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Nigel Bruce


Birth name: William Nigel Ernle Bruce
Birth: 4 February 1895
Died: 8 October 1953
Nationality: British
Nigel Bruce

Career / Biography

Nigel Bruce is best known for his role as Dr Watson in 14 Sherlock Holmes films in the 1940's with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Though his version of Dr Watson was more bumbling than the original character.

Films

The Two Mrs Carrolls (1947)
Terror By NIght (1946) as Dr Watson
Sherlock Holmes In Dressed To Kill (1945) as Dr Watson
Woman In Green (1945) as Dr Watson
The House Of Fear (1945) as Dr Watson
Pursuit To Algiers (1945) as Dr Watson
The Pearl Of Death (1944) as Dr Watson
Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944) as Dr Watson
Scarlet Claw (1944) as Dr Watson
Sherlock Holmes In Washington (1943) as Dr Watson
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) as Dr Watson
Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon (1942) as Dr Watson
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) as Dr Watson
Suspicion (1941)
Rebecca (1940)
Hudson's Bay (1940)
The Rains Came (1939)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) as Dr Watson
The Adventures OF Sherlock Holmes (1939) as Dr Watson
The Baroness And The Butler (1938)
Becky Sharp (1935)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Channel Crossing (1933)
The Midshipmaid (1932)

Oscars

None
Nigel Bruce