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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
+1
as Giles Lacy 
Suspicion
+4
as Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite 
Limelight
+4
as Postant 
The Woman in Green
+32
as Dr. John Watson 
Lassie Come Home
+2
as Duke of Rudling 
The Hound of the Baskervilles
+7
as Doctor John H. Watson 
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
+31
as Doctor Watson 
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
+4
as Dr. Watson 
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
+4
as Doctor Watson 
Treasure Island
+1
as Squire Trelawney 
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
+4
as Doctor Watson 
The Pearl of Death
+2
as Dr. John Watson 
Terror by Night
+28
as Dr. John H. Watson 
Dressed to Kill
+31
as Dr. John H. Watson 
The Charge of the Light Brigade
+5
as Sir Benjamin Warrenton 
The Scarlet Pimpernel
+8
as The Prince of Wales 
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
+2
as Dr. Tuttle 
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
+3
as Doctor Watson 
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Thurber 
The House of Fear
+2
as Dr. John Watson 
The Spider Woman
+5
as Dr. John H. Watson 
The Scarlet Claw
+2
as Doctor Watson 
Pursuit to Algiers
as Doctor Watson 
The Corn Is Green
+2
as The Squire 
Son of Lassie
+2
as Duke of Radling 
Stand Up and Cheer!
+2
as Eustis Dinwiddle 
The Blue Bird
+8
as Mr. Luxury 
Becky Sharp
+20
as Joseph Sedley 
The Rains Came
+2
as Lord Albert Esketh 
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Watson (archive footage) 
Hong Kong
+3
as Lighton 
Suez
+2
as Sir Malcolm Cameron 
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Lord Willie Winton 
Susan and God
as 'Hutchie' 
This Above All
+2
as Ramsbottom 
Julia Misbehaves
+2
as Col. Bruce 'Bunny' Willowbrook 
Lillian Russell
as William Gilbert 
Birds of Prey
as Major Fothergill 
Bwana Devil
+1
as Dr. Angus McLean 
She
+13
as Horace Holly