Sidney Bracey
Age: N/A | From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Sydney Bracey , Sidney Bracy , Sid Bracy , Sydney Bracy , Sidney Alfred Dunn
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Movie Involvements: 110
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Freaks
(1932) Hans' Butler (uncredited)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
(1927) Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
(1937) Burke's Butler (uncredited)
The Crowd
(1928) John's Supervisor (uncredited)
San Francisco
(1936) Burley's Butler Allen (uncredited)
The Dawn Patrol
(1938) Major Brand's Orderly
Dark Victory
(1939) Bartender (uncredited)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
(1938) Police Chemist (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Wigged Courtier (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | Sidewalk Onlooker (uncredited) | |
| Clerk | ||
| Lamson | ||
| Beggar | ||
| 1940 | Limey | |
| Waiter at Wyler's Party (uncredited) | ||
| Butler | ||
| Steward Bringing Briefcase (uncredited) | ||
| 1939 | Bank Guard (uncredited) | |
| Extra at Wedding Reception (uncredited) | ||
| Third Drugstore Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| Ben, the Lamplighter | ||
| Pop Dryden | ||
| Night Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| Ship Steward | ||
| Nick's First Customer (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. Ferris | ||
| Colonist | ||
| Charles the Butler (uncredited) | ||
| Spectator | ||
| Professor Listening to Radio (uncredited) | ||
| Minister of Colonial Affairs | ||
| Mr. Simpkins (as Sidney Bracy) | ||
| Dolan's Butler (uncredited) | ||
| Bartender (uncredited) | ||
| Race Official / Spectator (uncredited) | ||
| Joe Burke | ||
| Pedestrian Discussing the War | ||
| John 'Joe' Vicary | ||
| Bert - the Farmer (uncredited) | ||
| Soupy | ||
| 1938 | Major Brand's Orderly | |
| Second Butler (uncredited) | ||
| English Porter (uncredited) | ||
| Congress Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| Carl - Richards' Butler (uncredited) | ||
| Police Chemist (uncredited) | ||
| Jenner | ||
| Opera House Usher (uncredited) | ||
| Kamarov's Butler | ||
| 2nd Butler | ||
| Squad Car Driver (uncredited) | ||
| Member of Parliament | ||
| Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | Steward | |
| Movie Patron (uncredited) | ||
| Densmore's Servant (uncredited) | ||
| Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| Clarence - Blair's Butler | ||
| Waiter (Uncredited) | ||
| Adjutant Potter | ||
| Hornsby - Mary's Chauffeur (uncredited) | ||
| Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| Maria's Footman (uncredited) | ||
| Butler | ||
| O.T. Hertz, the veterinary doctor | ||
| First Steward (uncredited) | ||
| Burke's Butler (uncredited) | ||
| Flower Shop Owner (uncredited) | ||
| Townsman (Uncredited) | ||
| Wilson - Walker's Butler (uncredited) | ||
| 1936 | Lampier's Butler (uncredited) | |
| Sam | ||
| Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| Waiter on ship | ||
| Burley's Butler Allen (uncredited) | ||
| Grayson, the Butler | ||
| Noel's Henchman (Uncredited) | ||
| George, Butler (Uncredited) | ||
| Smythe - Sutter's Accountant | ||
| DuBeck's Valet (Uncredited) | ||
| Court Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| 1935 | Butler | |
| Jackson's Assistant (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Butler at Spencer Home | ||
| Bank Employee | ||
| 1934 | Paula's Chauffeur (Uncredited) | |
| Higgins' 2nd Butler (uncredited) | ||
| Constituent Shouting 'Three Cheers' (uncredited) | ||
| Rent Collector | ||
| Napier's Butler | ||
| Waiter | ||
| Movie Butler (uncredited) | ||
| Edgar Ashe | ||
| Denny | ||
| Waiter | ||
| White Father | ||
| Arbuthnot | ||
| Hawkins | ||
| Norma's Butler (uncredited) | ||
| 1933 | Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited) | |
| Second Butler (Uncredited) | ||
| Hopkins | ||
| Butler | ||
| Dr. Robbins | ||
| James Munson | ||
| Butler | ||
| Carlo - Valet | ||
| Dr. Smith (uncredited) | ||
| 1932 | Butler (as Sidney Bracy) | |
| Prince Wolfram's Lackey | ||
| McGinnis, posing as Professor Marmont | ||
| Benedict | ||
| Man Wanting to Use Phone Booth (uncredited) | ||
| Waiter (Uncredited) | ||
| Driscoll | ||
| Hans' Butler (uncredited) | ||
| Herbert Wilkes | ||
| The Waiter | ||
| 1931 | Plunkett | |
| Volunteer from Audience (uncredited) | ||
| The Tout (uncredited) | ||
| Herman Stevens | ||
| Windy | ||
| Butler | ||
| The Butler | ||
| Albert (uncredited) | ||
| Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| Wilson, Carlton's Butler | ||
| Beasley's Butler | ||
| 1930 | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
| Butler | ||
| Irate Customer (uncredited) | ||
| Doctor (uncredited) | ||
| Recruiter (uncredited) | ||
| Butler | ||
| Waiter | ||
| The Second Butler (uncredited) | ||
| Alfred | ||
| Miles the Butler (uncredited) | ||
| Waiter | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1929 | Pyne (as Sydney Bracey) | |
| Cheyenne Jones | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1928 | Dramatic Director | |
| Tully | ||
| Navratil | ||
| Haskins (the butler) | ||
| Larry Brawn I | ||
| Editor | ||
| Owens | ||
| Bream's Valet | ||
| Don's Valet (uncredited) | ||
| John's Supervisor (uncredited) | ||
| Short Order Cook | ||
| 1927 | The Butler | |
| Dance Hall Manager (uncredited) | ||
| Butler Serving Dinner (uncredited) | ||
| Brideaux | ||
| Secretary | ||
| Gaston | ||
| 1926 | Valet to Sascha | |
| Danilo's Footman (uncredited) | ||
| Manager | ||
| Homer Webb | ||
| Bertie's No. 1 Man | ||
| The Butler | ||
| 1925 | Hobson (as Sidney Bracy) | |
| Banks | ||
| 1924 | Hawkins | |
| Butler | ||
| Philip Deaby | ||
| Sam Neilson | ||
| The Hireling | ||
| Loris Keene's Press Agent (uncredited) | ||
| 1923 | Sam Henshaw | |
| Gisella's Groom | ||
| 1922 | Member of the Jury (uncredited) | |
| Henry Bolton | ||
| 1921 | Stinson | |
| Col. Landis | ||
| The Ancient | ||
| 1920 | Jean Deaux | |
| 1918 | Percy Gryce | |
| 1917 | N/A | |
| 1916 | Toby Rice | |
| N/A | ||
| Luiigi | ||
| Ned Ashley | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1914 | Tom Hunt | |
| Jones - Hargreave's Butler / Stanley Hargreave | ||
| 1913 | Uncle John | |
| The Baron | ||
| 1911 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
