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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 1,104,284 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Nigel Bruce is the 2,366th most popular actor (up from 3,095th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 175th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Mexican Actor.

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  • 1.1M

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  • 51.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nigel Bruce ranks 2,366 out of 9,996. Before him are Damian Lewis, Julian Fellowes, Amy Irving, Dorothy Dandridge, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and Ray Wise. After him are Tommy Wiseau, Alan Thicke, Bill Cobbs, Susan Blakely, Mickey Hargitay, and Brenda Vaccaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Nigel Bruce ranks 140. Before him are Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Alfred Neuland, Susanne Langer, Jankel Adler, Gustav Klutsis, and Gustav von Wangenheim. After him are Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, Bill W., Agop Dilâçar, Maksym Rylsky, Leonid Utyosov, and Stefan Rowecki. Among people deceased in 1953, Nigel Bruce ranks 85. Before him are Kyuichi Tokuda, Holger Pedersen, Josef Fischer, Albert Austin, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, and Joseph Jongen. After him are Nicolae Rădescu, Jan Czochralski, Vydūnas, Friedrich Wolf, Ralph Linton, and Helene Mayer.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Nigel Bruce ranks 135 out of 585. Before him are Helena Rojo (1944), Ricardo Flores Magón (1874), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (1940), Demián Bichir (1963), Luis Donaldo Colosio (1950), and Carlos Chávez (1899). After him are Juan Álvarez (1790), José Alfredo Jiménez (1926), José Vasconcelos (1882), Kitten Natividad (1948), Juventino Rosas (1868), and Gael García Bernal (1978).

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Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Nigel Bruce ranks 24. Before him are Laura Harring (1964), Jacqueline Andere (1938), Fernando Colunga (1966), Helena Rojo (1944), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (1940), and Demián Bichir (1963). After him are Kitten Natividad (1948), Gael García Bernal (1978), Claudio Brook (1927), Ramon Novarro (1899), Ignacio López Tarso (1925), and Victoria Ruffo (1962).

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