Bruce Seton

Major Sir Bruce Lovat Seton of Abercorn, 11th Baronet (29 May 1909 – 28 September 1969), better known as Bruce Seton, was a British actor and soldier.

Seton was born in Simla, British India, the younger of two sons of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Bruce Seton of Abercorn, 9th Baronet and his wife, Elma, and was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Black Watch in 1929, but resigned his commission in 1932.

Seton's acting career began in 1935, when he starred in Ralph Ince's film Blue Smoke. On the set, he met fellow actor Tamara Desni, and the two married in 1936 and were divorced in 1940. A brief interruption in his career came during the Second World War. In November 1939 he was commissioned as a Lieutenant into the Cameronians, ending the war as a Major.

His last role was as the voice of Beadle in The Wonderful World of Disney from 1962-63. On the death of his brother in 1963 without male heirs, Seton inherited the former's baronetcy. Seton's second wife was actress Antoinette Cellier, but he had no male heirs and so, on his death in 1969, the title passed to his cousin, Christopher.

Seton played Inspector Fabian of Scotland Yard in 1950s TV series Fabian of the Yard. The series was based on the career of the former Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Robert Fabian who usually appeared briefly before the final fade-out to wind up the story.

Selected filmography

• Flame in the Heather (1935)
• Blue Smoke (1935)
• The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
• The End of the Road (1936)
• Annie Laurie (1936)
• The Vandergilt Diamond Mystery (1936)
• Love from a Stranger (1937)
• Father Steps Out (1937)
• Cafe Colette (1937)
• Melody of My Heart (1937)
• Lucky to Me (1939)
• Miracles Do Happen (1939)
• Return to Yesterday (1940)
• The Middle Watch (1940)
• Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
• The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948)
• Whisky Galore! (1949)
• The Blue Lamp (1950)
• Paul Temple's Triumph (1950)
• Seven Days to Noon (1950)
• Portrait of Clare (1950)
• Blackmailed (1951)
• Worm's Eye View (1951)
• White Corridors (1951)
• Emergency Call (1952)
• The Cruel Sea (1953)
• Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
• Breakaway (1955)
• There's Always a Thursday (1957)
• Morning Call (1957)
• Strictly Confidential (1959)
• Make Mine a Million (1959)
• Violent Moment (1959)
• The 39 Steps (1959)
• Operation Cupid (1960)
• Trouble with Eve (1960)
• The League of Gentlemen (1960)
• Just Joe (1960)
• Gorgo (1961)
• Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961)
• Ambush in Leopard Street (1962)
• The Pot Carriers (1962)
• Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)

Sources

• Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 107th edition

External links

• Bruce Seton at the Internet Movie Database
• Whirligig TV
• Bruce Seton at Find a Grave

Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Bruce Seton	Baronet (of Northbank) 1963–1969	Succeeded by Christopher Seton