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Nigel Bruce
Known for: ActingWilliam 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.
Filmography 40
Rebecca
as Giles Lacy 
Suspicion
+4
as Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite 
Limelight
as Postant 
The Woman in Green
+3
as Dr. John Watson 
Lassie Come Home
+2
as Duke of Rudling 
The Hound of the Baskervilles
+2
as Doctor John H. Watson 
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
+3
as Doctor Watson 
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Watson 
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Doctor Watson 
Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney 
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Doctor Watson 
The Pearl of Death
as Dr. John Watson 
Terror by Night
+6
as Dr. John H. Watson 
Dressed to Kill
+6
as Dr. John H. Watson 
The Charge of the Light Brigade
+2
as Sir Benjamin Warrenton 
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as The Prince of Wales 
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
as Dr. Tuttle 
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Doctor Watson 
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Thurber 
The House of Fear
as Dr. John Watson 
The Spider Woman
as Dr. John H. Watson 
The Scarlet Claw
as Doctor Watson 
Pursuit to Algiers
as Doctor Watson 
The Corn Is Green
+1
as The Squire 
Son of Lassie
as Duke of Radling 
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Eustis Dinwiddle 
The Blue Bird
+3
as Mr. Luxury 
Becky Sharp
+3
as Joseph Sedley 
The Rains Came
as Lord Albert Esketh 
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Watson (archive footage) 
Hong Kong
+1
as Lighton 
Suez
as Sir Malcolm Cameron 
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Lord Willie Winton 
Susan and God
as 'Hutchie' 
This Above All
as Ramsbottom 
Julia Misbehaves
as Col. Bruce 'Bunny' Willowbrook 
Lillian Russell
as William Gilbert 
Birds of Prey
as Major Fothergill 
Bwana Devil
as Dr. Angus McLean 
She
+4
as Horace Holly