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