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Sidney Bracey

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Geboren
17. Dezember 1877 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Gestorben
5. August 1942

Biografie

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.

Bekannt aus

Poster zu Freaks
Freaks
Film · 1932 · ★ 7,8
Poster zu Sonnenaufgang – Lied von zwei Menschen
Sonnenaufgang – Lied von zwei Menschen
Film · 1927 · ★ 7,8
Poster zu Die Marx Brothers im Krieg
Die Marx Brothers im Krieg
Film · 1933 · ★ 7,3
Poster zu The Cameraman
The Cameraman
Film · 1928 · ★ 7,8
Poster zu Ein Stern geht auf
Ein Stern geht auf
Film · 1937 · ★ 7,2
Poster zu Ein Mensch der Masse
Ein Mensch der Masse
Film · 1928 · ★ 7,6
Poster zu Opfer einer großen Liebe
Opfer einer großen Liebe
Film · 1939 · ★ 7,0
Poster zu Die kleine Prinzessin
Die kleine Prinzessin
Film · 1939 · ★ 6,7
Poster zu Tanz mit mir
Tanz mit mir
Film · 1937 · ★ 7,3
Poster zu Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Film · 1935 · ★ 6,6
Poster zu San Franzisko
San Franzisko
Film · 1936 · ★ 6,6
Poster zu Mein Leben im Luxus
Mein Leben im Luxus
Film · 1937 · ★ 7,2

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