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{{for|his father, the military surgeon and historian|Bruce Gordon Seton}}
{{short description|British actor (1909-1969)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific-prefix = [[Baronet|Sir]]
| name = Bruce Seton
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| image = Actor_Bruce_Seton.jpg
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| birth_place = [[Shimla|Simla]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|9|28|1909|5|29|df=y}}
| death_place = [[London]], England
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Tamara Desni]]|1937|1940|end=divorced}} {{marriage|[[Antoinette Cellier]] |1940}}
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'''Sir Bruce Lovat Seton, 11th Baronet''' (29 May 1909 – 28 September 1969) was a British actor and soldier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9ef8753a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722013149/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9ef8753a|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-22|title=Bruce Seton|work=BFI}}</ref>

He is best remembered for his eponymous lead role in ''[[Fabian of the Yard]]''.

== Early life==
Bruce Lovat Seton was born in [[Shimla|Simla]], [[British India]], the younger of two sons of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir [[Bruce Gordon Seton]] of Abercorn (1868–1934), 9th Baronet and his wife, Elma Armstrong (died 1960).<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.hamishhaynes.com/ft/fam7.html|title = Family of Sir Bruce SETON of Abercorn, 9th Baronet and Elma ARMSTRONG|website = Hamish Haynes|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024732/http://www.hamishhaynes.com/ft/fam7.html|archive-date = 24 September 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref> He was educated at [[Edinburgh Academy]] and then trained at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].

== Military career ==
Bruce was commissioned into the [[Black Watch]] in 1929 as a [[Second lieutenant|2nd Lieutenant]], but resigned his commission in 1932. A brief interruption in his acting career came during the [[World War II|Second World War]] and in November 1939 he held the rank of [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] in the 10th [[Battalion]], [[Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)]], ending the war as [[Major]] (temporary). His service number was 44304 and he was awarded the [[Medal of Freedom (1945)|Medal of Freedom]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/records/5194003/temporary-major-bruce-lovat-seton-british-army-cameronians-scottish-rifles/|title = Record Details for Bruce Lovat Seton (Cameronians (Scottish Rifles))|website = Forces War Records}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37961/supplement/2288/data.pdf|title = Supplement to the London Gazette, 23 May, 1947|website = The Gazette}}</ref>

== Acting ==
Bruce began his acting career in the chorus line at Drury Lane Theatre<ref name=":0" /> and starred in [[Ralph Ince]]'s film ''[[Blue Smoke (1935 film)|Blue Smoke]]'' (1935) as character Don Chinko.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/movies/cast/0,,1799056,00.html|title = Cast of Blue Smoke|website = Artist Direct}}</ref>

He played Inspector Fabian of Scotland Yard in the television series ''[[Fabian of the Yard]]'' (1954–1956). 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/fabian-of-the-yard-v90806|title=Fabian of the Yard (1954) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie|work=AllMovie}}</ref>

Bruce's last role was as the voice of Beadle in ''[[The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' (1962–1963).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdizzy.com/drsyn.html|title=Walt Disney Treasures: Dr. Syn - The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh DVD Review|work=dvdizzy.com}}</ref>

He fenced and boxed in the Army and was a founder member with other actors of the [[Lord's Taverners]], a charity which raises funds to support participation in cricket.<ref name=":0" />

==Later career ==
His address in the 1940s was 15 Learmonth Gardens in western Edinburgh.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/images/SetonCellier1940.jpg|title = Marriage Record Bruce Lovat Seton and Florence Antoinette Glossop Cellier|website = Scotland's People}}</ref>

In 1963, on 7 February, the death of his brother, Alexander (Sandy) Hay Seton (who had no male heirs), Bruce became the 11th [[Seton baronets|Seton baronet]].<ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151502292/bruce-lovat-seton {{Bare URL inline|date=June 2021}}</ref>

Since Bruce also had no male heirs at the time of his death, in 1969, the title passed to his cousin, Christopher Bruce Seton (1909–1988).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hamishhaynes.com/ft/fam7.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024732/http://www.hamishhaynes.com/ft/fam7.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==

He met fellow actor [[Tamara Desni|Tamara Desni Willhelm]] (1911-2008) on the set of ''Blue Smoke'' in 1935, became her second husband in 1937 in London and divorced in 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/images/BNASeton2.pdf|title = Daily Record and Mail, Thursday February 15,1940 - Married Hour After Divorce|website = Scotland's People}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/film/online-records-show-actor-remarried-one-hour-after-divorce-1-3989209|title = Online records show actor 'remarried one hour after divorce'|website = The Scotsman}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/Help/index.aspx?2368|title = Bruce Seton|website = Scotland's People}}</ref>

