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Nigel Bruce
Born: 1895-02-03 in 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.
Rated Filmography (77)
Sorted by Score9.0
Follow Your Heart
1936
8.5
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
8.0
The Lady Is Willing
1934
8.0
Channel Crossing
1933
8.0
The Calendar
1931
7.9
Limelight
1952
7.9
Rebecca
1940
7.5
Forever and a Day
1943
7.2
The Corn Is Green
1945
7.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
7.2
The White Angel
1936
7.1
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
7.1
Suspicion
1941
7.1
The Pearl of Death
1944
7.0
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
7.0
Roxie Hart
1942
7.0
The Midshipmaid
1932
7.0
Eagle Squadron
1942
7.0
The Squeaker
1930
7.0
The Spider Woman
1943
6.9
The Scarlet Claw
1944
6.9
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
6.9
The House of Fear
1945
6.9
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
6.9
Free and Easy
1941
6.8
Pursuit to Algiers
1945
6.8
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935
6.8
This Above All
1942
6.8
Under Two Flags
1936
6.7
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
6.7
Lassie Come Home
1943
6.7
Journey for Margaret
1942
6.7
Julia Misbehaves
1948
6.7
The Chocolate Soldier
1941
6.6
Lillian Russell
1940
6.6
Dressed to Kill
1946
6.6
Terror by Night
1946
6.5
Treasure Island
1934
6.5
Susan and God
1940
6.5
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
6.5
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
6.5
The Woman in Green
1945
6.5
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
6.5
Vendetta
1950
6.4
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
6.4
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947
6.4
I Was a Spy
1933
6.4
Birds of Prey
1930
6.4
Play Girl
1941
6.3
Escape!
1930
6.3
The Exile
1947
6.3
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
6.2
Son of Lassie
1945
6.1
The Rains Came
1939
6.1
Hudson's Bay
1940
6.0
Crazy House
1943
6.0
Thunder in the City
1937
6.0
Kidnapped
1938
6.0
Adventure in Diamonds
1940
6.0
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
6.0
Coming Out Party
1934
5.9
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
5.8
The Blue Bird
1940
5.8
Frenchman's Creek
1944
5.7
Follow the Boys
1944
5.7
Becky Sharp
1935
5.6
She
1935
5.5
Suez
1938
5.3
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
5.3
The Baroness and the Butler
1938
5.3
World for Ransom
1954
5.1
Jalna
1935
5.1
Hong Kong
1952
5.0
Bwana Devil
1952
4.5
This Woman Is Mine
1941
4.0
Springtime for Henry
1934