Bruce Seton

Bruce Seton
Born	29 May 1909(1909-05-29) Simla, India
Died	28 September 1969(1969-09-28) (aged 60) London, England
Occupation	Actor, soldier

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, 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 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 divorced in 1940. A brief interruption in his career came during World War II. In November 1939 he was commissioned Lieutenant in 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.

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)
• Love from a Stranger (1937)
• Father Steps Out (1937)
• Return to Yesterday (1940)
• The Middle Watch (1940)
• Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
• Whisky Galore! (1949)
• The Blue Lamp (1950)
• Paul Temple's Triumph (1950)
• Seven Days to Noon (1950)
• Portrait of Clare (1950)
• Worm's Eye View (1951)
• White Corridors (1951)
• The Cruel Sea (1953)
• Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
• There's Always a Thursday (1957)
• Morning Call (1957)
• Strictly Confidential (1959)
• Make Mine a Million (1959)
• The 39 Steps (1959)
• The League of Gentlemen (1960)
• Just Joe (1960)
• Gorgo (1961)
• Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961)
• The Pot Carriers (1962)
• Fabian of the Yard. BBC TV 1950s.

Source

• 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