Head to headBasil Rathbone against Nigel Bruce Both careers by IMDb ratingBasil RathboneNigel Bruce
Tale of the tape as an actor
Basil Rathbone vs Nigel Bruce
Nigel Bruce averages 6.85 across 36 rated films as an actor, ahead of Basil Rathbone at 6.60.
- 65 (48 rated)
- Films acted
- 55 (36 rated)
- 6.60
- Average
- 6.85▶
- 6.65
- Weighted
- 6.89▶
- The Adventures of Robin Hood 7.9
- Best film
- Rebecca 8.0▶
- ◀7.42, 1938 to 1939
- Peak five
- 7.14, 1939 to 1940
- ◀6 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 5 films
- 4.78 (−1.82)
- Current form
- 7.00 (+0.15)▶
- 341K
- IMDb votes
- 393K▶
- 1929 to 1967
- Career
- 1933 to 1954
- ◀0 wins, 2 noms
- Oscars
- None
Rows won
3 to 5
Nigel Bruce ahead
Films together
15
averaging 6.86
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1939 | 7.4 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Dr. Watson |
 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1939 | 7.2 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Dr. Watson |
 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | 1942 | 6.4 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Doctor Watson |
 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | 1942 | 6.5 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Doctor Watson |
 Sherlock Holmes in Washington | 1942 | 6.6 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Doctor Watson |
 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | 1943 | 6.9 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Doctor Watson |
 The Spider Woman | 1943 | 7.0 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Dr. Watson |
 The Scarlet Claw | 1944 | 7.1 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Doctor Watson |
 The Pearl of Death | 1944 | 7.1 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Doctor Watson |
| Frenchman's Creek | 1944 | · | as Lord Rockingham | as Lord Godolphin |
 The House of Fear | 1945 | 7.1 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Doctor Watson |
 The Woman in Green | 1945 | 6.6 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Dr. Watson |
| Pursuit to Algiers | 1945 | 6.7 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Dr. John H. Watson |
 Terror by Night | 1946 | 6.7 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Dr. John H. Watson |
 Dressed to Kill | 1946 | 6.7 | as Sherlock Holmes | as Doctor Watson |