Bruce Lester
Actor (1912-2008) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 96
Bruce Lester was a South African-born English film actor with over 60 screen appearances to his credit between 1934 and his retirement from acting in 1958. Lester's career divided into two distinct periods.
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Tarzan and the TrappersFilm, Commissioner Brandini1955
The Scarlet CoatFilm, Col. Simcoe1953
CharadeFilm, Writer1952
Dangerous AssignmentSeries
Four Star PlayhouseSeries, 19521st Club Member
The PathfinderFilm, 1952Capt. Clint Bradford1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries, Ray1949
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt NoraFilm, Larry Peters1947
Golden EarringsFilm, Richard Byrd1946
Strange JourneyFilm, Roger Blythe1942
Desperate JourneyFilm1941
A Yank in the R.A.F.Film, Flight Lt. Sterling Richardson1940
My Son, My Son!Film, Rory O'Riorden1938
Boy Meets GirlFilm, Rodney Bowman1937Change for a SovereignFilm, Prince William1935Old RosesFilm, Chris Morgan1934Badger's GreenFilm, Dickie Wetherby1912Born6 June 1912People around Bruce
Close ties
Lester Matthews Also in Man Hunt and If I Were King
Richard Fraser Also in Man Hunt and Cloak and Dagger
Fritz Lang Directed Man Hunt and Cloak and Dagger
Max Steiner Wrote The Letter and Cloak and Dagger
Hal B. Wallis Produced The Letter and Desperate Journey
Gavin Muir Also in The Sea Chase and A Yank in the R.A.F.
Heather Thatcher Also in Man Hunt and If I Were King
Crauford Kent Also in British Intelligence and Shining Victory
Heather Angel Also in Pride and Prejudice (1940)
James Stephenson Also in Boy Meets Girl and The Letter
Frieda Inescort Also in Pride and Prejudice and The Letter- Adrian Brunel Directed Badger's Green (1934)
Richard Ainley Also in Shining Victory and Singapore Woman
May Beatty Also in If I Were King and My Son, My Son!
Holmes Herbert Also in Man Hunt and Cloak and Dagger
Paul Panzer Also in Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Ludwig Stössel Also in Man Hunt and Cloak and Dagger
Phyllis Barry Also in Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
Robin Hughes Also in Secrets of Monte Carlo (1951)
William Wyler Directed The Letter (1940)
James Mason Produced Charade (1953)
Charles Boyer Produced Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
Basil Rathbone Also in Above Suspicion and If I Were King
Alfred Newman Wrote Man Hunt and A Yank in the R.A.F.
Known for
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The Letter 1940
Man Hunt 1941
Pride and Prejudice 1940
I Walk Alone 1947
The Invisible Man Returns 1940
Filmography 40
49 credits on file
Television 3
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
Between 1934 and 1938, billed as Bruce Lister, he appeared in upwards of 20 British films, mostly of the cheaply shot and quickly forgotten quota quickie variety. He then moved to the US, where he changed his surname to Lester, and found himself for a time appearing in some of the biggest prestige productions of their day, alongside stars such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn. Lester himself never achieved star-billing, but was said to have remarked that this at least meant that if a film was a flop, no blame ever fell on his shoulders.
