Sydney greenstreet biography. He was born in kentengland united kingdom in a town called sandwich. Sydney greenstreet ranked among hollywoods consummate character actors a classic rogue whose villainous turns in motion pictures like casablanca and the maltese falcon remain among the most memorable and enigmatic depictions of evil ever captured on film. Sydney greenstreet biography life interesting facts.
Sydney left home at age 18 to make his fortune as a ceylon tea planter but drought forced him out of business and back to england. 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 was one of seven children.
Films with humphrey bogart and peter lorre which include the maltese falcon casablanca and passage to marseille. He managed a brewery and to escape boredom took acting lessons. Greenstreet is best remembered for his warner bros.
At the age of 18 sydney greenstreet left home to become a ceylon tea planter. Sydney hughes greenstreet was a british american actor. Mini bio 1 sydney greenstreets father was a leather merchant with eight children.
He became a naturalized united states citizen in 1925. Although he appeared in only 23 movies over an eight year film career after a long stage career in england he is one of the best remembered and most recognizable of all film actors. Born december 27 1879 in sandwich england greenstreets initial ambition was to make his fortune as a tea planter and toward that aim he moved to sri lanka at the age of 18.
Sydney greenstreet december 27 sydney greenstreet was born 27th december 1879 to john and ann jarvis he was born in kentengland united kingdom in a town called sandwich.
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