
Sidney Bracey
Born: 1877-12-17
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography
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.
Known For

Arsène Lupin Returns

A Man Four-Square

Freaks

Fight for Your Lady

Comet Over Broadway

The Monster Walks

The Dictator

The Haunted House

Rendezvous

Easy Living

Sioux Blood

Brother Orchid

Criminal Lawyer

Free Love

Sporting Blood

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Les Misérables

Monte Carlo

She Had to Eat

The Cameraman

Duck Soup

The Crowd

The Invisible Ray

The Honeymoon

The Intruder

Show People

Corruption

The Blackbird

Shanghaied Love

Leap Year

Anna Karenina

The Path of Happiness

The Flirting Widow

The Second Floor Mystery

Follow Thru

Manslaughter

Doughboys

Queen Kelly

Zudora

Redemption

The Little Princess

Reducing

Only Yesterday

Broken Dreams

Magnificent Obsession

Shall We Dance

The Airmail Mystery

My Best Girl

The Body Disappears

Invisible Stripes

Wild Company

Home, James

Subway Express

Inspiration

The 9th Guest

Breakfast for Two

Trouble for Two

A Huntress of Men

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

The Outside Woman

Outcast Lady

Speak Easily

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

The Merry Widow

Being Respectable

The Baroness and the Butler

Isle of Fury

The Littlest Diplomat

The Man Inside

Massacre

Merrily We Live

This Woman Is Mine

Dust Be My Destiny

Indianapolis Speedway

Her Night of Romance

Is Matrimony a Failure?

What! No Beer?

Crime and Punishment

Love Is a Headache

A Star Is Born

Naughty But Nice

Three Smart Boys

Mills of the Gods

Everybody's Hobby

The Washington Masquerade

Our Daily Bread

Passion Fruit

The Great Mr. Nobody

The 13th Juror

Anybody's Woman

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

So This Is Marriage?

San Francisco

The Emperor's Candlesticks

My Official Wife

The Declaration of Independence

Red-Headed Woman

The Old Maid

Win That Girl

Devil's Island

The Wedding March

Dark Victory

Four Wives

Merry-Go-Round

Fast and Furious

Forsaking All Others

Ten Cents a Dance

The Dawn Patrol

Dangerously They Live

By Divine Right

The House of Mirth

A Dangerous Affair

Women in the Wind

A Very Honorable Guy

King of the Underworld

The Girl Downstairs

Espionage Agent

Birds of Prey

You Never Know Women

Children of Pleasure

Call It a Day

Along Came Youth

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

I'll Fix It

The Matinee Idol

No Time for Comedy

Morals

Uncle's Namesakes

Her Market Value

He Was Her Man

The Vanishing Shadow

Crazy to Marry

A Slave of Fashion

Broadway Bill

The Woman on Trial

Sutter's Gold

Invisible Enemy

The Sun Never Sets

The Firefly

The Bill of Rights

One Rainy Afternoon

Maid of Salem

Secret Service of the Air

My Bill

The Ragged Princess

Little Miss Happiness

The Devil's Circus

While the City Sleeps

Let 'em Have It

We Are Not Alone

On Trial

Elusive Isabel

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

My Love Came Back

The Phantom of the Air

Smashing the Money Ring

What Every Woman Knows

Dance, Fools, Dance

The Voice of Bugle Ann

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Tangled Destinies

The Bishop Murder Case

The Poor Rich

The Notorious Sophie Lang

Robin Hood

The Winning Ticket

Sworn Enemy

Hard to Get

Sweepstakes Winner

The Phantom of Paris

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

Many Happy Returns

Back Page

The Rage of Paris

The Preview Murder Mystery

The Million Dollar Mystery

The Deemster

A Child Is Born

Second Childhood

Nobody's Bride

Temptation and the Man

Rhythm in the Clouds

The Wrong Road

Man-Made Women

The Avenger

Ruggles of Red Gap

Little Orphan Annie

Laughing Boy

Sinner Take All

The Casino Murder Case

Thundering Tenors

The Little Giant

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

Letty Lynton

Why Men Leave Home

The March Hare

My Own United States

Midnight Madness

His Captive Woman

A Night at the Movies

Torchy Runs for Mayor

Saturday's Millions

The Mystery Club

An Amateur Devil

Food for Scandal

Playboy of Paris

A Man's World

The Wild Party

Murder at Glen Athol

Bullets for O'Hara

The Lion and the Lamb
