Sidney Bracey
1877-12-17 ( 147 years old ) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

Brother Orchid 1940-06-07
Four Wives 1939-12-22
The Old Maid 1939-08-16
Dark Victory 1939-04-20
On Trial 1939-04-01
Devil's Island 1939-01-07
Hard to Get 1938-11-05
My Bill 1938-07-08
The Firefly 1937-11-05
The Wrong Road 1937-10-11
Easy Living 1937-07-16
She Had to Eat 1937-07-02
Shall We Dance 1937-05-07
A Star Is Born 1937-04-27
Call It a Day 1937-04-17
Maid of Salem 1937-02-12
Isle of Fury 1936-10-10
Sworn Enemy 1936-09-11
San Francisco 1936-06-26
Sutter's Gold 1936-03-01
Rendezvous 1935-10-25
Anna Karenina 1935-08-30
Broadway Bill 1934-11-30
I'll Fix It 1934-11-10
Outcast Lady 1934-09-28
He Was Her Man 1934-06-16
Laughing Boy 1934-04-13
The Poor Rich 1934-02-25
The 9th Guest 1934-01-31
Massacre 1934-01-20
Duck Soup 1933-11-12
Back Page 1933-11-07
Only Yesterday 1933-11-01
Broken Dreams 1933-10-19
Corruption 1933-06-18
The Intruder 1933-03-13
What! No Beer? 1933-02-10
Queen Kelly 1932-10-18
Speak Easily 1932-08-13
Letty Lynton 1932-04-30
Freaks 1932-01-01
Sporting Blood 1931-08-08
Subway Express 1931-05-01
The Avenger 1931-03-06
Inspiration 1931-01-31
Reducing 1931-01-03
Free Love 1930-12-01
Follow Thru 1930-09-26
Doughboys 1930-08-30
Wild Company 1930-07-05
Redemption 1930-04-05
Oh Darling! 1930-02-15
The Honeymoon 1929-12-31
Sioux Blood 1929-04-20
Show People 1928-11-20
Home, James 1928-10-03
Win That Girl 1928-09-16
The Cameraman 1928-09-10
Man-Made Women 1928-09-09
The Crowd 1928-03-03
The 13th Juror 1927-11-13
My Best Girl 1927-10-31
Birds of Prey 1927-03-27
The Blackbird 1926-02-13
Leap Year 1924-01-11
Merry-Go-Round 1923-07-01
Manslaughter 1922-09-24
The Dictator 1922-06-25
Morals 1921-10-31
Crazy to Marry 1921-08-28
The March Hare 1921-06-27
Passion Fruit 1921-01-01
A Man's World 1918-06-24
The Long Trail 1917-07-23
Elusive Isabel 1916-05-15
The Man Inside 1916-01-17
God's Witness 1915-05-20
Zudora 1914-11-20
Robin Hood 1913-09-23