Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

1895-02-03 Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico 81 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953), 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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In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

1996

Acting

Actor Patrick Macnee leads the viewer through London in the footsteps of the genius private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his assistant and friend,...

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

1985

as Dr. Watson (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes interviews and archival film clips featuring the original c...

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...

World for Ransom

World for Ransom

1954

as Governor Sir Charles Coutts

5.0
Acting

In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of s...

Limelight

Limelight

1952

as Postant

7.9
Acting

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

Bwana Devil

Bwana Devil

1952

as Dr. Angus McLean

4.7
Acting

British railway workers in Kenya are becoming the favorite snack of two man-eating lions. Head engineer Bob Hayward becomes obsessed with trying to ki...

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

1952

as Lighton

4.5
Acting

American adventurer Jeff Williams is fleeing the communist advance in China when he becomes entangled with a young Chinese orphan, Wei Lin, and a beau...

Vendetta

Vendetta

1950

as Sir Thomas Nevil

Acting

The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica.

Julia Misbehaves

Julia Misbehaves

1948

as Col. Bruce 'Bunny' Willowbrook

6.5
Acting

Julia and William were married and soon separated by his snobbish family. They meet again many years later, when their daughter he has raised invites ...

The Exile

The Exile

1947

as Sir Edward Hyde

6.1
Acting

In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwel...

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

1947

as Dr. Tuttle

6.6
Acting

Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, but he doesn't tell her he's already married. Suff...

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1946

as Dr. John H. Watson

6.5
Acting

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purc...

Terror by Night

Terror by Night

1946

as Dr. John H. Watson

6.6
Acting

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging...

Pursuit to Algiers

Pursuit to Algiers

1945

as Doctor Watson

6.8
Acting

After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean ...

The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green

1945

as Dr. John Watson

6.4
Acting

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes ...

Son of Lassie

Son of Lassie

1945

as Duke of Radling

6.0
Acting

Laddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage?

The Corn Is Green

The Corn Is Green

1945

as The Squire

7.1
Acting

When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry she decides to hold classes in her house and believe...

The House of Fear

The House of Fear

1945

as Dr. John Watson

6.9
Acting

The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest...

Frenchman's Creek

Frenchman's Creek

1944

as Lord Godolphin

5.0
Acting

An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet i...

Gypsy Wildcat

Gypsy Wildcat

1944

as High Sheriff

5.5
Acting

In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's village when Count Orso is found murdered. The wi...

The Pearl of Death

The Pearl of Death

1944

as Dr. John Watson

7.1
Acting

The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to Lon...

The Scarlet Claw

The Scarlet Claw

1944

as Doctor Watson

6.9
Acting

When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the ca...

The Spider Woman

The Spider Woman

1943

as Dr. John H. Watson

6.8
Acting

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomou...

Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home

1943

as Duke of Rudling

6.7
Acting

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling t...

Crazy House

Crazy House

1943

as Dr. Watson

5.0
Acting

Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names eva...

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

1943

as Doctor Watson

6.8
Acting

During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master dete...

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

1943

as Doctor Watson

6.7
Acting

In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on She...

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

1943

as Major Garrow

7.4
Acting

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, ...

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942

as Doctor Watson

6.3
Acting

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quic...

Journey for Margaret

Journey for Margaret

1942

as Herbert V. Allison

6.6
Acting

An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her ba...

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

1942

as Doctor Watson

6.5
Acting

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terr...

Eagle Squadron

Eagle Squadron

1942

as McKinnon

Acting

An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.

This Above All

This Above All

1942

as Ramsbottom

6.7
Acting

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with t...

Roxie Hart

Roxie Hart

1942

as E. Clay Benham

6.9
Acting

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was ju...

Suspicion

Suspicion

1941

as Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite

7.1
Acting

A wealthy and sheltered young woman elopes with a charming playboy and soon learns of his bad traits, including his extreme dishonesty and lust for mo...

The Chocolate Soldier

The Chocolate Soldier

1941

as Bernard Fischer

6.4
Acting

Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous. Karl decides to masquerade as a Russian guardsman ...

This Woman Is Mine

This Woman Is Mine

1941

as Duncan MacDougall

3.7
Acting

Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship. Many adventures follow.

Free and Easy

Free and Easy

1941

as Florian Clemington

5.5
Acting

This MGM B-picture was adapted from Ivor Novello's play The Truth Game. Max and Florian Clemington pretend to be members of the landed gentry. Max rom...

Play Girl

Play Girl

1941

as William McDonald Vincent

6.3
Acting

When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.

Hudson's Bay

Hudson's Bay

1941

as Prince Rupert

6.2
Acting

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the F...

A Dispatch from Reuters

A Dispatch from Reuters

1940

as Sir Randolph Persham

5.8
Acting

German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

Susan and God

Susan and God

1940

as 'Hutchie'

6.5
Acting

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell

1940

as William Gilbert

6.1
Acting

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Rebecca

Rebecca

1940

as Major Giles Lacy

7.9
Acting

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died myste...

Adventure in Diamonds

Adventure in Diamonds

1940

as Col. J.W. Lansfield

5.2
Acting

A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) smuggle diamonds out of South Africa.

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird

1940

as Mr. Luxury

5.7
Acting

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're ...

The Rains Came

The Rains Came

1939

as Lord Albert Esketh

5.9
Acting

Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor folk of Ranchipur. Lady Edwina and her drunken art...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939

as Dr. Watson

6.9
Acting

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, ...

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939

as Doctor John H. Watson

7.1
Acting

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds tha...

Suez

Suez

1938

as Sir Malcolm Cameron

5.2
Acting

Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

Kidnapped

Kidnapped

1938

as Neil MacDonald

4.7
Acting

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.

The Baroness and the Butler

The Baroness and the Butler

1938

as Major Andros

5.3
Acting

A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.

Thunder in the City

Thunder in the City

1937

as Duke Of Glenavon

5.4
Acting

A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937

as Lord Willie Winton

6.0
Acting

A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.

The Man I Marry

1936

as Robert Hartley

Acting

A wealthy young man writes a play under a different name to prove to his overbearing mother that he can succeed on his own.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936

as Sir Benjamin Warrenton

6.5
Acting

In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances w...

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936

as Self

6.0
Acting

Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the...

Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Heart

1936

as Henri Forrester

Acting

An eccentric musical family is kept in order by a talented daughter with modest ambitions.

The White Angel

The White Angel

1936

as Dr. West

7.2
Acting

In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable professio...

Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags

1936

as Capt. Menzies

6.0
Acting

Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle...

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936

as Thurber

6.4
Acting

A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

1935

as Ivan

6.3
Acting

A Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want him...

Jalna

Jalna

1935

as Maurice Vaughn

4.8
Acting

A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.

She

She

1935

as Horace Holly

5.5
Acting

Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a lost land visited 500 years ago by his ancestor, heads out with family friend Horace Holly to try to discover...

Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp

1935

as Joseph Sedley

5.8
Acting

The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's book "Vanit...

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1934

as The Prince of Wales

6.9
Acting

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an un...

Springtime for Henry

Springtime for Henry

1934

as Johnny Jewlliwell

1.0
Acting

A rakish fellow involves himself with a married woman. Later his secretary endeavors to win him away with the promise of a more stable relationship. T...

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1934

as Squire Trelawney

6.5
Acting

In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in searc...

The Lady Is Willing

The Lady Is Willing

1934

as Welton

6.0
Acting

In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who misused their investments. The detective plans to kidnap...

Murder in Trinidad

Murder in Trinidad

1934

as Bertram Lynch

Acting

Author/explorer John W. Vandercook conceived the character of Bertram Lynch as an investigator for the League of Nations. He is Trinidad's Port o' Spa...

Stand Up and Cheer!

Stand Up and Cheer!

1934

as Eustis Dinwiddle

4.9
Acting

President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering ...

Coming Out Party

Coming Out Party

1934

as Troon

5.0
Acting

In this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants her to marry a wealthy young man, but the strong-wille...

Channel Crossing

Channel Crossing

1933

as Nigel Guthrie

Acting

Money isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a business deal, but along the way his whole value sys...

I Was a Spy

I Was a Spy

1933

as Scottie

5.5
Acting

During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matte...

The Midshipmaid

The Midshipmaid

1932

as Maj. Spink

Acting

Sir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter Celia tags along and organizes a morale-boosting show util...

Lord Camber's Ladies

Lord Camber's Ladies

1932

as Lord Camber

6.0
Acting

In this drama the owner of a flower shop falls in love with one of her patrons. Unfortunately, he is married to a shrewish actress and cannot get out ...

The Calendar

The Calendar

1931

as Lord Willie Panniford

Acting

Racehorse owner Anson is swindled by a woman named Wenda and goes up in front of the Jockey Club where he is disqualified on race fixing allegations. ...

Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey

1930

as Major Fothergill

6.0
Acting

At a reception given by Arthur Hilton at his Sussex home the conversation turns to the subject of danger, with Hilton recalling a case in which he was...

Red Aces

1930

as Kinsfeather

Acting

A gambler frames a banker for killing the man whose name he forged.

Escape!

Escape!

1930

as Constable at Vicarage

6.3
Acting

When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day...

The Squeaker

The Squeaker

1930

as Collie

Acting

A detective poses as an ex-convict to expose the head of a benevolent society as a fence.