Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Greenstreet

December 27, 1879

Sydney Hughes Greenstreet (27 December 1879 – 18 January 1954) was an English actor. He is best known for his Warner Bros. films with Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre, which include The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Casablanca (1942).

Known For

9 titles
1
Casablanca

Casablanca

1943 · 1h 42m · Movie

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

8.5
2
The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1941 · 1h 40m · Movie

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.

7.9
3
They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 · 2h 22m · Movie

A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.

7.2
4
Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific

1942 · 1h 37m · Movie

In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.

6.8
5
Passage to Marseille

Passage to Marseille

1944 · 1h 49m · Movie

Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.

6.8
6
Conflict

Conflict

1945 · 1h 26m · Movie

An engineer kills his first Wife, then woos her sister.

7.1
7
The Mask of Dimitrios

The Mask of Dimitrios

1944 · 1h 35m · Movie

Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued after the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.

7.2
8
Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road

1949 · 1h 34m · Movie

A corrupt small town sheriff manipulates local candidates to the state legislature but he eventually comes into conflict with a visiting carnival dancer.

7.0
9
The Verdict

The Verdict

1946 · 1h 26m · Movie

After an innocent man is executed in a case for which he was not responsible, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.

7.2