Nigel Bruce

After a successful career as a Broadway and West End performer, Bruce arrived in Hollywood in 1934 and worked steadily as a character actor until his death in 1953, all but patenting the bumbling but essentially well-meaning comic Englishman. Best known as Dr. Watson to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes.

• Also Credited As:
  William Nigel Bruce
• Born:
  September 4, 1895 in Ensenada, Mexico
• Died:
  October 8, 1953.
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Milestones

• 1934 Screen debut, Coming Out Party
• 1939 First teamed with Basil Rathbone to play Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes for The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes