Nigel Bruce
Birthday: 1895-02-03
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.
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Rebecca
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the ...
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Lassie Come Home
Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the ric...
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The Spider Woman
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain be...
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Terror by Night
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhode...
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Dressed to Kill
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plate...
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Suspicion
A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gamblin...
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the ...
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Ho...
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The House of Fear
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside a...
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The Pearl of Death
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owne...
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The Scarlet Claw
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monste...
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The Woman in Green
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger sev...
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, ...
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World for Ransom
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate ...
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Limelight
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again fee...
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Crazy House
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie....
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The Blue Bird
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness...
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She
Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a lost land visited 500 years ago by his ancestor, heads out ...
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Son of Lassie
Laddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mother...
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The Corn Is Green
When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry sh...
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Journey for Margaret
An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days ...
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington
In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route ...
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Treasure Island
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is c...
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful...
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Becky Sharp
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the positio...
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Bwana Devil
British railway workers in Kenya are becoming the favorite snack of two man-eating lions. Head engin...
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Stand Up and Cheer!
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in ord...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “fin...
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from th...
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Pursuit to Algiers
After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to ...
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Julia Misbehaves
Julia and William were married and soon separated by his snobbish family. They meet again many years...
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his servic...
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The Baroness and the Butler
A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government....
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord....
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Under Two Flags
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. C...
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Roxie Hart
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audienc...
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans....
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The Chocolate Soldier
Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous. ...
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Thunder in the City
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not se...
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The Exile
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by...
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Hudson's Bay
Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hu...
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Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland...
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A Dispatch from Reuters
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news age...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to t...
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This Above All
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF servi...
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Play Girl
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her ...
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Frenchman's Creek
An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on t...
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The Rains Came
Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor ...
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Vendetta
The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica....
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Adventure in Diamonds
A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) s...
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Hong Kong
American adventurer Jeff Williams is fleeing the communist advance in China when he becomes entangle...
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The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
A Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by Parisian R...
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Lillian Russell
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star....
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I Was a Spy
During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding milit...
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Follow Your Heart
An eccentric musical family is kept in order by a talented daughter with modest ambitions....
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Gypsy Wildcat
In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's...
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Suez
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and...
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Springtime for Henry
A rakish fellow involves himself with a married woman. Later his secretary endeavors to win him away...
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Birds of Prey
At a reception given by Arthur Hilton at his Sussex home the conversation turns to the subject of da...
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Susan and God
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group....
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Escape!
When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an ...
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The Man I Marry
A wealthy young man writes a play under a different name to prove to his overbearing mother that he ...
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Lord Camber's Ladies
In this drama the owner of a flower shop falls in love with one of her patrons. Unfortunately, he is...
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The White Angel
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurs...
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The Lady Is Willing
In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who misuse...
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The Midshipmaid
Sir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter Celia ta...
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Jalna
A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm....
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Eagle Squadron
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in lov...
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Free and Easy
This MGM B-picture was adapted from Ivor Novello's play The Truth Game. Max and Florian Clemington p...
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Channel Crossing
Money isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a bu...
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Forever and a Day
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral ...
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This Woman Is Mine
Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship. Ma...
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Murder in Trinidad
Author/explorer John W. Vandercook conceived the character of Bertram Lynch as an investigator for t...
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The Calendar
Racehorse owner Anson is swindled by a woman named Wenda and goes up in front of the Jockey Club whe...
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The Squeaker
A detective poses as an ex-convict to expose the head of a benevolent society as a fence....
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The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes interview...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Fr...
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Coming Out Party
In this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants her ...
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In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Actor Patrick Macnee leads the viewer through London in the footsteps of the genius private investig...
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Follow the Boys
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star...
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