Nigel Bruce

1895-1953

Biography: life and films

Nigel Bruce was a British actor whose birth name was William Nigel Ernle Bruce. He was born in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico on 4th February 1895 and died in Santa Monica, California, USA on 8th October 1953, aged 58.

His best films as an actor include Frank Woodruff's comedy Play Girl (1941), Roy William Neill's crime-thriller Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943), The Pearl of Death (1944), The Scarlet Claw (1944) and The Spider Woman (1944).

Nigel Bruce appeared in 75 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Roy William Neill (12 films), William Dieterle (2), Walter Lang (2), Frank Lloyd (2), Edgar Wallace (2), Basil Dean (2), Alfred L. Werker (2) and Alfred Hitchcock (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (35 films), Thriller (17), crime-thriller (15), romance (10), comedy (10), comedy-romance (7), comedy-drama (7), War (7), Horror (6), history (4), Biography (3) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Nigel Bruce over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

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Red Aces (1929) [a]

Birds of Prey (1930) [a]

Escape (1930) [a]

The Squeaker (1930) [a]

The Calendar (1931) [a]

Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) [a]

The Midshipmaid (1932) [a]

Channel Crossing (1933) [a]

I Was a Spy (1933) [a]

Coming-Out Party (1934) [a]

Murder in Trinidad (1934) [a]

Springtime for Henry (1934) [a]

Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) [a]

The Lady Is Willing (1934) [a]

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) [a]

Treasure Island (1934) [a]

Becky Sharp (1935) [a]

Jalna (1935) [a]

She (1935) [a]

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935) [a]

Follow Your Heart (1936) [a]

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) [a]

The Man I Marry (1936) [a]

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) [a]

The White Angel (1936) [a]

Under Two Flags (1936) [a]

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) [a]

Thunder in the City (1937) [a]

Kidnapped (1938) [a]

Suez (1938) [a]

The Baroness and the Butler (1938) [a]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) [a]

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) [a]

The Rains Came (1939) [a]

A Dispatch from Reuter's (1940) [a]

Adventure in Diamonds (1940) [a]

Lillian Russell (1940) [a]

Rebecca (1940) [a]

Susan and God (1940) [a]

The Blue Bird (1940) [a]

Free and Easy (1941) [a]

Hudson's Bay (1941) [a]

Play Girl (1941) [a]

Suspicion (1941) [a]

The Chocolate Soldier (1941) [a]

This Woman Is Mine (1941) [a]

Eagle Squadron (1942) [a]

Journey for Margaret (1942) [a]

Roxie Hart (1942) [a]

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) [a]

This Above All (1942) [a]

Lassie Come Home (1943) [a]

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) [a]

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) [a]

Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) [a]

Frenchman's Creek (1944) [a]

Gypsy Wildcat (1944) [a]

The Pearl of Death (1944) [a]

The Scarlet Claw (1944) [a]

The Spider Woman (1944) [a]

Pursuit to Algiers (1945) [a]

Son of Lassie (1945) [a]

The Corn Is Green (1945) [a]

The House of Fear (1945) [a]

The Woman in Green (1945) [a]

Dressed to Kill (1946) [a]

Terror by Night (1946) [a]

The Exile (1947) [a]

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) [a]

Julia Misbehaves (1948) [a]

Vendetta (1950) [a]

Bwana Devil (1952) [a]

Hong Kong (1952) [a]

Limelight (1952) [a]

World for Ransom (1954) [a]



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