NIGEL BRUCE (fue un actor inglés)

WILLIAM NIGEL ERNLE BRUCE (4 de febrero de 1895 – 8 de octubre de 1953), usualmente conocido como NIGEL BRUCE, fue un actor británico de reparto, que trabajó para el cine y el teatro, y que se hizo famoso como el Doctor Watson en una serie de películas y obras radiofónicas interpretadas junto a Basil Rathbone, este en el papel de Sherlock Holmes.

Biografía y carrera
Su padre fue Sir William Waller Bruce, décimo Baronet (1856 – 1912), por su esposa Angelica Selby (m. 1917.

Su primera actuación teatral tuvo lugar el 12 de mayo de 1920 en el Comedy Theatre como un lacayo en Why Marry?. En octubre de ese año fue a Canadá como director de escena de Henry V. Esmond y Eva Moore, así como interpretando a Montague Jordan en Eliza Comes to Stay. A partir de entonces apareció constantemente en el teatro, y ocho años después empezó a trabajar en el cine mudo. En 1934 se trasladó a Hollywood, afincándose en Beverly Hills.

Durante su carrera cinematográfica trabajó en 78 películas, incluyendo La isla del tesoro (1934), La pimpinela escarlata, Lassie Come Home (La cadena invisible), The Corn is Green, y Bwana Devil. También apareció en las películas de Alfred Hitchcock Rebecca (1940) y Sospecha (1941).

Solía interpretar a caballeros bufonescos y despistados, y su principal papel fue el del doctor Watson en la serie de Sherlock Holmes iniciada en 1939 con su buen amigo Basil Rathbone. A diferencia de algunos de sus contemporáneos, nunca renunció a su ciudadanía británica, a pesar de su larga residencia en los Estados Unidos, y conservó su afiliación a los clubes de Londres Garrick Club y Bucks Club hasta su muerte.

Su última película, World for Ransom, fue estrenada póstumamente en 1954.

Bruce falleció por un infarto agudo de miocardio en Santa Mónica, California, en 1953, a los 58 años de edad. Fue incinerado, y sus cenizas guardadas en el Crematorio Chapel of the Pines en Los Ángeles.

WILLIAM NIGEL ERNLE BRUCE (February 4, 1895 – October 8, 1953), usually known as NIGEL BRUCE, was a British supporting actor, who worked for the cinema and stage, and who became famous as Doctor Watson in a series of films and radio plays performed alongside Basil Rathbone, this one in the role of Sherlock Holmes.

Biography and career
His father was Sir William Waller Bruce, 10th Baronet (1856 – 1912), by his wife Angelica Selby (d. 1917.

His first stage performance was on May 12, 1920 at the Comedy Theater as a footman in Why Marry?. In October of that year he went to Canada as a stage manager for Henry V. Esmond and Eva Moore, as well as playing Montague Jordan in Eliza Comes to Stay. From then on he appeared constantly in the theater, and eight years later he began to work in silent films. In 1934 he moved to Hollywood, settling in Beverly Hills.

During his film career he worked on 78 films, including Treasure Island (1934), The Scarlet Pimpernel, Lassie Come Home (The Invisible Chain), The Corn is Green, and Bwana Devil. He also appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca (1940) and Suspicion (1941).

He used to play buffoonish and clueless gentlemen, and his main role was that of Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes series started in 1939 with his good friend Basil Rathbone. Unlike some of his contemporaries, he never renounced his British citizenship, despite his long residence in the United States, and retained his membership of the London clubs Garrick Club and Bucks Club until his death.

His last film, World for Ransom, was released posthumously in 1954.

Bruce died of an acute myocardial infarction in Santa Monica, California, in 1953, at the age of 58. He was cremated, and his ashes kept at the Chapel of the Pines Crematorium in Los Angeles.

Filmography
1929 Red Aces Kinsfeather, T.B.
1930 The Squeakers
1930 exhaust
1930 Birds of Prey
1931 Calendar
1932 The Midshipmaid
1932 Lord Camber’s Ladies
1933 I Was a Spy
1933 Channel Crossing
1934 Coming Out Party
1934 Stand Up and Cheer!
1934 Murder in Trinidad
1934 Treasure Island
1934 The Lady Is Willing
1934 Springtime for Henry
1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel
1935 Becky Sharp
1935 She Horace Holly
Jalna Maurice
1935 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1936 The Trail of the Lonesome
1936 Under Two Flags
1936 The White Angel
1936 Follow Your Heart
1936 The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936 The Man I Marry
1937 Thunder in the City Duke Of
1937 The Last of Mrs Cheyney
1938 The Baroness and the Butler
1938 Kidnapped
Suez Sir Malcolm
1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939 The Rains Came
1940 The Blue Bird
1940 Adventure in Diamonds Cor. J.W.
1940 Rebecca
1940 Lillian Russell
1940 Susanna and God Hutchins Stubbs
1940 A Dispatch from Reuters
1941 Hudson’s Bay
1941 Play Girl
1941 Free and Easy
1941 This Woman Is Mine
1941 The Chocolate Soldier
1941 Suspicion
1942Roxie Hart
1942 This Above All
1942 Eagle Squadron
1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942 Journey for Margaret
1943 Sherlock Holmes and the 1943
1945 Sherlock Holmes and the 145
1945 The Corn Is Green
1945 Son of Lassie
1945 The Woman in Green
1946 Pursuit to Algiers
1946 Terror by Night
1947 Dressed to Kill
1947 The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947 The Exile
1948 Julia Misbehaves
1950 Vendetta
1952 Hong Kong
1952 Footlights
1952 Bwana Devil
1954 World for Ransom.

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce