
Nigel Bruce
Born February 3, 1895 · Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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.
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Limelight

Escape!

Terror by Night

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Pearl of Death

Stand Up and Cheer!

Roxie Hart

The Woman in Green

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Lassie Come Home

Dressed to Kill

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

The Calendar

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

The Rains Came

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

Son of Lassie

The Corn Is Green

The House of Fear

The Squeaker

The Scarlet Claw

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Becky Sharp

Pursuit to Algiers

Forever and a Day

The Baroness and the Butler

A Dispatch from Reuters

Follow the Boys

The Blue Bird

This Above All

I Was a Spy

Susan and God

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

The Spider Woman

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Exile

She

Suez

Julia Misbehaves

The White Angel

Hong Kong

Frenchman's Creek

Crazy House

Lillian Russell

Eagle Squadron

World for Ransom

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

Under Two Flags

This Woman Is Mine

Thunder in the City

Birds of Prey

Kidnapped

Hudson's Bay

Adventure in Diamonds

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

Gypsy Wildcat

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

Free and Easy

Murder in Trinidad

Vendetta

The Lady Is Willing

Bwana Devil

Jalna

Follow Your Heart

Journey for Margaret

The Chocolate Soldier

Coming Out Party

The Midshipmaid

Play Girl

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Springtime for Henry




