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name: "Sidney Bracey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sidney-bracey"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 December 1877"
died: "5 August 1942"
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average_fi1m_score: 88
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:36.747587+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Sidney Bracey

Actor. Born 17 December 1877 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died 5 August 1942.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 December 1877, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Died:** 5 August 1942
- **Active:** 1927–1933
- **Also known as:** Sydney Bracey , Sidney Bracy , Sid Bracy, Sydney Bracy, Sidney Alfred Dunn

## Biography

Sidney Bracey (born Sidney Bracy) was an Australian-born American actor. He was born on 18 December 1877 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and died on 5 August 1942 in Hollywood, California. The son of tenor Henry Bracy and actress Clara T. Bracy, and nephew of actress and dancer Lydia Thompson, he began his stage career in Australia in the 1890s with J. C. Williamson's comic opera companies. He later appeared on Broadway and in Britain, including roles in musicals such as *The Rose of Persia* (1900) and with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

Bracey moved into film acting from 1909, appearing in more than 320 films until his death, often in uncredited character roles as butlers, valets or authority figures. His credits include *Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans* (1927) as Dance Hall Manager, *The Cameraman* (1928) as Editor, *Freaks* (1932) as Hans' Butler, *Duck Soup* (1933) as Mrs. Teasdale's Butler, *A Star Is Born* (1937) as Burke's Butler, and *Dark Victory* (1939) as Bartender. He also continued occasional stage work, including vaudeville.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Duck Soup* (1933), Fi1m 88, as Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/duck-soup.md)
- *Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans* (1927), Fi1m 88, as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/sunrise-a-song-of-two-humans.md)

## Also known for

- *Freaks* (1932), Hans' Butler (uncredited)
- *The Cameraman* (1928), Editor
- *A Star Is Born* (1937), Burke's Butler (uncredited)
- *The Crowd* (1928), John's Supervisor (uncredited)
- *Dark Victory* (1939), Bartender (uncredited)
- *The Little Princess* (1939), Pedestrian Discussing War (uncredited)
- *Shall We Dance* (1937), First Steward (uncredited)
- *Anna Karenina* (1935), Vronsky's Valet

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