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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 c...
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.
Movies (Cast)
The Crowd
Freaks
San Francisco
Redemption
Broadway Bill
The Blackbird
Queen Kelly
Tangled Destinies
The Cameraman
Manslaughter
Anna Karenina
Reducing
Massacre
Indianapolis Speedway
Les Misérables
Broken Dreams
Four Wives
Rendezvous
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Brother Orchid
A Star Is Born
Magnificent Obsession
Inspiration
Invisible Enemy
My Bill
Criminal Lawyer
Invisible Stripes
Duck Soup
Corruption
The Little Princess
Back Page
Sporting Blood
Speak Easily
Espionage Agent
Follow Thru
Outcast Lady
Shall We Dance
Red-Headed Woman
Monte Carlo
Breakfast for Two
Easy Living
Doughboys
Secret Service of the Air
Smashing the Money Ring
The Great Mr. Nobody
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Monster Walks
The Old Maid
Only Yesterday
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Sweepstakes Winner
The Merry Widow
The Rage of Paris
The Baroness and the Butler
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Fight for Your Lady
One Rainy Afternoon
A Child Is Born
King of the Underworld
Fast and Furious
The Washington Masquerade
Our Daily Bread
Women in the Wind
The Bishop Murder Case
The Preview Murder Mystery
No Time for Comedy
Trouble for Two
Torchy Runs for Mayor
The Bill of Rights
The Intruder
Wild Company
Comet Over Broadway
Love Is a Headache
Dust Be My Destiny
She Had to Eat
Along Came Youth
Sinner Take All
Arsène Lupin Returns
Merrily We Live
The Voice of Bugle Ann
The Casino Murder Case
The Wedding March
The Declaration of Independence
You Can't Get Away with Murder
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
Ten Cents a Dance
The Wrong Road
Children of Pleasure
Call It a Day
We Are Not Alone
Devil's Island
Show People
Merry-Go-Round
Three Smart Boys
A Very Honorable Guy
Bullets for O'Hara
The Flirting Widow
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
This Woman Is Mine
The Devil's Circus
What! No Beer?
The 9th Guest
The Dawn Patrol
My Love Came Back
The Littlest Diplomat
He Was Her Man
The Girl Downstairs
Birds of Prey
Saturday's Millions
Her Night of Romance
Rhythm in the Clouds
Crazy to Marry
Hard to Get
Playboy of Paris
Everybody's Hobby
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Maid of Salem
Anybody's Woman
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
The Body Disappears
Murder at Glen Athol
The Phantom of Paris
Dangerously They Live
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Forsaking All Others
The Vanishing Shadow
While the City Sleeps
Dark Victory
The Invisible Ray
You Never Know Women
Free Love
A Slave of Fashion
Why Men Leave Home
Leap Year
Isle of Fury
My Best Girl
The Little Giant
Naughty But Nice
Letty Lynton
Dance, Fools, Dance
The Winning Ticket
The Matinee Idol
What Every Woman Knows
The Sun Never Sets
The Firefly
Painting the Town
Thundering Tenors
Little Orphan Annie
Sworn Enemy
On Trial
Let 'em Have It
Second Childhood
His Captive Woman
Laughing Boy
A Night at the Movies
Many Happy Returns
The Avenger
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Changing of the Guard
The Phantom of the Air
Robin Hood
Uncle's Namesakes
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