Deceased

How Did Sydney Greenstreet Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 74

Also known asSydney Hughes Greenstreet, Сідні Г'юз Ґрінстріт, Сидни Хьюз Гринстрит, Σίντνεϊ ΓκρίνστριτGenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn27/12/1879Born inEastry, Kent, England, UKDied18/01/1954 (aged 74)Died inHollywoodCausediabetesWikidataQ656507 ↗Buried atForest Lawn Memorial ParkTMDb#4114 ↗

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.

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Filmography16 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1949	It's a Great FeelingMovie	Sydney Greenstreet (uncredited)	70
1949	MalayaMovie	The Dutchman	70
1949	Flamingo RoadMovie	Sheriff Titus Semple	70
1948	The Velvet TouchMovie	Capt. Danbury	69
1948	The Woman in WhiteMovie	Count Fosco	69
1947	That Way with WomenMovie	James P. Alden	68
1946	DevotionMovie	William Makepeace Thackeray	67
1945	ConflictMovie	Mark Hamilton	66
1945	Christmas in ConnecticutMovie	Alexander Yardley	66
1944	Passage to MarseilleMovie	Major Duval	65
1944	Hollywood CanteenMovie	Self	65
1944	The ConspiratorsMovie	Ricardo Quintanilla	65
1942	CasablancaMovie	Signor Ferrari	63
1942	Across the PacificMovie	Dr. Lorenz	63
1941	The Maltese FalconMovie	Kasper Gutman	62
1941	They Died with Their Boots OnMovie	Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott	62