William Aloysius Brady (June 19, 1863 – January 6, 1950) was an American theater actor, producer, and sports promoter.

[3] He made his start onstage in San Francisco with a company headed by Joseph R. Grismer and Phoebe Davies[4] shortly after his return.

[citation needed] After a failed attempt to produce a version of She by H. Rider Haggard, he was able to secure the rights to After Dark, successfully bringing the play to New York.

Although Corbett ultimately lost, the match ran for over an hour and a half, and the documentary lasted that long, the longest film ever released at the time.

[5]: 250–251  Henson, denied the credit given to white Commander Peary, was financially destitute and physically unable to work, when Brady arranged a national lecture tour for him.

Brady ran a successful theatre operation for thirty years, having met actresses like Grace George (whom he later married)[3] and having, at one point, hired famous humorist Robert Benchley to complete ad copy for him.

He was able to secure the funds to produce Street Scene, which was written by Elmer Rice, won the Pulitzer Prize, and netted Brady roughly a half a million dollars.