
Sidney Bracey
Sidney Bracey (18 December 1877 – 5 August 1942) was an Australian-born American actor. After a stage career in Australia, on Broadway and in Britain, he appeared in 321 films between 1909 and 1942. Bracey was born in Melbourne, Victoria, with the name Sidney Bracy, later changing the spelling of his last name. He was the son of Welsh tenor Henry Bracy and English actress Clara T. Bracy. His aunt was actress and dancer Lydia Thompson. He began his stage career in Australia in the 1890s, with J. C. Williamson's comic opera companies. On Broadway, in 1900, he appeared as the tenor lead, Yussuf, in the first American production of The Rose of Persia at Daly's Theatre in New York. He then moved to England, appearing as Moreno in the Edwardian musical comedy hit The Toreador at the Gaiety Theatre, London in June 1901. He next joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company on tour in Britain, playing Terence O'Brian in The Emerald Isle from September 1901 to May 1902. He then left the D'Oyly Carte, continuing his stage career in Britain. He appeared in Amorelle at London's Comedy Theatre in 1904, The Winter's Tale in 1904–05, and A Persian Princess at Queen's Theatre in 1909. Back on Broadway, in 1912, he played as Sir Guy of Gisborne in a revival of Reginald de Koven's Robin Hood at the New Amsterdam Theatre, followed by Rob Roy at the Liberty Theatre in 1913. He then moved into film acting, making first silent films and then "talkies", until his death in 1942. Early in his film career, he wrote and directed a silent movie called Sid Nee's Finish, (Thanhouser Company (1914), in which he played the title character. In 1916, he changed the spelling of his last name to "Bracey". Silent film authority Diane MacIntyre gave this description of him: "Bracey, a stately looking character man, was in big demand for authority like roles; such as movie directors, bosses and, most of the time, the most respectable and poised butler in all of Hollywood. He was thin, dark haired and had an earnest, yet sober, face that could break into a look of wide-eyed exasperation." Bracy died in Hollywood, California on 5 August 1942, aged 64.
224 acting credits
Acting · 224

