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.
The Ancient
Passion Fruit
Editor
The Cameraman
Hornsby - Mary's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Easy Living
Jean Deaux
The Invisible Ray
Butler
Free Love
Stinson
Morals
Waiter on ship
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Herman Stevens
Subway Express
Police Chemist (uncredited)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Waiter
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Prince Wolfram's Lackey
Queen Kelly
Col. Landis
Crazy to Marry
Percy Gryce
The House of Mirth
Butler
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Philip Deaby
Being Respectable
Major Brand's Orderly
The Dawn Patrol
Cheyenne Jones
Sioux Blood
Homer Webb
A Man Four-Square
O.T. Hertz, the veterinary doctor
Three Smart Boys
Higgins' 2nd Butler (uncredited)
Broadway Bill
Tully
The Haunted House
Jackson's Assistant (uncredited)
Rendezvous
Waiter (uncredited)
Inspiration
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Manslaughter
Wigged Courtier (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Wilson - Walker's Butler (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
Secretary (uncredited)
The Firefly
Maria's Footman (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Sam Henshaw
Ruggles of Red Gap
Denny
The Vanishing Shadow
Larry Brawn I
Win That Girl
Densmore's Servant (uncredited)
Fight for Your Lady
Butler
Rhythm in the Clouds
Alfred
The Second Floor Mystery
George, Butler (Uncredited)
One Rainy Afternoon
Waiter
He Was Her Man
Arbuthnot
The Poor Rich
Navratil
The Wedding March
Second Butler (uncredited)
The Girl Downstairs
Hawkins
The 9th Guest
Edgar Ashe
Back Page
Limey
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
The Butler
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
Butler
My Love Came Back
Hopkins
Broken Dreams
The Strategy of Ann
Oh Darling!
2nd Butler
Merrily We Live
The Hireling
By Divine Right
Butler at Spencer Home
Let 'em Have It
Member of Parliament
The Baroness and the Butler
Clarence - Blair's Butler (uncredited)
Breakfast for Two
Beasley's Butler
Reducing
Toby Rice
The Ragged Princess
Butler
Magnificent Obsession
His Captive Woman
Bream's Valet
Midnight Madness
Windy
The Avenger
Doctor (uncredited)
Follow Thru
Pyne (as Sydney Bracey)
The Bishop Murder Case
Carlo - Valet
The Intruder
Loris Keene's Press Agent (uncredited)
Leap Year
Waiter
Wild Company
Mr. Simpkins (as Sidney Bracy)
Sweepstakes Winner
Butler
Her Night of Romance
Sam
Isle of Fury
Waiter (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
The Second Butler (uncredited)
The Flirting Widow
Short Order Cook
While the City Sleeps
Waiter
A Very Honorable Guy
Smythe - Sutter's Accountant
Sutter's Gold
Jenner
My Bill
Professor Listening to Radio (uncredited)
Naughty But Nice
John 'Joe' Vicary
Secret Service of the Air
Dr. Smith (uncredited)
What! No Beer?
Pop Dryden
Smashing the Money Ring
Waiter (uncredited)
Sworn Enemy
Driscoll
The Airmail Mystery
Flower Shop Owner (uncredited)
Call It a Day
Waiter
Redemption
Soupy
Devil's Island
Bert - the Farmer (uncredited)
King of the Underworld
Irate Customer (uncredited)
Playboy of Paris
Pedestrian Discussing the War
The Little Princess
Race Official / Spectator (uncredited)
Women in the Wind
Bartender (uncredited)
Dark Victory
Minister of Colonial Affairs
The Sun Never Sets
Third Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
A Child Is Born
Ben, the Lamplighter
We Are Not Alone
Spectator
Indianapolis Speedway
Charles the Butler (uncredited)
The Old Maid
Movie Patron (uncredited)
A Night at the Movies
White Father
Laughing Boy
Extra at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Four Wives
Jenkins - Butler (uncredited)
Murder at Glen Athol
Nick's First Customer (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
Ship Steward
Espionage Agent
Night Clerk (uncredited)
Fast and Furious
Squad Car Driver (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
Du Beck's Valet (Uncredited)
The Preview Murder Mystery
Bank Employee
The Winning Ticket
Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Wilson, Carlton's Butler
Ten Cents a Dance
Dolan's Butler (uncredited)
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)
Duck Soup
