On this day, December 27, 1879, Sydney Greenstreet was born.

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Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Hughes Greenstreet (27 December 1879 – 18 January 1954) was a British and American 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), Casablanca (1942), and Passage to Marseille (1944) - with both Humphrey Bogart (5 films total with Greenstreet) and Peter Lorre (9 films with Greenstreet, 3 of which were also with Bogart). He portrayed Nero Wolfe on radio during 1950 and 1951. He became an American citizen in 1925.

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Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon (1941)


Greenstreet and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)

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"Let's talk about the bird."

More Peter Lorre? Of course.

Oh, and Humphrey Bogart? He was born on Christmas Day, 1899.

Humphrey Bogart

Born: Humphrey DeForest Bogart, December 25, 1899, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died: January 14, 1957 (aged 57), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Education: Trinity School, Phillips Academy

Website: Official website

Humphrey DeForest Bogart (/ˈboʊɡɑːrt/; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American film and stage actor. His performances in numerous films from the Classical Hollywood era made him a cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him as the greatest male star of American cinema.

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Wed Dec 27, 2023: On this day, December 27, 1879, Sydney Greenstreet was born.

Tue Dec 26, 2023: On this day, December 26, 1903, Elisha Cook Jr. was born.

Mon Dec 25, 2023: On this day, December 25, 1899, Humphrey Bogart was born.

Tue Dec 27, 2022: December 27: Six degrees of Humphrey Bogart. Our players: Hoagy Carmichael and Sydney Greenstreet

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