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Nigel Bruce

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Nigel Bruce

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  • (1926 - 1938) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
  • (1938) Stage: Appeared (as "William Schwenk Gilbert") in "Knights of Song" on Broadway. Musical. Material by Glendon Alvine, based on a story by Alvine and Adele Gutman Nathan. Musical Direction by George Hirst. Orchestrations furnished by Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc. Additional orchestrations by Harold Sanford. Gilbert and Sullivan musical excerpts staged by Avalon Collard. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Hollywood Theatre: 17 Oct 1938-29 Oct 1938 (16 performances). Cast: John Adair (as "McManus"), Jay Amiss, Earl Ashcroft, Charles Atkin, Reginald Bach, Victor Beecroft, Beulah Blake, Freeman Bloodgood, Ralph Bunker (as "Sir Joseph Porter"), Martha Burnett, Angus Cairns, Robert Chisholm, Virginia Cole, Robert Collins, Burr Crandall, Norman Crandall, Shirley Dale, Paul Davin, Shannon Dean, Vera Deane, Annamary Dickey, Mary Dyer, Bruce Evans, Anthony Ferrara, William Foran, Ann Francis, Shirley Gale, Davie Gladstone, Carrie Glenn, Norman Gray, Sally Hadley, Natalie Hall, Edward Hayes, Karl Holly, Mary Hoppel, Rosalind Ivan, Myrtis Jackson, Dorothy Johnson, Lois Kirk, Earle MacVeigh, Emily Marsh, John Moore, Henry Mowbray (as "His Grace, The Archbishop of Canterbury"), Sandra Nova, Winston O'Keefe (as "George Bernard Shaw"), Remington Olmstead, Eva Paul, Molly Pearson, Orlo Rexford, Martha Roberts, Leonard Rocky, Edward Ryan Jr., David Showalter, Laurence Siegel, Lawrence Siegle, Betty Sparks, George Vaughan, Gladstone Waldrip, Ruth Wenton, Everett West, Rex Williams, Monty Woolley (as "His Royal Highness"), Albert Edward. Produced by Laurence Schwab.
  • (1937) Stage Play: Virginia. Musical/romance. Book by Laurence Stallings and Owen Davis. Music by Arthur Schwartz. Lyrics by Al Stillman. Music orchestrated by Ardon Cornwell, Hans Spialek, Phil Wall, Will Vodery, Maurice Baron. Vocal arrangements by Lee Montgomery and Kenny Christie. Book directed by Edward C. Lilley. Choreographed by Florence Rogge. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Stage Manager: Paul Porter. Assistant Stage Mgr: Burton McEvilly, William Torpey and Richard Whale. Technical Director: Frank Hall. Scenic Design by Lee Simonson. Directed by Leon Leonidoff. Center Theatre: 2 Sep 1937-23 Oct 1937 (60 performances). Cast: Martha Adamson, Ajax, James Allison, Nelson Ames, Viola Anderson, Avis Andrews, Elizabeth Andrews, Gene Archer, Bruce Barclay, Milton Barnette, Mona Barrie, John Barry, George Beach, Clarence Beasley, Bertha Belmore, Max Benson, Margaret Benton, Alice Berwald, Anne Booth, Geraldine Bork, Patricia Bowman, Virginia Browning, Nigel Bruce (as "His Excellency, Governor of the Colony"), John W. Bubbles, Ford L. Buck, Boris Butleroff, Jack Carr, Helen Carroll, Tania Clell, G. Congreve, Don Cortez, Henry Davis, John Diggs, Mable Downs, Janice Dremann, Laura Duncan, Ranolds Dupler, John Eldon, Maurice Ellis, Sally Ellis, Esta Elman, James Evans & Co., Gordon Felts, Doris Fischer, Leon Fokine, Marie Fox, Ed Galloway, Herbert Garstin, Margo