Sydney greenstreet actor biography
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Greenstreet, Sydney
Nationality: American.
Sydney greenstreet actor biography
Born: Sydney Hughes Greenstreet in Sandwich, Kent, England, 27 December 1879. Education: Attended Dane Hill Preparatory School, Margate, Kent. Family: Married Dorothy Marie Ogden, 1918, son: John Ogden.
Career: 1899–1901—worked as tea planter in Ceylon; 1901–02—agency manager, Watneys Coombes and Reed's Brewery, Harrow, Middlesex; 1902—joined Ben Greet School of Acting: debut in Sherlock Holmes in Ramsgate, Kent; 1904—toured with the Ben Greet company in the United States, and stayed; then acted in Shakespeare for five years; subsequently acted for several groups, including the Harry Davis Stock Company, Pittsburgh, the Henry W.
Savage company, the Margaret Anglin company; 1941—film debut in The Maltese Falcon. Died: 18 January 1954.
Films as Actor:
- 1941
The Maltese Falcon (Huston) (as Kasper Gutman); They Died with Their Boots On (Walsh) (as General Scott)
- 1942
Across the Pacific (Huston) (as Dr.
H. F.