Sidney Bracey
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Freaks
Hans' Butler (uncredited)
1932
Film
Duck Soup
Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)
1933
Film
Show People
Dramatic Director
1928
Film
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
1927
Film
The Cameraman
Editor
1928
Film
Anna Karenina
Vronsky's Valet
1935
Film
Wife vs. Secretary
Butler at Club (uncredited)
1936
Film
A Star Is Born
Burke's Butler (uncredited)
1937
Film
The 9th Guest
Hawkins
1934
Film
Easy Living
Hornsby - Mary's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1937
Film
Dark Victory
Bartender (uncredited)
1939
Film
Zudora
Tom Hunt
1914
Film
San Francisco
Burley's Butler Allen (uncredited)
1936
Film
The Little Princess
Pedestrian Discussing War (uncredited)
1939
Film
Everybody's Hobby
Mr. Ferris
1939
Film
The Baroness and the Butler
Member of Parliament
1938
Film
Shall We Dance
First Steward (uncredited)
1937
Film
Les Misérables
Mayor's Clerk
1935
Film
Invisible Stripes
Bank Guard (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Deemster
Bishop, Father of Dan
1917
Film
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Maria's Footman (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Police Chemist (uncredited)
1938
Film
Devil's Island
Soupy
1939
Film
The Crowd
John's Supervisor (uncredited)
1928
Film
Red-Headed Woman
Man Wanting to Use Phone Booth (uncredited)
1932
Film
What! No Beer?
Dr. Smith (uncredited)
1933
Film
Our Daily Bread
Rent Collector
1934
Film
Isle of Fury
Sam
1936
Film
The Old Maid
Charles the Butler (uncredited)
1939
Film
Hard to Get
Carl - Richards' Butler (uncredited)
1938
Film
Forsaking All Others
Paula's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
1934
Film
Brother Orchid
Steward Bringing Briefcase (uncredited)
1940
Film
Rendezvous
Jackson's Assistant (uncredited)
1935
Film
Letty Lynton
Waiter (Uncredited)
1932
Film
Ten Cents a Dance
Wilson, Carlton's Butler
1931
Film
Dangerously They Live
Sidewalk Onlooker (uncredited)
1941
Film
Broadway Bill
Higgins' 2nd Butler (uncredited)
1934
Film
Fight for Your Lady
Densmore's Servant (uncredited)
1937
Film
My Official Wife
Valet to Sascha
1926
Film
So This Is Marriage?
Hawkins
1924
Film
Only Yesterday
Second Butler (Uncredited)
1933
Film
Four Wives
Extra at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
1939
Film
Merrily We Live
2nd Butler
1938
Film
What Every Woman Knows
Constituent Shouting 'Three Cheers' (uncredited)
1934
Film
Home, James
Haskins (the butler)
1928
Film
Mills of the Gods
Chauffeur
1934
Film
Dust Be My Destiny
Nick's First Customer (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Girl Downstairs
Second Butler (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Dawn Patrol
Major Brand's Orderly
1938
Film
The Vanishing Shadow
Denny
1934
Film
Maid of Salem
Townsman (Uncredited)
1937
Film
Queen Kelly
Prince Wolfram's Lackey (uncredited)
1929
Film
Fast and Furious
Night Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Film
He Was Her Man
Waiter
1934
Film
My Love Came Back
Butler
1940
Film
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Limey
1940
Film
Secret Service of the Air
John 'Joe' Vicary
1939
Film
Dance, Fools, Dance
Albert (uncredited)
1931
Film
Merry-Go-Round
Gisella's Groom
1923
Film
The Washington Masquerade
Benedict
1932
Film
A Dangerous Affair
Plunkett
1931
Film
The Phantom of Paris
Volunteer from Audience (uncredited)
1931
Film
The Sun Never Sets
Minister of Colonial Affairs
1939
Film
Sinner Take All
Lampier's Butler (uncredited)
1936
Film
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Tourist on Boat (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Lion and the Lamb
