Nigel Bruce
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Nigel Bruce (4 february 1895 - 8 october 1953) was a British actor who played Dr. Watson in 14 movies with Basil Rathbone between 1939 and 1946. He started playing Dr. Watson in The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, two movies which was very canonical and had a huge success.
He also played Watson on radio between 1939 and 1947 in The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the adaptation of the Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories by Edith Meiser.
Sick, Nigel Bruce couldn't play Watson in the stage play written by Ouida Bergere, Rathbone's wife. He was replaced by Jack Raine.
Cinema
- 1946 : Dressed to Kill (as Dr. Watson)
- 1946 : Terror by Night (as Dr. Watson)
- 1945 : Pursuit to Algiers (as Dr. Watson)
- 1945 : The House of Fear (as Dr. Watson)
- 1945 : The Woman in Green (as Dr. Watson)
- 1944 : The Spider Woman (as Dr. Watson)
- 1944 : The Scarlet Claw (as Dr. Watson)
- 1944 : The Pearl of Death (as Dr. Watson)
- 1943 : Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (as Dr. Watson)
- 1943 : Sherlock Holmes in Washington (as Dr. Watson)
- 1942 : Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (as Dr. Watson)
- 1942 : Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (as Dr. Watson)
- 1939 : The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (as Dr. Watson)
- 1939 : The Hound of the Baskervilles (as Dr. Watson)
Radio
- 1946-47 : The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (as Dr. Watson) x38
- 1945 : Request Performance: Sherlock Holmes (as Sherlock Holmes)
- 1939-46 : The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (as Dr. Watson) x217