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Sydney Greenstreet
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Actor Born: December 27, 1879 in Sandwich, England, UK Death: January 18, 1954 Biography:"Sydney Greenstreet" ranked among Hollywood's 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. Born December 27, 1879, in Sandwich, England, Greenstreet's 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. A drought left him penniless, however, and he soon returned to England, where he worked a variety of odd jobs while studying acting in the evening under Ben Greet. In 1902, he made his theatrical debut portraying a murderer in Sherlock Holmes, and two years later he traveled with Greet to the United States. After making his Broadway debut in Everyman, Greenstreet's American residency continued for the rest of his life.
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