Bruce McRae

Bruce McRae (January 15, 1867, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 - May 7, 1927 City Island, New York, was an American

United States

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 stage

Stage (theatre)

In theatre or performance arts, the stage is a designated space for the performance productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience...

 and early silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

.

Born in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 in 1867 he entered acting as a stage actor. He was the first actor to play Dr. Watson to William Gillette

William Gillette

William Hooker Gillette was an American actor, playwright and stage-manager in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who is best remembered today for portraying Sherlock Holmes....

's Sherlock Holmes. For several years, 1903-1908 he worked as leading man to the young Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors.-Early life:Ethel Barrymore was born Ethel Mae Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second child of the actors Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew...

. He also with the likes of Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro....

 and William Garwood

William Garwood

William Garwood was an American stage and film actor and director of the early silent era in the 1910s....

 in 1908. After making his reputation acting in various Broadway plays, he moved into film in 1914 starring in about 10 films until his retirement in 1922.

He died at his home on City Island, Bronx

City Island, Bronx

City Island is a small island approximately 1.5 mi long by .5 mi wide. At one time attached to the town of Pelham, Westchester County, it is now part of the New York City borough of the Bronx. As of the 2000 census the island had a population of 4,520. Its land area is 1.023 km²...

 in early May 1927.

Filmography

• The Ring and the Man (1914) .... George Gormly, alias of George Fordyce
• Via Wireless (1915) .... Lieutenant Sommers
• The Chain Invisible (1916) .... James Wadsworth ... aka The Invisible Chain
• The Green Swamp
  The Green Swamp
  The Green Swamp is a 1916 silent drama starring Bessie Barriscale and written by C. Gardner Sullivan.-Cast:* Bessie Barriscale - Margery Allison* Bruce McRae - Dr. Ward Allison* J. Barney Sherry - Dr...
  
  (1916) .... Dr. Ward Allison
• Hazel Kirke
  Hazel Kirke
  Hazel Kirke is a play in four acts written by American actor and dramatist Steele MacKaye. The play was written between 1878 and 1879 in the town of Dublin, New Hampshire. MacKaye meant it to be expressly for New York City's Madison Square Theatre, which MacKaye had recently renovated and...
  
  (1916) .... Squire Rodney
• Beatrice Fairfax
  • Episode 7: A Name for the Baby (1916)
  • Episode 10: Playball (1916) .... The Bookie
• A Star Over Night (1919)
• The World's a Stage (1922) .... John Brand

External links

• Bruce McRae in costume for a play
• Bruce McRae formal portrait of Bruce McRae(Univ. of Washington/Sayre Collection)