Nigel Bruce

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British person actor film actor human radio actor stage actor

Nigel Bruce was a British character actor best known for portraying Dr. Watson alongside Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes in a popular series of films from the late 1930s and 1940s.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nigel Bruce canonical	17
Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person ⓘ actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ radio actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ
appearedIn	Dressed to Kill (1946 film) ⓘ Lassie ⓘ surface form: Lassie Come Home (1943 film) Pursuit to Algiers ⓘ Rebecca (1940 film) ⓘ Sherlock Holmes Faces Death ⓘ Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon ⓘ Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror ⓘ Sherlock Holmes in Washington ⓘ Suspicion (1941 film) ⓘ Terror by Night ⓘ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 film) ⓘ "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1936 film) ⓘ surface form: The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) ⓘ The House of Fear ⓘ The Last of Mrs. Cheyney ⓘ surface form: The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937 film) The Pearl of Death ⓘ The Rains Came ⓘ The Scarlet Claw ⓘ The Spider Woman ⓘ The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film) ⓘ The Woman in Green ⓘ
birthName	William Nigel Ernle Bruce ⓘ
burialPlace	Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn	World War I ⓘ
coStarredWith	Basil Rathbone ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1895-02-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1953-10-08 ⓘ
familyName	Bruce ⓘ
genre	adventure film ⓘ drama film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ
givenName	Nigel ⓘ William ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
name	Nigel Bruce self-link ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableRole	Dr. Watson ⓘ surface form: Dr. John H. Watson
numberOfChildren	2 ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ character actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Ensenada ⓘ surface form: Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
placeOfDeath	Santa Monica ⓘ surface form: Santa Monica, California, United States
portrayedCharacter	Dr. Watson ⓘ
servedIn	British Army ⓘ
spouse	Violet Campbell ⓘ
yearsActive	1920–1953 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treasure Island (1934 film) → starredActor → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

Limelight → starring → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

Rebecca (1940 film) → starring → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

Roxie Hart → starredActor → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

Marjorie, Countess of Carrick → child → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

The Rains Came → starring → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 film) → castMember → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death → stars → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) → starring → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) → portrays → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon → stars → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

Nigel Bruce → name → Nigel Bruce self-link ⓘ

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1936 film) → starring → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

subject surface form: The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)

The Baroness and the Butler → castMember → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

Bruce family → notableMember → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

The Two Mrs. Carrolls → starring → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

1952 film Limelight → starring → Nigel Bruce ⓘ

subject surface form: Limelight (1952 film)

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo → hasCastMember → Nigel Bruce ⓘ