Bruce Lester

Bruce Lester

Bruce Lester appeared in films from the 1930s into the 1950s, mainly in supporting roles. He was born Bruce Lister in Johannesburg, South Africa and later resided in England. After studying at Brighton College, he began his career on the London Stage and made his big screen debut in 1934. Lester's co-stars included Ronald Colman, Boris Karloff, James Cagney, Ray Milland and Joan Crawford. His film credits include, "To Be a Lady" (1934), "The Third Clue" (1934), "Boy Meets Girl" (1938), "The Witness Vanishes" (1939), "British Intelligence" (1940), "Pride and Prejudice" (1940), "The Letter" (1940, "Above Suspicion" (1943), "Golden Earrings" (1947), "The Fool and the Princess" (1948) and "Tarzan and the Trappers" (1958).

  • Title: Bruce Lester
  • Popularity: 7.407
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1912-06-06
  • Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
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  • Also Known As: Bruce Lister, Bruce Somerset Lister
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Bruce Lester Movies

  • 1943
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    Above Suspicion

    Above Suspicion

    6.4 1943 HD

    Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Joan Crawford

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  • 1940
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    Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

    6.86 1940 HD

    Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Greer Garson

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  • 1940
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    The Letter

    The Letter

    7.299 1940 HD

    After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Bette Davis

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  • 1941
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    Shadows on the Stairs

    Shadows on the Stairs

    5.4 1941 HD

    Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Frieda Inescort

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  • 1954
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    King Richard and the Crusaders

    King Richard and the Crusaders

    6.3 1954 HD

    Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Rex Harrison

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  • 1939
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    British Intelligence

    British Intelligence

    6 1939 HD

    During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Boris Karloff

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  • 1943
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    The Mysterious Doctor

    The Mysterious Doctor

    5.6 1943 HD

    The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: John Loder

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  • 1947
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    Golden Earrings

    Golden Earrings

    5.8 1947 HD

    A British colonel escapes from the Gestapo to the Black Forest and poses as a Gypsy's mate.

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Ray Milland

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  • 1938
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    If I Were King

    If I Were King

    6.8 1938 HD

    King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Ronald Colman

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  • 1939
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    The Witness Vanishes

    The Witness Vanishes

    6 1939 HD

    In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Edmund Lowe

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  • 1941
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    Shining Victory

    Shining Victory

    5.9 1941 HD

    In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia praecox. He falls for his altruistic female lab...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: James Stephenson

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  • 1941
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    A Yank in the R.A.F.

    A Yank in the R.A.F.

    5.5 1941 HD

    An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.

    Genre: War

    Cast: Tyrone Power

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  • 1938
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    Boy Meets Girl

    Boy Meets Girl

    6.2 1938 HD

    Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: James Cagney

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  • 1949
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    Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora

    Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora

    1 1949 HD

    A private detective (Bruce Lester) and an aspiring actress (Hy Hazell) join forces to thwart a man's scheme to murder his wealthy--and much...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Hy Hazell

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  • 1936
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    The Tenth Man

    The Tenth Man

    6 1936 HD

    George Winter, a self-made businessman and MP, lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the top. Certain in his belief in the corruptible and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Lodge

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  • 1940
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    The Invisible Man Returns

    The Invisible Man Returns

    6.2 1940 HD

    The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Cedric Hardwicke

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  • 1936
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    Ourselves Alone

    Ourselves Alone

    5 1936 HD

    One of the most significant films ever made about the Troubles in Ireland, a powerful story of love and conflicting loyalties set against the battle...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Loder

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  • 1940
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    My Son, My Son!

    My Son, My Son!

    4.3 1940 HD

    A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Madeleine Carroll

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  • 1958
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    Tarzan and the Trappers

    Tarzan and the Trappers

    3.9 1958 HD

    Tarzan goes up against a baddie by the name of Schroeder, who is trapping animals and selling them illegally to zoos. A twist is thrown into the plot...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Gordon Scott

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  • 1936
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    A Star Fell from Heaven

    A Star Fell from Heaven

    1 1936 HD

    In this comedy, a talented singer is hired to dub the voice of a star who has lost his own. During the film's premiere, news that he sang the songs...

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    Cast: Joseph Schmidt

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  • 1951
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    Tales of Robin Hood

    Tales of Robin Hood

    5 1951 HD

    The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de Clairmont and his henchman. Compiled from the...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Robert Clarke

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  • 1936
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    Crime Over London

    Crime Over London

    6 1936 HD

    With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Margot Grahame

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  • 1946
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    Strange Journey

    Strange Journey

    6 1946 HD

    Reformed racketeer "Lucky" Leeds flees from the police when he thinks they are about to arrest him for a murder he didn't commit. He and his wife...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Paul Kelly

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  • 1941
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    Singapore Woman

    Singapore Woman

    6.7 1941 HD

    A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Brenda Marshall

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  • 1942
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    Eagle Squadron

    Eagle Squadron

    1 1942 HD

    An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Robert Stack

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  • 1953
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    Charade

    Charade

    5.5 1953 HD

    This is an anthology film with three stories. In "Portrait of a Murderer", a female artist draws sketches of a mysterious neighbor. She is unaware...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: James Mason

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  • 1934
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    Death at Broadcasting House

    Death at Broadcasting House

    5.6 1934 HD

    An actor is murdered live on air whilst a play is being broadcast. Everyone in the play and broadcasting house fall under suspicion.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Ian Hunter

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  • 1952
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    The Pathfinder

    The Pathfinder

    4 1952 HD

    Pathfinder, a white man raised by the Mohican Indians, joins forces with the British army to avenge himself on the Mingo warriors and the French, who...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: George Montgomery

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  • 1941
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    Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

    7 1941 HD

    Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten,...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Walter Pidgeon

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  • 1947
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    I Walk Alone

    I Walk Alone

    6.6 1947 HD

    Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Burt Lancaster

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  • 1951
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    The Son of Dr. Jekyll

    The Son of Dr. Jekyll

    4 1951 HD

    The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has been unjustly deserved. He sets out to develop his...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Louis Hayward

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  • 1946
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    Without Reservations

    Without Reservations

    6.3 1946 HD

    Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Claudette Colbert

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  • 1932
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    All That Is England

    All That Is England

    1 1932 HD

    Austin promotional short, showing a tour around the country by many Austin models, from the Seven to the Ascot.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Judy Kelly

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  • 1951
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    Secrets of Monte Carlo

    Secrets of Monte Carlo

    1 1951 HD

    A U.S. businessman abroad is the patsy for the theft of a rajah's jewels.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Warren Douglas

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  • 1935
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    Old Roses

    Old Roses

    1 1935 HD

    An elderly man assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal past in the process.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Horace Hodges

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  • 1955
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    The Scarlet Coat

    The Scarlet Coat

    6.3 1955 HD

    An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.

    Genre: History

    Cast: Cornel Wilde

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  • 1953
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    Charade

    Charade

    5.5 1953 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: James Mason

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  • 1963
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    6 1963 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

    Genre: Drama

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  • 1952
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    Dangerous Assignment

    Dangerous Assignment

    3.5 1952 HD

    A U.S. government agent travels the world on undercover missions in this 1950s series. Star Brian Donlevy originated the role on radio in the '40s.

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Brian Donlevy

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  • 1956
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    5.667 1956 HD

    Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer...

    Genre: Drama

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