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Overview

Date of Birth:

27 December 1879, Sandwich, Kent, England, UK more

Date of Death:

18 January 1954, Hollywood, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

Sydney Greenstreet's father was a leather merchant with eight children... more

Trivia:

Partially inspired the appearance of Jabba the Hut in the "Star Wars" series... more

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Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. more

NewsDesk:
(4 articles)

A bar on North Avenue
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 5 October 2009, 6:41 AM, PDT)
Interview: Rachel Weisz Creates Magic With ‘The Brothers Bloom’
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 22 May 2009, 8:36 AM, PDT)

Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	Malaya (1949)	The Dutchman	1949	-	6.8 (315)
	AKAs: East of the Rising Sun (UK)
2.	Flamingo Road (1949)	Sheriff Titus Semple	1949	-	7.0 (689)

3.	The Velvet Touch (1948)	Capt. Danbury	1948	-	7.0 (238)

4.	The Woman in White (1948)	Count Fosco	1948	-	6.7 (356)

5.	Ruthless (1948)	Buck Mansfield	1948	-	7.1 (185)

6.	The Hucksters (1947)	Evan Llewellyn Evans	1947	-	6.7 (512)

7.	That Way with Women (1947)	James P. Alden	1947	-	6.5 (7)

8.	The Verdict (1946)	Supt. George Edward Grodman	1946	-	7.2 (426)

9.	Devotion (1946)	William Makepeace Thackeray	1946	-	6.6 (217)

10.	Three Strangers (1946)	Jerome K. Arbutny	1946	-	7.0 (420)

11.	Christmas in Connecticut (1945)	Alexander Yardley	1945	-	7.3 (1,520)
	AKAs: Indiscretion (UK)
12.	Conflict (1945)	Dr. Mark Hamilton	1945	-	7.0 (534)

13.	Pillow to Post (1945)	Colonel Michael Otley	1945	-	6.6 (104)

14.	The Conspirators (1944)	Ricardo Quintanilla	1944	-	6.4 (275)

15.	The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)	Mr. Peters	1944	-	7.3 (894)

16.	Between Two Worlds (1944)	Reverend Tim Thompson	1944	-	7.3 (560)

17.	Passage to Marseille (1944)	Major Duval	1944	-	6.7 (1,222)

18.	Background to Danger (1943)	Colonel Robinson	1943	-	6.5 (275)

19.	Casablanca (1942)	Signor Ferrari	1942	-	8.8 (152,751)

20.	Across the Pacific (1942)	Dr. Lorenz	1942	-	6.8 (1,443)

21.	They Died with Their Boots On (1941)	Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott	1941	-	7.3 (2,155)

22.	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	Kasper Gutman	1941	-	8.4 (46,818)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	It's a Great Feeling (1949)	(uncredited) Himself, Cameo Appearance	1949	-	6.2 (385)

2.	Hollywood Canteen (1944)	Himself	1944	-	7.1 (607)

Additional Details

Other Works:

Radio: Played Nero Wolfe in NBC's "The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe" for the 1950-1951 season. more

Publicity Listings:

1 Portrayal | 1 Print Biography more

Genres:

Drama | Romance | War | Comedy more

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Based On Novel | Beautiful Woman | Orchestral Music Score more

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