# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nigel-bruce
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:32:22.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nigel-bruce"
name: "Nigel Bruce"
slug: "nigel-bruce"
description: "William Nigel Ernle Bruce was a British character actor on stage and screen. 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 alongside Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes in both. In addiction to Sherlock Holmes film series, Bruce is also remembered for his roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca and Suspicion, as well as Charlie Chaplin's Limelight and the original Lassie film Lassie Come Home."
tagline: "British actor (1895-1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nigel_Bruce_in_The_Last_of_Mrs_Cheyney_trailer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1895-02-04"
deathDate: "1953-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.2
  momentum:             1.161082753672936
  historical:           22.46147866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115558/"
    handle:    "nm0115558"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b36c403f-bab0-4068-8e7d-55fa6a0c607b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "نيجل بروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "نيجل بروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "نایجل بروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "نایجل بروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ナイジェル・ブルース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%98%EC%9D%B4%EC%A0%88_%EB%B8%8C%EB%A3%A8%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "나이절 브루스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Брюс, Найджел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bruce"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q728050"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3363"
    title: "Nigel Bruce"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump