Sidney Bracey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1877-12-17
Day of Death
1942-08-05 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sidney Bracey
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
Acting
(1944)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Wigged Courtier (uncredited)
(1941)
The Body Disappears
as Barrett
(1941)
Dangerously They Live
as Sidewalk Onlooker (uncredited)
(1941)
Bullets for O'Hara
as Lamson
(1941)
This Woman Is Mine
as Clerk
(1941)
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Beggar
(1940)
Brother Orchid
as Steward Bringing Briefcase (uncredited)
(1940)
No Time for Comedy
as Waiter at Wyler's Party (uncredited)
(1940)
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Limey
(1940)
My Love Came Back
as Butler
(1939)
The Little Princess
as Pedestrian Discussing the War
(1939)
Dark Victory
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1939)
Fast and Furious
as Night Clerk (uncredited)
(1939)
King of the Underworld
as Bert - the Farmer (uncredited)
(1939)
Everybody's Hobby
as Mr. Ferris
(1939)
The Old Maid
as Charles the Butler (uncredited)
(1939)
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Tourist on Boat (uncredited)
(1939)
Invisible Stripes
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Nick's First Customer (uncredited)
(1939)
Espionage Agent
as Ship Steward
(1939)
Naughty But Nice
as Professor Listening to Radio (uncredited)
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as Minister of Colonial Affairs
(1939)
Indianapolis Speedway
as Spectator
(1939)
Devil's Island
as Soupy
(1939)
Secret Service of the Air
as John 'Joe' Vicary
(1939)
Four Wives
as Extra at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
(1939)
We Are Not Alone
as Ben, the Lamplighter
(1939)
Smashing the Money Ring
as Pop Dryden
(1939)
Sweepstakes Winner
as Mr. Simpkins (as Sidney Bracy)
(1939)
Women in the Wind
as Race Official / Spectator (uncredited)
(1939)
On Trial
as Joe Burke
(1939)
The Bill of Rights
as Colonist
(1939)
A Child Is Born
as Third Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
(1939)
Torchy Runs for Mayor
as Dolan's Butler (uncredited)
(1938)
The Dawn Patrol
as Major Brand's Orderly
(1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Police Chemist (uncredited)
(1938)
Merrily We Live
as 2nd Butler
(1938)
Hard to Get
as Carl - Richards' Butler (uncredited)
(1938)
Invisible Enemy
as Kamarov's Butler
(1938)
The Rage of Paris
as Opera House Usher (uncredited)
(1938)
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Squad Car Driver (uncredited)
(1938)
My Bill
as Jenner
(1938)
The Baroness and the Butler
as Member of Parliament
(1938)
The Girl Downstairs
as Second Butler (uncredited)
(1938)
Comet Over Broadway
as English Porter (uncredited)
(1938)
Love Is a Headache
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1938)
The Declaration of Independence
as Congress Clerk (uncredited)
(1937)
A Star Is Born
as Burke's Butler (uncredited)
(1937)
Shall We Dance
as First Steward (uncredited)
(1937)
Easy Living
as Hornsby - Mary's Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1937)
Breakfast for Two
as Clarence - Blair's Butler (uncredited)
(1937)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Maria's Footman (uncredited)
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
as Steward
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Townsman (Uncredited)
(1937)
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
(1937)
The Wrong Road
