Born in England, UK. Assistant director and, later, production manager who entered American film as an a.d. for DELUGE (1933) at RKO. He worked at Warners, Fox, UA and Selznick on such films as DEVIL DOGS OF THE AIR and LES MISÉRABLES (both 1935), LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY (1936), A STAR IS BORN (1937), THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (1938), GONE WITH THE WIND (1939, 1st a.d.) and NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE (1940). In 1944, Stacey began as a unit/production manager at Warner Bros. Some of those notable credits include PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE and TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (both 1944), SARATOGA TRUNK (1945), THE BIG SLEEP (1946), ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS (1948), THE FOUNTAINHEAD (uncredited), TASK FORCE, BEYOND THE FOREST, A KISS IN THE DARK and THE LADY TAKES A SAILOR (all 1949), PERFECT STRANGERS (1950), THE BACHELOR PARTY (1957), FANTASTIC VOYAGE (1966), IN LIKE FLINT (1967), THE BOSTON STRANGLER (1968) and HARD CONTACT (1969).    Nominated for Assistant Director 1935: LES MISÉRABLES    Nominated for Assistant Director 1936: THE GARDEN OF ALLAH    Nominated for Assistant Director 1937: A STAR IS BORN 3 nominations