Name
Nigel Bruce
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1895-02-03
Deathday
1953-10-08 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Biography
William Nigel Ernle Bruce, best known as Nigel Bruce, was a British character actor on stage and screen. He was best known for his portrayal of Doctor Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes). Bruce is also remembered for his roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca and Suspicion.
Known For
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Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, ...
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Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female ...
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A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increas...
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When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough...
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Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Sta...
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A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group....
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In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the...
- 1940 Rebecca as Giles Lacy
- 1943 Lassie Come Home as Duke of Rudling
- 1943 The Spider Woman as Dr. John H. Watson
- 1946 Terror by Night as Dr. John H. Watson
- 1946 Dressed to Kill as Dr. John H. Watson
- 1941 Suspicion as Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite
- 1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel as The Prince of Wales
- 1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles as Doctor John H. Watson
- 1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror as Doctor Watson
- 1945 The House of Fear as Dr. John Watson
- 1944 The Scarlet Claw as Doctor Watson
- 1944 The Pearl of Death as Dr. John Watson
- 1945 The Woman in Green as Dr. John Watson
- 1947 The Two Mrs. Carrolls as Dr. Tuttle
- 1954 World for Ransom as Governor Sir Charles Coutts
- 1952 Limelight as Postant
- 1943 Crazy House as Dr. Watson
- 1940 The Blue Bird as Mr. Luxury
- 1935 She as Horace Holly
- 1945 Son of Lassie as Duke of Radling
- 1945 The Corn Is Green as The Squire
- 1942 Journey for Margaret as Herbert V. Allison
- 1943 Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Doctor Watson
- 1934 Treasure Island as Squire Trelawney
- 1936 The Charge of the Light Brigade as Sir Benjamin Warrenton
- 1935 Becky Sharp as Joseph Sedley
- 1952 Bwana Devil as Dr. Angus McLean
- 1934 Stand Up and Cheer! as Eustis Dinwiddle
- 1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Dr. Watson
- 1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as Doctor Watson
- 1945 Pursuit to Algiers as Doctor Watson
- 1948 Julia Misbehaves as Col. Bruce 'Bunny' Willowbrook
- 1943 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death as Doctor Watson
- 1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Lord Willie Winton
- 1938 The Baroness and the Butler as Major Andros
- 1936 Under Two Flags as Capt. Menzies
- 1942 Roxie Hart as E. Clay Benham
- 1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as Thurber
- 1941 The Chocolate Soldier as Bernard Fischer
- 1937 Thunder in the City as Duke Of Glenavon
- 1947 The Exile as Sir Edward Hyde
- 1940 Hudson's Bay as Prince Rupert
- 1938 Kidnapped as Neil MacDonald
- 1940 A Dispatch from Reuters as Sir Randolph Persham
- 1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1942 This Above All as Ramsbottom
- 1941 Play Girl as William McDonald Vincent
- 1944 Frenchman's Creek as Lord Godolphin
- 1939 The Rains Came as Lord Albert Esketh
- 1950 Vendetta as Sir Thomas Nevil
- 1940 Adventure in Diamonds as Col. J.W. Lansfield
- 1952 Hong Kong as Lighton
- 1935 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo as Ivan
- 1940 Lillian Russell as William Gilbert
- 1933 I Was a Spy as Scottie
- 1936 Follow Your Heart as Henri Forrester
- 1944 Gypsy Wildcat as High Sheriff
- 1938 Suez as Sir Malcolm Cameron
- 1934 Springtime for Henry as Johnny Jewlliwell
- 1930 Birds of Prey as Major Fothergill
- 1940 Susan and God as 'Hutchie'
- 1930 Escape! as Constable at Vicarage
- 1936 The Man I Marry as Robert Hartley
- 1932 Lord Camber's Ladies as Lord Camber
- 1936 The White Angel as Dr. West
- 1934 The Lady Is Willing as Welton
- 1932 The Midshipmaid as Maj. Spink
- 1935 Jalna as Maurice Vaughn
- 1942 Eagle Squadron as McKinnon
- 1941 Free and Easy as Florian Clemington
- 1933 Channel Crossing as Nigel Guthrie
- 1943 Forever and a Day as Major Garrow
- 1941 This Woman Is Mine as Duncan MacDougall
- 1934 Murder in Trinidad as Bertram Lynch
- 1930 Red Aces as Kinsfeather
- 1931 The Calendar as Lord Willie Panniford
- 1930 The Squeaker as Collie
- 1985 The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Dr. Watson (archive footage)
- 1936 Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
- 1934 Coming Out Party as Troon
- 1996 In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
- 1944 Follow the Boys as Nigel Bruce
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Col. Mournay
