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title: "2 Sydney Greenstreet Quotes - Famous Character actor"
description: "British-American actor (1879-1954)... | Sydney Hughes Greenstreet was a British and American character actor. While he did not begin his career in films..."
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# Sydney Greenstreet

(1879–1954)   Character Actor

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Sydney Greenstreet was a character actor.

## Quick Facts About Sydney Greenstreet

Born December 27, 1879

Died January 18, 1954

Profession Character Actor

## About Sydney Greenstreet

British-American actor (1879-1954)... \| 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 Falc

##  Quotes by Sydney Greenstreet

> [The lens is the actor's best critic... showing his mind more clearly than on the stage. You can get wonderful cooperation out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-greenstreet/the-lens-is-the-actor-s-best-critic-showing-his-mind-more-clearly/)

Sydney Greenstreet

[Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a6/sydney-greenstreet-91361_actor_the-lens-is-the-actor-s-best-critic-show_79216.jpg)

> [Pictures are much harder to do than the theater... You're at the mercy of the camera angles and the piecemeal technique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-greenstreet/pictures-are-much-harder-to-do-than-the-theater-you-re-at-the-mercy/)

Sydney Greenstreet

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/sydney-greenstreet-91361_angles_pictures-are-much-harder-to-do-than-the_780194.jpg)

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