
Acting · 58 years old
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.

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Watson (archive footage)

Limelight
Postant

Rebecca
Major Giles Lacy

Forever and a Day
Major Garrow

The Corn Is Green
The Squire

The White Angel
Dr. West

Suspicion
Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' Thwaite

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Doctor John H. Watson

The Pearl of Death
Dr. John Watson

The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Prince of Wales

The Spider Woman
Dr. John H. Watson

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Watson

The Scarlet Claw
Doctor Watson

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Doctor Watson

Roxie Hart
E. Clay Benham

The House of Fear
Dr. John Watson

Pursuit to Algiers
Doctor Watson

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Doctor Watson

This Above All
Ramsbottom

Lassie Come Home
Duke of Rudling