The Baroness and the Butler
1938

Freaks
1932

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927

Duck Soup
1933

Les Misérables
1935

The Cameraman
1928

A Star Is Born
1937

Red-Headed Woman
1932

Dark Victory
1939

San Francisco
1936

The Little Princess
1939

Anna Karenina
1935

Shall We Dance
1937

The Crowd
1928

Dust Be My Destiny
1939

Show People
1928

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938

You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939

Espionage Agent
1939

Easy Living
1937

Invisible Stripes
1939

Letty Lynton
1932

Brother Orchid
1940

Inspiration
1931

Arsène Lupin Returns
1938

Wife vs. Secretary
1936

Fast and Furious
1939

The Old Maid
1939

Dance, Fools, Dance
1931

My Love Came Back
1940

Corruption
1933

The Firefly
1937

Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939

King of the Underworld
1939

Rendezvous
1935

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944

The Blackbird
1926

Redemption
1930

Laughing Boy
1934

Our Daily Bread
1934

The Sun Never Sets
1939

Four Wives
1939

Merrily We Live
1938

My Bill
1938

The Winning Ticket
1935

The Wedding March
1928

This Woman Is Mine
1941

The Declaration of Independence
1938

Secret Service of the Air
1939

Naughty But Nice
1939

My Official Wife
1926

Only Yesterday
1933

Fight for Your Lady
1937

Sworn Enemy
1936

Dangerously They Live
1941

Maid of Salem
1937

Doughboys
1930

The Preview Murder Mystery
1936

The Girl Downstairs
1938

Subway Express
1931

Monte Carlo
1930

Women in the Wind
1939

No Time for Comedy
1940

He Was Her Man
1934

The Avenger
1931

While the City Sleeps
1928

Outcast Lady
1934

Massacre
1934

The Merry Widow
1926

The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937

Comet Over Broadway
1938

Broadway Bill
1934

The Dawn Patrol
1938

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931

Mills of the Gods
1934

Forsaking All Others
1934

Smashing the Money Ring
1939

Queen Kelly
1929

Indianapolis Speedway
1939

Magnificent Obsession
1935

The Body Disappears
1941

Isle of Fury
1936

Many Happy Returns
1934

Criminal Lawyer
1937

The Rage of Paris
1938

The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936

Broken Dreams
1933

Devil's Island
1939

Speak Easily
1932

A Very Honorable Guy
1934

Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940

Follow Thru
1930

Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936

Little Orphan Annie
1932

The Dictator
1922

What Every Woman Knows
1934

The Little Giant
1933

Midnight Madness
1928

The Vanishing Shadow
1934

The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934

Wild Company
1930

Invisible Enemy
1938

The Matinee Idol
1928

Tangled Destinies
1932

Thundering Tenors
1931

Passion Fruit
1921

The Intruder
1933

Second Childhood
1936

Manslaughter
1922

Saturday's Millions
1933

A Child is Born
1939

Her Market Value
1925

The Poor Rich
1934

The Honeymoon
1929

We Are Not Alone
1939

The Outside Woman
1921

Sporting Blood
1931

Call It a Day
1937

The Second Floor Mystery
1930

Bullets for O'Hara
1941

Playboy of Paris
1930

Along Came Youth
1930

Home, James
1928

The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937

Sioux Blood
1929

Love Is a Headache
1938

Being Respectable
1924

On Trial
1939

Sutter's Gold
1936

The Wrong Road
1937

Nobody's Bride
1923

She Had to Eat
1937

Shanghaied Love
1931

The Bill of Rights
1939

Hard to Get
1938

Trouble for Two
1936

A Night at the Movies
1937

The Bishop Murder Case
1929

The Flirting Widow
1930

Ten Cents a Dance
1931

The Casino Murder Case
1935

Merry-Go-Round
1923

So This Is Marriage?
1924

Reducing
1931

The Great Mr. Nobody
1941

The Washington Masquerade
1932

I'll Fix It
1934

The Airmail Mystery
1932

Morals
1921

The Phantom of Paris
1931

What! No Beer?
1933

Her Night of Romance
1924

The Monster Walks
1932

Murder at Glen Athol
1936

Why Men Leave Home
1924

The 13th Juror
1927

Back Page
1933

Sweepstakes Winner
1939

Breakfast for Two
1937

Let 'em Have It
1935

A Slave of Fashion
1925

The March Hare
1921

Sinner Take All
1936

Rhythm in the Clouds
1937

A Dangerous Affair
1931

The Phantom of the Air
1933

His Captive Woman
1929

My Best Girl
1927

My Own United States
1918
Caprice of the Mountains
1916

Man-Made Women
1928

The Haunted House
1928

Children of Pleasure
1930

A Huntress of Men
1916

Ruggles of Red Gap
1923

The Wild Party
1923

The Ragged Princess
1916

Free Love
1930

Win That Girl
1928

The Deemster
1917

One Rainy Afternoon
1936

Leap Year
1924

You Never Know Women
1926

Everybody's Hobby
1939
Omens and Oracles
1913

The Social Buccaneer
1923

Temptation and the Man
1916

Robin Hood
1913

The Mystery Club
1926
Oh Darling!
1930

The 9th Guest
1934

By Divine Right
1924

The Woman on Trial
1927

A Man's World
1918
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
1926

Is Matrimony a Failure?
1922

Three Smart Boys
1937

The Invisible Ray
1920

Zudora
1914

The Woman Who Dared
1933
Painting the Town
1927

The Littlest Diplomat
1937

The Devil's Circus
1926

A Man Four-Square
1926

Anybody's Woman
1930

The Lion and the Lamb
1931

Little Miss Happiness
1916

The Million Dollar Mystery
1914
One Wonderful Night
1922

Elusive Isabel
1916

Crime and Punishment
1917

Birds of Prey
1927

Food for Scandal
1920
Changing of the Guard
1936
The Strategy of Ann
1911

Crazy to Marry
1921

The Man Inside
1916
God's Witness
1915

The House of Mirth
1918

The Long Trail
1917

The Path of Happiness
1916

Uncle's Namesakes
1913

An Amateur Devil
1920