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