William Nigel Ernle Bruce (February 4, 1895 - October 8, 1953), usually credited as Nigel Bruce, was a British character actor on stage and screen, best known as Dr. Watson in a series of films and a radioseries starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. The son of Sir William Waller Bruce, 10th Baronet (1856 - 1912) by his spouse Angelica (d. 1917), daughter of General George Selby, Royal Artillery, he was born in Ensenada, … Wikipedia
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