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William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953) was a British character actor on stage and screen. [1] He was best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , starring with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes in both.
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is the sixth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. [1] Made in 1943, it is a loose adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's 1893 Holmes short story " The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual ". [ 2 ]
Dressed to Kill. Dressed to Kill is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Roy William Neill.Released by Universal Pictures, it is the last of fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson. [1]
Murder in Trinidad is a 1934 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Louis King and starring Nigel Bruce, Heather Angel, Victor Jory, and Murray Kinnell. [1] It was produced and distributed by Fox Film. [2]
In 1938, Basil Rathbone was cast as Sherlock Holmes for the 20th Century-Fox adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles; Nigel Bruce was chosen to play Dr. John Watson. [1] Darryl F. Zanuck, Gregory Ratoff and Gene Markey made the choice of Rathbone as Holmes during a conversation at a party in Hollywood. [2]
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson; Evelyn Ankers as Kitty; Reginald Denny as Sir Evan Barham / Heinrich von Bork / The Voice of Terror; Thomas Gomez as R.F. Meade
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1939 American gothic mystery film [1] based on the 1902 Sherlock Holmes novel of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Directed by Sidney Lanfield, the film stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson.
The Scarlet Claw is a 1944 American mystery thriller film [1] based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Directed by Roy William Neill and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, it is the eighth film of the Rathbone/Bruce series.