Sidney Bracey
Acting
Born December 17, 1877 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Films (222)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
Dangerously They Live
1941
The Body Disappears
1941
This Woman Is Mine
1941
Bullets for O'Hara
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940
No Time for Comedy
1940
My Love Came Back
1940
Brother Orchid
1940
Invisible Stripes
1939
Four Wives
1939
A Child is Born
1939
We Are Not Alone
1939
Smashing the Money Ring
1939
Fast and Furious
1939
Espionage Agent
1939
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Everybody's Hobby
1939
The Bill of Rights
1939
The Old Maid
1939
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
Naughty But Nice
1939
The Sun Never Sets
1939
Sweepstakes Winner
1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
Dark Victory
1939
Women in the Wind
1939
On Trial
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
The Little Princess
1939
Secret Service of the Air
1939
King of the Underworld
1939
Devil's Island
1939
The Dawn Patrol
1938
The Girl Downstairs
1938
Comet Over Broadway
1938
The Declaration of Independence
1938
Hard to Get
1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
My Bill
1938
The Rage of Paris
1938
Invisible Enemy
1938
Merrily We Live
1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
The Baroness and the Butler
1938
Love Is a Headache
1938
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937
A Night at the Movies
1937
The Firefly
1937
Fight for Your Lady
1937
Breakfast for Two
1937
The Wrong Road
1937
The Littlest Diplomat
1937
Easy Living
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
She Had to Eat
1937
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937
Three Smart Boys
1937
Shall We Dance
1937
A Star Is Born
1937
Call It a Day
1937
Maid of Salem
1937
Criminal Lawyer
1937
Sinner Take All
1936
Isle of Fury
1936
Sworn Enemy
1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
San Francisco
1936
Changing of the Guard
1936
Trouble for Two
1936
One Rainy Afternoon
1936
Second Childhood
1936
Sutter's Gold
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
Murder at Glen Athol
1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
Magnificent Obsession
1935
Rendezvous
1935
Anna Karenina
1935
Let 'em Have It
1935
Les Misérables
1935
The Casino Murder Case
1935
The Winning Ticket
1935
Forsaking All Others
1934
Mills of the Gods
1934
Broadway Bill
1934
I'll Fix It
1934
What Every Woman Knows
1934
Our Daily Bread
1934
Outcast Lady
1934
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934
He Was Her Man
1934
Many Happy Returns
1934
The Vanishing Shadow
1934
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
Laughing Boy
1934
The Poor Rich
1934
The 9th Guest
1934
Massacre
1934
Duck Soup
1933
Back Page
1933
Only Yesterday
1933
Broken Dreams
1933
Saturday's Millions
1933
Corruption
1933
The Phantom of the Air
1933
The Little Giant
1933
The Intruder
1933
What! No Beer?
1933
Little Orphan Annie
1932
Tangled Destinies
1932
Speak Easily
1932
The Washington Masquerade
1932
Red-Headed Woman
1932
Letty Lynton
1932
The Airmail Mystery
1932
The Monster Walks
1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
Freaks
1932
A Dangerous Affair
1931
Shanghaied Love
1931
The Phantom of Paris
1931
Sporting Blood
1931
Subway Express
1931
The Avenger
1931
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931
Thundering Tenors
1931
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931
Inspiration
1931
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
Reducing
1931
The Lion and the Lamb
1931
Along Came Youth
1930
Free Love
1930
Playboy of Paris
1930
Follow Thru
1930
Doughboys
1930
Monte Carlo
1930
Anybody's Woman
1930
Wild Company
1930
The Flirting Widow
1930
The Second Floor Mystery
1930
Children of Pleasure
1930
Redemption
1930
Oh Darling!
1930
Queen Kelly
1929
The Bishop Murder Case
1929
The Honeymoon
1929
Sioux Blood
1929
His Captive Woman
1929
Show People
1928
The Haunted House
1928
The Wedding March
1928
Home, James
1928
Win That Girl
1928
The Cameraman
1928
Man-Made Women
1928
Midnight Madness
1928
The Matinee Idol
1928
The Crowd
1928
While the City Sleeps
1928
The 13th Juror
1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
My Best Girl
1927
The Woman on Trial
1927
Painting the Town
1927
Birds of Prey
1927
My Official Wife
1926
The Merry Widow
1926
You Never Know Women
1926
The Mystery Club
1926
A Man Four-Square
1926
The Devil's Circus
1926
The Blackbird
1926
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
1926
A Slave of Fashion
1925
Her Market Value
1925
So This Is Marriage?
1924
Her Night of Romance
1924
Being Respectable
1924
Why Men Leave Home
1924
By Divine Right
1924
Leap Year
1924
The Wild Party
1923
Ruggles of Red Gap
1923
Merry-Go-Round
1923
Nobody's Bride
1923
One Wonderful Night
1922
Manslaughter
1922
The Dictator
1922
Is Matrimony a Failure?
1922
Morals
1921
Crazy to Marry
1921
The March Hare
1921
The Outside Woman
1921
Passion Fruit
1921
An Amateur Devil
1920
Food for Scandal
1920
The Invisible Ray
1920
The House of Mirth
1918
A Man's World
1918
My Own United States
1918
The Long Trail
1917
The Deemster
1917
Crime and Punishment
1917
The Ragged Princess
1916
Little Miss Happiness
1916
Temptation and the Man
1916
Caprice of the Mountains
1916
Elusive Isabel
1916
A Huntress of Men
1916
The Path of Happiness
1916
The Man Inside
1916
God's Witness
1915
Zudora
1914
The Million Dollar Mystery
1914
Uncle's Namesakes
1913
Robin Hood
1913
Omens and Oracles
1913
The Strategy of Ann
1911