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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
all 215
Movies 215
Director 1
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
Dangerously They Live (1941)
No Time for Comedy (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)
Sons of Liberty (1939)
Sweepstakes Winner (1939)
Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
Dark Victory (1939)
Women in the Wind (1939)
On Trial (1939)
The Little Princess (1939)
Secret Service of the Air (1939)
King of the Underworld (1939)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
The Girl Downstairs (1938)
Comet Over Broadway (1938)
The Declaration of Independence (1938)
Hard to Get (1938)
Campus Cinderella (1938)
Mr. Chump (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)
A Night at the Movies (1937)
Fight for Your Lady (1937)
The Firefly (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)
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)
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)
Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
Rendezvous (1935)
Let 'em Have It (1935)
Les Misérables (1935)
The Winning Ticket (1935)
Forsaking All Others (1934)
Broadway Bill (1934)
What Every Woman Knows (1934)
Our Daily Bread (1934)
Outcast Lady (1934)
Many Happy Returns (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)
Corruption (1933)
The Phantom of the Air (1933)
The Intruder (1933)
What! No Beer? (1933)
Air Hostess (1933)
Queen Kelly (1932)
Tangled Destinies (1932)
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
Letty Lynton (1932)
The Airmail Mystery (1932)
The Monster Walks (1932)
Freaks (1932)
A Dangerous Affair (1931)
Shanghaied Love (1931)
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
Sporting Blood (1931)
Subway Express (1931)
Thundering Tenors (1931)
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
Inspiration (1931)
Ten Cents a Dance (1931)
Reducing (1931)
Along Came Youth (1930)
Free Love (1930)
Playboy of Paris (1930)
Follow Thru (1930)
Outside the Law (1930)
Doughboys (1930)
The Unholy Three (1930)
Wild Company (1930)
The Flirting Widow (1930)
Children of Pleasure (1930)
Redemption (1930)
The Honeymoon (1929)
The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
Sioux Blood (1929)
Show People (1928)
The Wedding March (1928)
Home, James (1928)
Win That Girl (1928)
The Cossacks (1928)
Midnight Madness (1928)
The Matinee Idol (1928)
The Crowd (1928)
While the City Sleeps (1928)
Her Wild Oat (1927)
The 13th Juror (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
My Best Girl (1927)
The Woman on Trial (1927)
Painting the Town (1927)
My Official Wife (1926)
The Merry Widow (1926)
A Man Four-Square (1926)
The Blackbird (1926)
A Bankrupt Honeymoon (1926)
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)
Manslaughter (1922)
The Dictator (1922)
Morals (1921)
Crazy to Marry (1921)
The March Hare (1921)
The Outside Woman (1921)
Passion Fruit (1921)
The Invisible Ray (1920)
The House of Mirth (1918)
My Own United States (1918)
The Long Trail (1917)
Crime and Punishment (1917)
The Ragged Princess (1916)
Sporting Blood (1916)
Temptation and the Man (1916)
A Huntress of Men (1916)
The Man Inside (1916)
Zudora (1914)
The Million Dollar Mystery (1914)
Uncle's Namesakes (1913)
Robin Hood (1913)
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GenderMale
Birthday1877-12-18
Deathday1942-08-05 (64 years old)
Birth NameSidney Bracy
Birth PlaceMelbourne, Australia
Height
FatherHenry Bracy
MotherClara T. Bracy
CitizenshipsAustralia, United States
Also Known AsSydney Bracey , Sidney Bracy , Sid Bracy, Sydney Bracy, Sidney Alfred Dunn
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