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

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

211

Gender

Male

Birthday

1877-12-17

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Also Known As

Sydney Bracey