An Iconic Pair: Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre
Sydney Greenstreet made his Feature Film Debut in 1941 at the age of 62 as “Fat Man” Kasper Gutman in The Maltese Falcon. The film also featured Peter Lorre, as the shady Joel Cairo, and of course Humphrey Bogart as private eye Sam Spade. Greenstreet and Lorre would appear in more films together, among them, a few with Bogart as well…
Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in The Maltese Falcon
Sydney Greenstreet starred in 9 films together, but really 10 if you count their uncredited parts as ‘extras’ in This is Our Life in 1942:
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Background to Danger (1943)
- Passage to Marseille (1944)
- The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
- The Conspirators (1944)
- Hollywood Canteen (1944)
- Three Strangers (1946)
- The Verdict (1946)
And, as mentioned above (if you want to really be accurate):
10. This is Our Live (1942) (both had uncredited parts as ‘extras at a roadhouse table’ in this one)
Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon
As for films which starred Greenstreet, Lorre and Humphrey Bogart, there are three:
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Passage to Marseille (1944)
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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub
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Altogether Sydney and Peter made nine movies together