as Waiter (Uncredited)
(1937)
The Firefly
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1937)
Rhythm in the Clouds
as Butler
(1937)
Criminal Lawyer
as Wilson - Walker's Butler (uncredited)
(1937)
Call It a Day
as Flower Shop Owner (uncredited)
(1937)
She Had to Eat
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1937)
The Littlest Diplomat
as Adjutant Potter
(1937)
Three Smart Boys
as O.T. Hertz, the veterinary doctor
(1937)
Fight for Your Lady
as Densmore's Servant (uncredited)
(1936)
One Rainy Afternoon
as George, Butler (Uncredited)
(1936)
San Francisco
as Burley's Butler Allen (uncredited)
(1936)
Murder at Glen Athol
as Jenkins - Butler (uncredited)
(1936)
Sinner Take All
as Lampier's Butler (uncredited)
(1936)
Sworn Enemy
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1936)
Sutter's Gold
as Smythe - Sutter's Accountant
(1936)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Waiter on ship
(1936)
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Du Beck's Valet (Uncredited)
(1936)
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
(1936)
Trouble for Two
as Noel's Henchman (Uncredited)
(1936)
Isle of Fury
as Sam
(1936)
Second Childhood
as Hobson
(1936)
Changing of the Guard
as Grayson, the Butler
(1935)
Les Misérables
as Mayor's Clerk
(1935)
(1935)
Rendezvous
as Jackson's Assistant (uncredited)
(1935)
Magnificent Obsession
as Butler
(1935)
Let 'em Have It
as Butler at Spencer Home
(1935)
The Winning Ticket
as Bank Employee
(1934)
Broadway Bill
as Higgins' 2nd Butler (uncredited)
(1934)
Many Happy Returns
as Movie Butler (uncredited)
(1934)
Massacre
as Norma's Butler (uncredited)
(1934)
Our Daily Bread
as Rent Collector
(1934)
The Poor Rich
as Arbuthnot
(1934)
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1934)
I'll Fix It
as Reporter
(1934)
The Vanishing Shadow
as Denny
(1934)
What Every Woman Knows
as Constituent Shouting 'Three Cheers' (uncredited)
(1934)
Forsaking All Others
as Paula's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
(1934)
Mills of the Gods
as Chauffeur
(1934)
The 9th Guest
as Hawkins
(1934)
He Was Her Man
as Waiter
(1934)
Laughing Boy
as White Father
(1934)
A Very Honorable Guy
as Waiter
(1934)
Outcast Lady
as Napier's Butler
(1933)
Duck Soup
as Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)
(1933)
The Intruder
as Carlo - Valet
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Second Butler (Uncredited)
(1933)
Broken Dreams
as Hopkins
(1933)
Back Page
as Edgar Ashe
(1933)
Corruption
as Dr. Robbins
(1933)
What! No Beer?
as Dr. Smith (uncredited)
(1933)
Saturday's Millions
as Butler
(1933)
The Little Giant
as Butler
(1933)
The Phantom of the Air
as James Munson
(1932)
Freaks
as Hans' Butler (uncredited)
(1932)
Speak Easily
as Jenkins
(1932)
Red-Headed Woman
as Man Wanting to Use Phone Booth (uncredited)
(1932)
Letty Lynton
as Waiter (Uncredited)
(1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as The Waiter
(1932)
The Monster Walks
as Herbert Wilkes
(1932)
Queen Kelly
as Prince Wolfram's Lackey
(1932)
The Airmail Mystery
as Driscoll
(1932)
The Washington Masquerade
as Benedict
(1932)
Tangled Destinies
as McGinnis, posing as Professor Marmont
(1932)
Little Orphan Annie
as Butler (as Sidney Bracy)
(1931)
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
as Butler
(1931)
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Albert (uncredited)
(1931)
Ten Cents a Dance
as Wilson, Carlton's Butler
(1931)
Sporting Blood
as The Tout (uncredited)
(1931)
Inspiration
