Sidney Bracey — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1914) 🇺🇸

Sidney Bracey came to the Thanhouser Company from “Robin Hood,” in which he played “Sir Guy of Gisborne,” after the late Charles J. Hite tried many times to have him enter Thanhouser stock.

His work in “Her Nemesis” caught Mr. Hite’s attention.

He was born in Australia in 1882 and started on the stage at the age of 15. Lydia Thompson, the famous English actress is his aunt, and Bracey played in all the Gilbert & Sullivan operas except Pinafore.

His specialty was tenor roles and because of his remarkable voice he proved a great favorite. His mother, Clara Bracey, played with John Drew in New York for three years.

Sid’s first picture in New Rochelle was as “Pierre” in “Little Dorrit,” with Maude Fealy, and since that time his career has been a series of successful leads. He is “Jones, the butler,” in The Million Dollar Mystery.

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Collection: Motography Magazine, September 1914