ACTOR

Nigel Bruce

1895 - 1953

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William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895 – 8 October 1953) 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 with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes in both. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nigel Bruce has received more than 1,169,872 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Nigel Bruce is the 3,052nd most popular actor (down from 2,362nd in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Mexico (down from 135th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Mexican Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nigel Bruce ranks 3,052 out of 13,578. Before him are Laima Vaikule, Kathleen Quinlan, Anna Galiena, Heinz Weixelbraun, Kenny Ortega, and Jack Albertson. After him are Jon Finch, Leighton Meester, Jeffrey Wright, Margaret Hamilton, Joe Dallesandro, and Robert Montgomery.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Nigel Bruce ranks 163. Before him are Neco, Mario Camerini, Immanuel Velikovsky, Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, and Jerzy Kuryłowicz. After him are Vsevolod Ivanov, Gustav von Wangenheim, Josef Uridil, Walter Bedell Smith, Maksym Rylsky, and Ruth Fischer. Among people deceased in 1953, Nigel Bruce ranks 104. Before him are Evgeny Paton, Felice Bonetto, Karl Staaf, Vladimir Dekanozov, Bogdan Kobulov, and Maude Adams. After him are Dumarsais Estimé, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, Trần Trọng Kim, Hrachia Acharian, Charles de Tornaco, and Ralph Linton.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Nigel Bruce ranks 171 out of 729. Before him are Susana Dosamantes (1948), Silvestre Revueltas (1899), Pascual Orozco (1882), Gael García Bernal (1978), Juventino Rosas (1868), and Ana Martín (1945). After him are Manuel Álvarez Bravo (1902), Maite Perroni (1983), Luis Donaldo Colosio (1950), Juan N. Méndez (1820), José Emilio Pacheco (1939), and Tomás Balcázar (1931).

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Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Nigel Bruce ranks 33. Before him are Eugenio Derbez (1961), Claudio Brook (1927), Ignacio López Tarso (1925), Susana Dosamantes (1948), Gael García Bernal (1978), and Ana Martín (1945). After him are Maite Perroni (1983), Diana Bracho (1944), Adriana Barraza (1956), Laura Harring (1964), Adela Noriega (1969), and Ernesto Alonso (1917).

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