Nigel Bruce
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953), 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.
Limelight
as PostantA fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again...
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Rebecca
as Major Giles LacyStory of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in...
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Lassie Come Home
as Duke of RudlingHard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the...
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Terror by Night
as Dr. John H. WatsonHolmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of...
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Suspicion
as Gordon Cochrane 'Beaky' ThwaiteA wealthy and sheltered young woman elopes with a charming playboy and soon learns of his bad...
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Dressed to Kill
as Dr. John H. WatsonA convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Doctor John H. WatsonOn his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral...
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The Scarlet Claw
as Doctor WatsonWhen a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural...
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The Woman in Green
as Dr. John WatsonSherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger...
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Doctor WatsonIn World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en...
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Doctor WatsonIn the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight...
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Sir Benjamin WarrentonIn 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the...
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The Spider Woman
as Dr. John H. WatsonSherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. WatsonHaving once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to...
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The Blue Bird
as Mr. LuxuryPeasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of...
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Treasure Island
as Squire TrelawneyIn this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins...
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The House of Fear
as Dr. John WatsonThe Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They...
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The Pearl of Death
as Dr. John WatsonThe famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its...
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Doctor WatsonEngland, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi...
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
as The Prince of Wales18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely...
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Doctor WatsonDuring WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his...
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls
as Dr. TuttleStruggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance...
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World for Ransom
as Governor Sir Charles CouttsIn Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime...
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Pursuit to Algiers
as Doctor WatsonAfter the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his...
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The Rains Came
as Lord Albert EskethIndian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the...
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A Dispatch from Reuters
as Sir Randolph PershamGerman Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news...
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Son of Lassie
as Duke of RadlingLaddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his...
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Forever and a Day
as Major GarrowIn World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the...
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Under Two Flags
as Capt. MenziesSergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's...
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Becky Sharp
as Joseph SedleyThe first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was...
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as ThurberA well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
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Adventure in Diamonds
as Col. J.W. LansfieldA government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John...
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Susan and God
as 'Hutchie'A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
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This Above All
as RamsbottomIn 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF...
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She
as Horace HollyLeo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a lost land visited 500 years ago by his ancestor, heads...
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Hudson's Bay
as Prince RupertHighly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire...
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Bwana Devil
as Dr. Angus McLeanBritish railway workers in Kenya are becoming the favorite snack of two man-eating lions. Head...
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Vendetta
as Sir Thomas NevilThe daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica.
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Kidnapped
as Neil MacDonaldRobert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century...
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Suez
as Sir Malcolm CameronFerdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez,...
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Roxie Hart
as E. Clay BenhamA café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing...
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Escape!
as Constable at VicarageWhen Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes...
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Julia Misbehaves
as Col. Bruce 'Bunny' WillowbrookJulia and William were married and soon separated by his snobbish family. They meet again many...
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The Baroness and the Butler
as Major AndrosA Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
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Journey for Margaret
as Herbert V. AllisonAn American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening...
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Frenchman's Creek
as Lord GodolphinAn English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...
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The Midshipmaid
as Maj. SpinkSir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter...
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The Corn Is Green
as The SquireWhen a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough...
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Hong Kong
as LightonAmerican adventurer Jeff Williams is fleeing the communist advance in China when he becomes...
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Lord Willie WintonA chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.
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Stand Up and Cheer!
as Eustis DinwiddlePresident Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in...
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The Chocolate Soldier
as Bernard FischerMaria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very...
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The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
as IvanA Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by...
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Crazy House
as Dr. WatsonOle Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another...
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Eagle Squadron
as McKinnonAn American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in...
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Murder in Trinidad
as Bertram LynchAuthor/explorer John W. Vandercook conceived the character of Bertram Lynch as an investigator...
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Springtime for Henry
as Johnny JewlliwellA rakish fellow involves himself with a married woman. Later his secretary endeavors to win him...
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Play Girl
as William McDonald VincentWhen a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all...
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Jalna
as Maurice VaughnA young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.
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Thunder in the City
as Duke Of GlenavonA visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have...
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The Exile
as Sir Edward HydeIn 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his...
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The White Angel
as Dr. WestIn Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards...
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Lillian Russell
as William GilbertAlice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
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Coming Out Party
as TroonIn this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants...
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The Calendar
as Lord Willie PannifordRacehorse owner Anson is swindled by a woman named Wenda and goes up in front of the Jockey Club...
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Birds of Prey
as Major FothergillAt a reception given by Arthur Hilton at his Sussex home the conversation turns to the subject...
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Free and Easy
as Florian ClemingtonThis MGM B-picture was adapted from Ivor Novello's play The Truth Game. Max and Florian...
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This Woman Is Mine
as Duncan MacDougallThree seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship....
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The Squeaker
as CollieA detective poses as an ex-convict to expose the head of a benevolent society as a fence.
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Follow Your Heart
as Henri ForresterAn eccentric musical family is kept in order by a talented daughter with modest ambitions.
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Lord Camber's Ladies
as Lord CamberIn this drama the owner of a flower shop falls in love with one of her patrons. Unfortunately,...
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In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
as uncreditedActor Patrick Macnee leads the viewer through London in the footsteps of the genius private...
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I Was a Spy
as ScottieDuring World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding...
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The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Watson (archive footage)This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes...
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The Lady Is Willing
as WeltonIn this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who...
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Gypsy Wildcat
as High SheriffIn an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron...
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Channel Crossing
as Nigel GuthrieMoney isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save...
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