Stanton
1931
Film
Let 'em Have It
Butler at Spencer Home
1935
Film
Anybody's Woman
Butler
1930
Film
Indianapolis Speedway
Spectator
1939
Film
Sutter's Gold
Smythe - Sutter's Accountant
1936
Film
The Firefly
Secretary (uncredited)
1937
Film
A Child is Born
Third Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Film
No Time for Comedy
Waiter at Wyler's Party (uncredited)
1940
Film
Smashing the Money Ring
Pop Dryden
1939
Film
Murder at Glen Athol
Jenkins - Butler (uncredited)
1936
Film
A Slave of Fashion
Hobson (as Sidney Bracy)
1925
Film
The Great Mr. Nobody
Beggar
1941
Film
The Body Disappears
Barrett
1941
Film
Monte Carlo
Hunchback at Casino (uncredited)
1930
Film
The Preview Murder Mystery
Du Beck's Valet (Uncredited)
1936
Film
Breakfast for Two
Clarence - Blair's Butler (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Merry Widow
Danilo's Footman (uncredited)
1926
Film
The Matinee Idol
Don's Valet (uncredited)
1928
Film
Magnificent Obsession
Butler
1935
Film
The Declaration of Independence
Congress Clerk (uncredited)
1938
Film
Free Love
Butler
1930
Film
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Butler
1931
Film
Manslaughter
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
1922
Film
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Steward
1937
Film
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Dolan's Butler (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Little Giant
Butler
1933
Film
The Mystery Club
Detective
1926
Film
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
The Waiter
1932
Film
Doughboys
Recruiter (uncredited)
1930
Film
King of the Underworld
Bert - the Farmer (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Waiter (uncredited)
1934
Film
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Waiter on ship
1936
Film
Birds of Prey
Gaston
1927
Film
Comet Over Broadway
English Porter (uncredited)
1938
Film
Sporting Blood
The Tout (uncredited)
1931
Film
My Bill
Jenner
1938
Film
The Poor Rich
Arbuthnot
1934
Film
Massacre
Norma's Butler (uncredited)
1934
Film
Women in the Wind
Race Official / Spectator (uncredited)
1939
Film
Arsène Lupin Returns
Squad Car Driver (uncredited)
1938
Film
Naughty but Nice
Professor Listening to Radio (uncredited)
1939
Film
Food for Scandal
Padre
1920
Film
One Rainy Afternoon
George, Butler (Uncredited)
1936
Film
The Rage of Paris
Opera House Usher (uncredited)
1938
Film
Love Is a Headache
Waiter (uncredited)
1938
Film
Reducing
Beasley's Butler
1931
Film
My Best Girl
Butler Serving Dinner (uncredited)
1927
Film
The Bill of Rights
Colonist
1939
Film
Espionage Agent
Ship Steward
1939
Film
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Court Clerk (uncredited)
1936
Film
Is Matrimony a Failure?
Bank President
1922
Film
We Are Not Alone
Ben, the Lamplighter
1939
Film
Redemption
Waiter
1930
Film
Corruption
Dr. Robbins
1933
Film
Many Happy Returns
Movie Butler (uncredited)
1934
Film
Inspiration
Waiter (uncredited)
1931
Film
Sworn Enemy
Waiter (uncredited)
1936
Film
Sweepstakes Winner
Mr. Simpkins (as Sidney Bracy)
1939
Film
Morals
Stinson
1921
Film
Call It a Day
Flower Shop Owner (uncredited)
1937
Film
Subway Express
Herman Stevens
1931
One Wonderful Night
Juggins
1922
Film
The Wild Party
Jasper Johnston
1923
Film
The Monster Walks
Herbert Wilkes
1932
Film
The Wrong Road
Waiter (Uncredited)
1937
Film
The Blackbird
Bertie's No. 1 Man
1926
Film
A Night at the Movies
Movie Patron (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Winning Ticket
Bank Employee
1935
Film
Bullets for O'Hara
Lamson
1941
Film
The Avenger
Windy
1931
Film
Criminal Lawyer
Wilson - Walker's Butler (uncredited)
1937
Film