Steward Bringing Briefcase (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
Barrett
The Body Disappears
Plunkett
A Dangerous Affair
Brideaux
The Woman on Trial
Bertie's No. 1 Man
The Blackbird
Dramatic Director
Show People
The Rat
Shanghaied Love
Don's Valet (uncredited)
The Matinee Idol
Gaston
Birds of Prey
Kamarov's Butler
Invisible Enemy
Waiter at Wyler's Party (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
Navratil
The Honeymoon
Meadows
The March Hare
Mr. Cambridge
The Outside Woman
Butler
Anybody's Woman
Norma's Butler (uncredited)
Massacre
The Tout (uncredited)
Sporting Blood
McGinnis, posing as Professor Marmont
Tangled Destinies
Dr. Robbins
Corruption
First Steward (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
Rent Collector
Our Daily Bread
Napier's Butler
Outcast Lady
Lampier's Butler (uncredited)
Sinner Take All
Grayson, the Butler
Changing of the Guard
Secretary
Painting the Town
Clerk
This Woman Is Mine
The Butler
Thundering Tenors
Herbert Wilkes
The Monster Walks
James Munson
The Phantom of the Air
Butler Serving Dinner (uncredited)
My Best Girl
Sidewalk Onlooker (uncredited)
Dangerously They Live
Burke's Butler (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Benedict
The Washington Masquerade
Tom Hunt
Zudora
Uncle John
Uncle's Namesakes
John's Supervisor (uncredited)
The Crowd
Gisella's Groom
Merry-Go-Round
Butler (as Sidney Bracy)
Little Orphan Annie
Sam Neilson
Why Men Leave Home
Miles the Butler (uncredited)
Children of Pleasure
Hobson (as Sidney Bracy)
A Slave of Fashion
Butler
Saturday's Millions
Danilo's Footman (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
Volunteer from Audience (uncredited)
The Phantom of Paris
Beggar
The Great Mr. Nobody
Butler
The Little Giant
Banks
Her Market Value
Haskins (the butler)
Home, James
Joe Burke
On Trial
Adjutant Potter
The Littlest Diplomat
Valet to Sascha
My Official Wife
Luiigi
Elusive Isabel
Colonist
The Bill of Rights
Man Wanting to Use Phone Booth (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman
Congress Clerk (uncredited)
The Declaration of Independence
Constituent Shouting 'Three Cheers' (uncredited)
What Every Woman Knows
Opera House Usher (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
Ned Ashley
A Huntress of Men
Carl - Richards' Butler (uncredited)
Hard to Get
Bit Role (uncredited)
Along Came Youth
Second Butler (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday
Waiter (Uncredited)
Letty Lynton
Court Clerk (uncredited)
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Recruiter (uncredited)
Doughboys
Waiter (Uncredited)
The Wrong Road
Steward
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Anna Karenina
Waiter (uncredited)
She Had to Eat
Manager
You Never Know Women
The Butler
The 13th Juror
Hans' Butler (uncredited)
Freaks
Lamson
Bullets for O'Hara
Mr. Ferris
Everybody's Hobby
Henry Bolton
The Dictator
Jones - Hargreave's Butler / Stanley Hargreave
The Million Dollar Mystery
Townsman (Uncredited)
Maid of Salem
Noel's Henchman (Uncredited)
Trouble for Two
Andreas Valeskoff
Crime and Punishment
Paula's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
Forsaking All Others
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Burley's Butler Allen (uncredited)
San Francisco
Movie Butler (uncredited)
Many Happy Returns
Temptation and the Man
Hawkins
So This Is Marriage?
Owens
Man-Made Women
English Porter (uncredited)
Comet Over Broadway
Grekko
The Path of Happiness
The Baron
Robin Hood
Hobson
Second Childhood
Mayor's Clerk
Les Misérables
Paul Graham
The Long Trail
Capt. Rene Gautier
My Own United States
Winthrop
The Man Inside
Chauffeur
Mills of the Gods
Reporter
I'll Fix It
Jim Butterfield
Little Miss Happiness
Caprice of the Mountains
Waiter (uncredited)
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Leo Darcy
God's Witness
Albert (uncredited)
Dance, Fools, Dance
Emile Grimeaux
A Man's World
Tourist on Boat (uncredited)
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Jenkins
Speak Easily
Omens and Oracles
Padre
Food for Scandal
Hunchback at Casino (uncredited)
Monte Carlo
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
211
Gender
Male
Birthday
1877-12-17
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also Known As
Sydney Bracey