biography
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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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1942 · nominated
Filmography18 titles
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Hollywood Canteen
Flamingo Road
The Hucksters
Christmas in Connecticut
The Mask of Dimitrios
Malaya
Conflict
Background to Danger
They Died with Their Boots On
Passage to Marseille
Across the Pacific
The Verdict
Three Strangers
The Conspirators
Devotion
Ruthless