Gavin, Ray Giles, Herbert Goff, Ronald Graham, Gail Grant, Marie Grimaldi, Val Gueral, Katie Hall, Lansing Hatfield, Gladys Haverty, Hermoine Hawkins, Lola Hayes, Margaret Hayness, Dennis Hoey (as "Sir Guy Carleton"), Bruce Howard, Louisa Howard, Mabel Howard, Polly Iuen, Lo Iven, Norman Jackson, Eleanor James, Charlotte Junius, Nora Kaye, George Kiddon, Karl Kohrs, Leona Krauss, Robert Landine, Anna Lazarevich, Bubblesette Leacock, Linn Ledford, James Lillard, Gene Lockhart (as "Fortesque of Drury Lane"), Thalia Mara, Anthony Marvin, Joseph Meyer, Margaret Miller, Doris Moore, Charlotte Mount, Mae Muth, Fyodor Nazinoff, Doris Newcomb, Eunice Northup, Martha Pacina, Muriel Pack, George Prentice, David Preston, Marion Raber, Robert Raines, John Ravold (as "A Patriot"), 'William Redfield (I)' (billed as "Billy Redfield"), Gordon Richards, Bruce Rogers, Margaret Rogers, Peggy Romano, Rosa Rubenstein, Nina Sabatini, Joseph Scandur, Tom Scott, Winton Sears, Zelda Shelton, Morrie Siegel, Maude Simmons, Gus Simons, Ed Smith, Irene Soussanin, Sylvia Stone, Tatyanna, Harold Taub, Tom Tempest, Charles Timpson, Adrienne Toner, Valia Valentinoff, Gladys Vincent, Grace Walsh, Howard Warriner, Charles Welch, Alma Wertley, Lewis White, W.W. Whitfield, Katherine Wilson, David Worth, Irene Zambelli. Produced by The Center Theatre (John Kenneth Hyatt: Managing Director).
  • (1931) Stage: Appeared in "Springtime for Henry" on Broadway. Comedy.
  • (1931) Stage Play: Lean Harvest. Drama. Written by Ronald Jeans. Directed by Leslie Banks. Forrest Theatre: 13 Oct 1931- Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Vera Allen (as "Celila Hardman"), Leslie Banks (as "Nigel"), Paula Bauersmith (as "Carmen Bracegirdle"), Lillian Bronson (as "Gladys/Miss Moggs"), Nigel Bruce (as "Philip Downes"), Patricia Calvert (as "Anne"), Charles Esdale (as "Duckitt"), Alfred Flanders (as "Jack Crabb"), Peggy Hovenden (as "Leila Perrett"), John Hoyt [credited as John Hoysradt] (as "Dr. Plumtree/Mr. McGowan"), A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons (as "Mr. A. Tellworthy/Dr. Fisher"), Edwin Mills (as "Richard"), Evelyn Mills (as "Ann"), Warren Mills (as "Tommy"), Leonard Mudie (as "Steven"), Molly Pearson (as "Mrs. Trent"), Ada Potter (as "Mrs. Tellworthy"), Harry Sothern (as "Mr. Featherstone"), Joaquin Souther (as "Porteous"). Produced by Kenneth Macgowan and Joseph Verner Reed.
  • (1926) Stage: Appeared in "This Was a Man" on Broadway. Comedy.
  • (1928) Stage: Appeared in Harold Dearden "Two White Arms," at the Lewisham Hippodrome in Lewisham, London, England, with Owen Nares, Sydney Fairbrother, Marda Vanne and Julian Andrews in the cast. Director: Leon M. Lion.
  • (1931) Stage: Appeared in Ronald Jeans' "Lean Harvest," at the St. Martin's Theatre in London, England, with Leslie Banks, Diana Wynyard, Isabel Wilford, Wilfred Babbage, J.H. Roberts and Evelyn Moore in the cast. Director: Raymond Massey.
  • (May 1, 1926 - July 1926) He acted in Edgar Wallace's play, "The Ringer," at the Wyndham's Theatre in London, England with Dorothy Dickson, Leslie Faber, Franklin Dyall, Gordon Harker, Eric Stanley, Leslie Banks, Henry Forbes, Betty Hicks, Arthur Stratton, and Naomi Jacob in the cast.

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