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Sydney Greenstreet

ActorBorn 1879, died 1954On stage 1909 to 194024 productions on this page

Sydney Greenstreet
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Sydney Hughes Greenstreet (December 27, 1879 – January 18, 1954) 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 (1941, his first film role), Casablanca (1942), and Passage to Marseille (1944) – with both Humphrey Bogart (five films total with Greenstreet) and Peter Lorre (nine films with Greenstreet, three of which were also with Bogart). Greenstreet was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Maltese Falcon. He portrayed…

On stage

24 productions, 31 years
1909
The Goddess of ReasonBroadway Dalys Theatre. Original
48 performances
1912
What Ails You?Broadway Criterion Theatre. Original
24 performances
1914
As You Like ItBroadway Hudson Theatre. Revival
1914
Lady Windermere's FanBroadway Hudson Theatre. Revival
72 performances
1915
A World of PleasureBroadway Winter Garden Theatre. Original. Directed by J. C. Huffman
116 performances
1915
She's in AgainBroadway Gaiety Theatre. Original
48 performances
1916
A King of NowhereBroadway Maxine Elliotts Theatre. Original. Directed by Jessie Bonstelle
58 performances
1916
The Merry Wives of WindsorBroadway New Amsterdam Theatre. Revival
12 performances
1918
The Rainbow GirlBroadway New Amsterdam Theatre. Original. Directed by Julian Mitchell
160 performances
1920
Lady BillyBroadway Liberty Theatre. Original. Directed by John McKee
188 performances
1923
The Magic RingBroadway Liberty Theatre. Original. Directed by Ira Hards
96 performances
1926
The HumbleBroadway Greenwich Village Theatre. Original. Directed by Bertram Forsyth
21 performances
1927
A Lady in LoveBroadway Lyceum Theatre. Original. Directed by Rollo Lloyd
16 performances
1927
JunkBroadway Garrick Theatre. Original. Directed by Charles Coburn
9 performances
1930
Marco MillionsBroadway Liberty Theatre. Revival. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
8 performances
1930
VolponeBroadway Liberty Theatre. Revival. Directed by Philip Moeller
8 performances
1931
BerlinBroadway George M Cohans Theatre. Original. Directed by Fritz Feld
26 performances
1932
The Good EarthBroadway Guild Theatre. Original. Directed by Philip Moeller
56 performances
1933
RobertaBroadway New Amsterdam Theatre. Original. Directed by Hassard Short
295 performances
1935
The Taming of the ShrewBroadway Guild Theatre. Revival. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble
129 performances
1937
Amphitryon 38Broadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by Bretaigne Windust
153 performances
1938
The SeagullBroadway Shubert Theatre. Revival. Directed by Robert Milton
41 performances
1940
The Taming of the ShrewBroadway Alvin Theatre. Revival. Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble
8 performances
1940
There Shall Be No NightBroadway Alvin Theatre. Original. Directed by Alfred Lunt
115 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names
  • Richard Whorf 4 productions
  • Lynn Fontanne 4 productions
  • Alan Hewitt 4 productions
  • Vincent Sherman 3 productions
  • S Thomas Gomez 3 productions
  • Harry Barfoot 3 productions
  • Ernestine de Becker 3 productions
  • Edith King 3 productions
  • Alfred Lunt 3 productions
  • William LeMassena 2 productions
  • Walter Coy 2 productions
  • Wallace Widdecombe 2 productions

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