Walter Brennan

. His last movie, World for Ransom, was released in 1954. On his death in 1974, Walter Brennan was interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Bruce died in 1953, aged 57, in Santa Monica, California. He was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1970. There were 14 films made and he also played Watson on the radio. He also made a few recordings, the most popular being "Old Rivers" in 1962. But for millions of fans, Bruce was the definitive Watson.

In the 1950s, he starred in the television series The Real McCoys, and appeared in several other movies and television programs, usually as an eccentric "old-timer". Holmes purists objected that Watson in the books was an intelligent and capable person, just not a super detective, and that the Bruce portrayal made him seem dimmer and more bumbling than he was. Other films included Red River, Rio Bravo, My Darling Clementine, Meet John Doe, The Pride of the Yankees, To Have and Have Not, Bad Day at Black Rock and How the West Was Won. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes series beginning in 1939 with his good friend Basil Rathbone. After working as an extra and a stunt man, he began receiving more substantial roles in the 1930s, culminating with the receiving of the very first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1937 for Come and Get It. He played buffoonish, fuzzy-minded gentlemen and his signature role was that of Dr. After serving in World War I, he moved to Guatemala and raised pineapples, before settling in Los Angeles, California. During his career he worked on 77 movies, including Treasure Island, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Lassie Come Home, The Corn is Green, and Bwana Devil.

While in school, he became interested in acting, and began to perform in vaudeville. In 1934 he moved to Hollywood. Brennan was born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, and studied engineering in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1920 he began his career on stage and eight years later started working in silent films. He holds the distinction of having won more Academy Awards for acting than any other male actor. He was severely wounded in World War I and spent most of the war in a wheelchair. Walter Brennan, (25 July 1894 - 21 September 1974) was a veteran character actor, notably in westerns. The son of a baronet, he was born in Ensenada, Mexico, where his parents were on vacation.

1937 - Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Come and Get It. Watson in a series of films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. 1939 - Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Kentucky. William Nigel Bruce (September 4, 1895 - October 8, 1953), usually credited as Nigel Bruce, was a British character actor, best known as Dr. 1941 - Won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Westerner. 1942 - Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Sergeant York.