Sidney Bracey
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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.
Cast
Easy Living
Hornsby - Mary's Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Invisible Ray
Jean Deaux
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Waiter on ship
Subway Express
Herman Stevens
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Police Chemist (uncredited)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
The Waiter
Queen Kelly
Prince Wolfram's Lackey (uncredited)
Crazy to Marry
Col. Landis
The House of Mirth
Percy Gryce
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Butler
Being Respectable
Philip Deaby
The Dawn Patrol
Major Brand's Orderly
Sioux Blood
Cheyenne Jones
A Man Four-Square
Homer Webb
Three Smart Boys
O.T. Hertz, the veterinary doctor
Broadway Bill
Higgins' 2nd Butler (uncredited)
Rendezvous
Jackson's Assistant (uncredited)
Inspiration
Waiter (uncredited)
Manslaughter
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Wigged Courtier (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
Wilson - Walker's Butler (uncredited)
The Firefly
Secretary (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Maria's Footman (uncredited)
Ruggles of Red Gap
Sam Henshaw
The Vanishing Shadow
Denny
Win That Girl
Larry Brawn I
Fight for Your Lady
Densmore's Servant (uncredited)
Rhythm in the Clouds
Butler
The Second Floor Mystery
Alfred
One Rainy Afternoon
George, Butler (Uncredited)
The Wedding March
Navratil
The Girl Downstairs
Second Butler (uncredited)
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Limey
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
The Butler
The Strategy of Ann
Unknown
Merrily We Live
2nd Butler
By Divine Right
The Hireling
Let 'em Have It
Butler at Spencer Home
The Baroness and the Butler
Member of Parliament
Breakfast for Two
Clarence - Blair's Butler (uncredited)
The Ragged Princess
Toby Rice
Magnificent Obsession
Butler
Midnight Madness
Bream's Valet
Follow Thru
Doctor (uncredited)
The Bishop Murder Case
Pyne (as Sydney Bracey)
The Intruder
Carlo - Valet
Leap Year
Loris Keene's Press Agent (uncredited)
Sweepstakes Winner
Mr. Simpkins (as Sidney Bracy)
Her Night of Romance
Butler
Love Is a Headache
Waiter (uncredited)
The Flirting Widow
The Second Butler (uncredited)
While the City Sleeps
Short Order Cook
A Very Honorable Guy
Waiter
Sutter's Gold
Smythe - Sutter's Accountant
Naughty But Nice
Professor Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Secret Service of the Air
John 'Joe' Vicary
What! No Beer?
Dr. Smith (uncredited)
Smashing the Money Ring
Pop Dryden
Sworn Enemy
Waiter (uncredited)
The Airmail Mystery
Driscoll
Call It a Day
Flower Shop Owner (uncredited)
King of the Underworld
Bert - the Farmer (uncredited)
Playboy of Paris
Irate Customer (uncredited)
The Little Princess
Pedestrian Discussing the War
Women in the Wind
Race Official / Spectator (uncredited)
Dark Victory
Bartender (uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets
Minister of Colonial Affairs
A Child Is Born
Third Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
We Are Not Alone
Ben, the Lamplighter
Indianapolis Speedway
Spectator
The Old Maid
Charles the Butler (uncredited)
A Night at the Movies
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Four Wives
Extra at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Murder at Glen Athol
Jenkins - Butler (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
Nick's First Customer (uncredited)
Espionage Agent
Ship Steward
Fast and Furious
Night Clerk (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
Squad Car Driver (uncredited)
The Preview Murder Mystery
Du Beck's Valet (Uncredited)
The Winning Ticket
Bank Employee
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
Ten Cents a Dance
Wilson, Carlton's Butler
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Dolan's Butler (uncredited)
Duck Soup
Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
Steward Bringing Briefcase (uncredited)
The Body Disappears
Barrett
A Dangerous Affair
Plunkett
The Woman on Trial
Brideaux
The Blackbird
Bertie's No. 1 Man
Show People
Dramatic Director
The Matinee Idol
Don's Valet (uncredited)
Invisible Enemy
Kamarov's Butler
No Time for Comedy
Waiter at Wyler's Party (uncredited)
The Outside Woman
Mr. Cambridge
Massacre
Norma's Butler (uncredited)
Sporting Blood
The Tout (uncredited)
Tangled Destinies
McGinnis, posing as Professor Marmont
Shall We Dance
First Steward (uncredited)
Our Daily Bread
Rent Collector
Outcast Lady
Napier's Butler
Sinner Take All
Lampier's Butler (uncredited)
Changing of the Guard
Grayson, the Butler
Painting the Town
Secretary
Thundering Tenors
The Butler
The Monster Walks
Herbert Wilkes
The Phantom of the Air
James Munson
My Best Girl
Butler Serving Dinner (uncredited)
Dangerously They Live
Sidewalk Onlooker (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Burke's Butler (uncredited)
The Washington Masquerade
Benedict
Uncle's Namesakes
Uncle John
The Crowd
John's Supervisor (uncredited)
Merry-Go-Round
Gisella's Groom
Little Orphan Annie
Butler (as Sidney Bracy)
Why Men Leave Home
Sam Neilson
Children of Pleasure
Miles the Butler (uncredited)
A Slave of Fashion
Hobson (as Sidney Bracy)
Saturday's Millions
Butler
The Merry Widow
Danilo's Footman (uncredited)
The Phantom of Paris
Volunteer from Audience (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody
Beggar
Home, James
Haskins (the butler)
The Littlest Diplomat
Adjutant Potter
My Official Wife
Valet to Sascha
The Bill of Rights
Colonist
Red-Headed Woman
Man Wanting to Use Phone Booth (uncredited)
The Declaration of Independence
Congress Clerk (uncredited)
What Every Woman Knows
Constituent Shouting 'Three Cheers' (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
Opera House Usher (uncredited)
A Huntress of Men
Ned Ashley
Hard to Get
Carl - Richards' Butler (uncredited)
Along Came Youth
Bit Role (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
Second Butler (Uncredited)
Letty Lynton
Waiter (Uncredited)
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Doughboys
Recruiter (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
Waiter (Uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Steward
Anna Karenina
Vronsky's Valet
She Had to Eat
Waiter (uncredited)
You Never Know Women
Manager
Freaks
Hans' Butler (uncredited)
Everybody's Hobby
Mr. Ferris
The Million Dollar Mystery
Jones - Hargreave's Butler / Stanley Hargreave
Maid of Salem
Townsman (Uncredited)
Trouble for Two
Noel's Henchman (Uncredited)
Crime and Punishment
Andreas Valeskoff
Forsaking All Others
Paula's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Bank Guard (uncredited)
San Francisco
Burley's Butler Allen (uncredited)
Many Happy Returns
Movie Butler (uncredited)
Temptation and the Man
Jim Crosby
So This Is Marriage?
Hawkins
Comet Over Broadway
English Porter (uncredited)
The Path of Happiness
Grekko
Les Misérables
Mayor's Clerk
The Long Trail
Paul Graham
My Own United States
Capt. Rene Gautier
Mills of the Gods
Chauffeur
Little Miss Happiness
Jim Butterfield
Caprice of the Mountains
Unknown
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Waiter (uncredited)
Dance, Fools, Dance
Albert (uncredited)
A Man's World
Emile Grimeaux
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Tourist on Boat (uncredited)
Monte Carlo
Hunchback at Casino (uncredited)
The Devil's Circus
Unknown
The Casino Murder Case
Waiter (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Bank President
The Wild Party
Jasper Johnston
The Mystery Club
Detective
The Lion and the Lamb
Stanton