While the City Sleeps
Short Order Cook
1928
Film
Children of Pleasure
Miles the Butler (uncredited)
1930
Film
The Intruder
Carlo - Valet
1933
Film
I'll Fix It
Reporter
1934
Film
The Phantom of the Air
James Munson
1933
Film
Follow Thru
Doctor (uncredited)
1930
Film
Trouble for Two
Noel's Henchman (Uncredited)
1936
Film
The Woman Who Dared
Tom
1933
Film
Little Orphan Annie
Butler (as Sidney Bracy)
1932
Film
Back Page
Edgar Ashe
1933
Film
Invisible Enemy
Kamarov's Butler
1938
Film
Laughing Boy
White Father
1934
Film
The Wedding March
Navratil
1928
Film
The Casino Murder Case
Waiter (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
1935
Film
This Woman Is Mine
Clerk
1941
Film
Saturday's Millions
Butler
1933
Film
The Social Buccaneer
Bentley Craven
1923
Film
Wild Company
Waiter
1930
Film
Along Came Youth
Bit Role (uncredited)
1930
Film
You Never Know Women
Manager
1926
Film
Thundering Tenors
The Butler
1931
Film
The Airmail Mystery
Driscoll
1932
Film
Speak Easily
Jenkins
1932
Film
Outcast Lady
Napier's Butler
1934
Film
A Very Honorable Guy
Waiter
1934
Film
Crazy to Marry
Col. Landis
1921
Film
Broken Dreams
Hopkins
1933
Film
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Wigged Courtier (uncredited)
1944
Film
His Captive Woman
1929
Film
She Had to Eat
Waiter (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Haunted House
Tully
1928
Film
Man-Made Women
Owens
1928
Film
Rhythm in the Clouds
Butler
1937
Film
The Second Floor Mystery
Alfred
1930
Film
Nobody's Bride
Smithy
1923
Film
The Woman on Trial
Brideaux
1927
Film
The Invisible Ray
Jean Deaux
1920
Film
Playboy of Paris
Irate Customer (uncredited)
1930
Film
The Dictator
Henry Bolton
1922
Film
The Littlest Diplomat
Adjutant Potter
1937
Film
Three Smart Boys
O.T. Hertz, the veterinary doctor
1937
Film
Being Respectable
Philip Deaby
1924
Film
The Bishop Murder Case
Pyne (as Sydney Bracey)
1929
Film
Leap Year
Loris Keene's Press Agent (uncredited)
1924
Film
Second Childhood
Hobson
1936
Film
Her Market Value
Banks
1925
Film
An Amateur Devil
Hopkins
1920
Film
Why Men Leave Home
Sam Neilson
1924
Film
The March Hare
Meadows
1921
Film
The Million Dollar Mystery
Jones - Hargreave's Butler / Stanley Hargreave
1914
Film
The Devil's Circus
1926
Film
Win That Girl
Larry Brawn I
1928
Film
A Man Four-Square
Homer Webb
1926
Film
The House of Mirth
Percy Gryce
1918
Film
The 13th Juror
The Butler
1927
Caprice of the Mountains
1916
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
The Butler
1926
Film
Shanghaied Love
The Rat
1931
Film
Crime and Punishment
Andreas Valeskoff
1917
Oh Darling!
1930
Film
On Trial
Joe Burke
1939
Film
Tangled Destinies
McGinnis, posing as Professor Marmont
1932
Film
The Flirting Widow
The Second Butler (uncredited)
1930
Film
Midnight Madness
Bream's Valet
1928
Film
Elusive Isabel
Luiigi
1916
Film
Robin Hood
The Baron
1913
Film
Little Miss Happiness
Jim Butterfield
1916
Film
Sioux Blood
Cheyenne Jones
1929
Film
Her Night of Romance
Butler
1924
Film
The Honeymoon
Navratil
1929
Film
My Own United States
Capt. Rene Gautier
1918
Film
By Divine Right
The Hireling
1924
Film
The Ragged Princess
Toby Rice
1916
The Strategy of Ann
1911
Film
Ruggles of Red Gap
Sam Henshaw
1923
Film
Passion Fruit
The Ancient
1921
Painting the Town
Secretary
1927
Film
A Man's World
Emile Grimeaux
1918
Changing of the Guard
Grayson, the Butler
1936
Film
The Long Trail
Paul Graham
1917
Omens and Oracles
1913
Film
A Huntress of Men
Ned Ashley
1916
God's Witness
Leo Darcy
1915
Film
The Outside Woman
Mr. Cambridge
1921
Film
Uncle's Namesakes
Uncle John
1913
Film
Temptation and the Man
Jim Crosby
1916
Film
The Path of Happiness
Grekko
1916
Film
The Man Inside
Winthrop
1916