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1931)
A Dangerous Affair
as Plunkett
(1931)
The Phantom of Paris
as Volunteer from Audience (uncredited)
(1931)
Shanghaied Love
as The Rat
(1931)
The Avenger
as Windy
(1931)
Reducing
as Beasley's Butler
(1931)
Subway Express
as Herman Stevens
(1931)
Thundering Tenors
as The Butler
(1930)
Follow Thru
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1930)
Along Came Youth
as Bit Role (uncredited)
(1930)
Monte Carlo
as Hunchback at Casino (uncredited)
(1930)
The Second Floor Mystery
as Alfred
(1930)
Redemption
as Waiter
(1930)
Children of Pleasure
as Miles the Butler (uncredited)
(1930)
Free Love
as Butler
(1930)
Doughboys
as Recruiter (uncredited)
(1930)
Anybody's Woman
as Butler
(1930)
Wild Company
as Waiter
(1930)
(1930)
Playboy of Paris
as Irate Customer (uncredited)
(1930)
The Flirting Widow
as The Second Butler (uncredited)
(1929)
(1929)
The Honeymoon
as Navratil
(1929)
The Bishop Murder Case
as Pyne (as Sydney Bracey)
(1929)
Sioux Blood
as Cheyenne Jones
(1928)
The Cameraman
as Editor
(1928)
The Crowd
as John's Supervisor (uncredited)
(1928)
Show People
as Dramatic Director
(1928)
While the City Sleeps
as Short Order Cook
(1928)
The Matinee Idol
as Don's Valet (uncredited)
(1928)
The Wedding March
as Navratil
(1928)
The Haunted House
as Tully
(1928)
Midnight Madness
as Bream's Valet
(1928)
Win That Girl
as Larry Brawn I
(1928)
Man-Made Women
as Owens
(1928)
Home, James
as Haskins (the butler)
(1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
(1927)
My Best Girl
as Butler Serving Dinner (uncredited)
(1927)
Birds of Prey
as Gaston
(1927)
The 13th Juror
as The Butler
(1927)
The Woman on Trial
as Brideaux
(1927)
Painting the Town
as Secretary
(1926)
The Blackbird
as Bertie's No. 1 Man
(1926)
You Never Know Women
as Manager
(1926)
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
as The Butler
(1926)
The Merry Widow
as Danilo's Footman (uncredited)
(1926)
A Man Four-Square
as Homer Webb
(1926)
My Official Wife
as Valet to Sascha
(1925)
A Slave of Fashion
as Hobson (as Sidney Bracy)
(1925)
Her Market Value
as Banks
(1924)
Being Respectable
as Philip Deaby
(1924)
So This Is Marriage?
as Hawkins
(1924)
Why Men Leave Home
as Sam Neilson
(1924)
Leap Year
as Loris Keene's Press Agent (uncredited)
(1924)
By Divine Right
as The Hireling
(1924)
Her Night of Romance
as Butler
(1923)
Merry-Go-Round
as Gisella's Groom
(1923)
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Sam Henshaw
(1922)
Manslaughter
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
(1922)
The Dictator
as Henry Bolton
(1921)
Morals
as Stinson
(1921)
Crazy to Marry
as Col. Landis
(1921)
The March Hare
as Meadows
(1921)
Passion Fruit
as The Ancient
(1921)
The Outside Woman
as Mr. Cambridge
(1920)
The Invisible Ray
as Jean Deaux
(1920)
Food for Scandal
as Padre
(1918)
The House of Mirth
as Percy Gryce
(1918)
A Man's World
as Emile Grimeaux
(1918)
My Own United States
as Capt. Rene Gautier
(1917)
Crime and Punishment
as Andreas Valeskoff
(1917)
The Long Trail
as Paul Graham
(1916)
The Man Inside
as Winthrop
(1916)
The Path of Happiness
as Grekko
(1916)
Elusive Isabel
as Luiigi
(1916)
The Ragged Princess
as Toby Rice
(1916)
A Huntress of Men
as Ned Ashley
(1916)
(1916)
(1916)
Little Miss Happiness
as Jim Butterfield
(1915)
God's Witness
as Leo Darcy
(1914)
The Million Dollar Mystery
as Jones - Hargreave's Butler / Stanley Hargreave
(1914)
Zudora
as Tom Hunt
(1913)
Robin Hood
as The Baron
(1913)
Uncle's Namesakes
as Uncle John
(1913)
(1911)