He married his second wife, actor [[Antoinette Cellier]] (Florence Antoinette Glossop Cellier), in 1940 in London. They had a daughter, Lydia Antoinette Gordon Seton, born on 14 November 1941.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url = http://www.thepeerage.com/p57442.htm|title = Person Page - 57442|website = The Peerage}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Flame in the Heather]]'' (1935) - Murray
* ''[[Blue Smoke (1935 film)|Blue Smoke]]'' (1935) - Don Chinko
* ''[[The Vandergilt Diamond Mystery]]'' (1936) - Hardcastle
* ''[[Wedding Group]]'' (1936) - Dr. Jock Carnegie
* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936 film)|The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' (1936) - Mark
* ''[[Melody of My Heart]]'' (1936) - Jim Brent
* ''[[The End of the Road (1936 film)|The End of the Road]]'' (1936) - Donald Carson
* ''[[Jack of All Trades (1936 film)|Jack of All Trades]]'' (1936) - Dancer (uncredited)
* ''[[Love from a Stranger (1937 film)|Love from a Stranger]]'' (1937) - Ronald Bruce
* ''[[Cafe Colette]]'' (1937) - Roger Manning
* ''[[Racing Romance (1937 film)|Racing Romance]]'' (1937) - Harry Stone
* ''[[Fifty-Shilling Boxer]]'' (1937) - Jack Foster
* ''[[Father Steps Out (1937 film)|Father Steps Out]]'' (1937) - Johnnie Miller
* ''[[The Green Cockatoo]]'' (1937) - Madison - Tall Henchman
* ''[[Weddings Are Wonderful]]'' (1938) - John Smith
* ''[[You're the Doctor]]'' (1938) - Appleby
* ''[[Miracles Do Happen]]'' (1939) - Rodney Gilmore
* ''[[Annie Laurie (1936 film)|Annie Laurie]]'' (1939) - Jamie Turner
* ''[[Old Mother Riley Joins Up]]'' (1939) - Lt. Travers
* ''[[Lucky to Me]]'' (1939) - Lord 'Tiny' Tyneside
* ''[[Return to Yesterday]]'' (1940) - Journalist (uncredited)
* ''[[The Middle Watch (1940 film)|The Middle Watch]]'' (1940) - Captain Randall
* ''[[The Curse of the Wraydons]]'' (1946) - Jack Wraydon / Spring-Heeled Jack
* ''[[Bond Street (film)|Bond Street]]'' (1948) - Sergeant
* ''[[The Story of Shirley Yorke]]'' (1948) - Captain Sharp
* ''[[Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948 film)|Bonnie Prince Charlie]]'' (1948) - Allan Macrae (uncredited)
* ''[[Scott of the Antarctic (film)|Scott of the Antarctic]]'' (1948) - Lt. H. Pennell R.N.
* ''[[Look Before You Love]]'' (1948) - Johns
* ''[[Whisky Galore! (1949 film)|Whisky Galore!]]'' (1949) - Sergeant Odd
* ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' (1950) - PC Campbell
* ''[[Paul Temple's Triumph]]'' (1950) - Bill Bryant
* ''[[Seven Days to Noon]]'' (1950) - Brigadier Grant (uncredited)
* ''[[Portrait of Clare (film)|Portrait of Clare]]'' (1950) - Lord Steven Wolverbury
* ''[[Blackmailed (1951 film)|Blackmailed]]'' (1951) - Supt. Crowe
* ''[[Worm's Eye View]]'' (1951) - Squadron Leader Briarly
* ''[[White Corridors]]'' (1951) - Policeman
* ''[[High Treason (1951 film)|High Treason]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Take Me to Paris]]'' (1951) - Gerald Vane
* ''[[Emergency Call (1952 film)|Emergency Call]]'' (1952) - Sgt. Bellamy
* ''[[The Second Mrs Tanqueray (1952 film)|The Second Mrs Tanqueray]]'' (1952) - Gordon Jayne
* ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (1953) - Tallow
* ''[[Mogambo]]'' (1953) - Wilson (uncredited)
* ''[[Eight O'Clock Walk]]'' (1954) - D. C. I.
* ''[[Doctor in the House]]'' (1954) - Police Driver (uncredited)
* ''[[Delayed Action]]'' (1954) - Sellars
* ''[[Man of the Moment (1955 film)|Man of the Moment]]'' (1955) - Fabian of the Yard (uncredited)
* ''[[Breakaway (1955 film)|Breakaway]]'' (1956) - Webb
* ''[[Morning Call (film)|Morning Call]]'' (1957) - Inspector S.G. Brown
* ''[[There's Always a Thursday]]'' (1957) - James Pelly
* ''[[West of Suez]]'' (1957) - Major Osborne
* ''[[The Crooked Sky]]'' (1957) - Inspector 'Mac' Macauley
* ''[[Undercover Girl (1958 film)|Undercover Girl]]'' (1958) - Ted Austin
* ''[[The Heart of a Man]]'' (1959) - River Police Inspector (uncredited)
* ''[[Strictly Confidential (film)|Strictly Confidential]]'' (1959) - Inspector Shearing
* ''[[Make Mine a Million]]'' (1959) - Supt. James
* ''[[Violent Moment]]'' (1959) - Inspector Davis
* ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' (1959) - Policeman on Train (uncredited)
* ''[[John Paul Jones (film)|John Paul Jones]]'' (1959) - 1st Villager
* ''[[Carry On Constable]]'' (1960) - (uncredited)
* ''[[Trouble with Eve]]'' (1960) - Col. Digby-Phillpotts
* ''[[Operation Cupid]]'' (1960) - Representative
* ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League of Gentlemen]]'' (1960) - Patrolman (uncredited)
* ''[[Just Joe]]'' (1960) - Charlie
* ''[[Freedom to Die]]'' (1961) - Felix
* ''[[Gorgo (film)|Gorgo]]'' (1961) - Prof. Flaherty
* ''[[Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog]]'' (1961) - Prosecutor
* ''[[The Frightened City]]'' (1961) - Assistant Commissioner
* ''[[Ambush in Leopard Street]]'' (1962) - Nimmo
* ''[[The Pot Carriers]]'' (1962) - Prison Officer I / C Cell Block
* ''[[Dead Man's Evidence]]'' (1962) - Colonel James Somerset
* ''[[Doctor Syn#The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (1963)|Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow]]'' (1963) - Beadle
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==Honours==
*'''7 February 1963''' [[Baronet]], 11th baronet, of Abercorn (''cr.'' 1663)
*'''1947''' [[Medal of Freedom (1945)|Medal of Freedom]]

===Arms===
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|image = Arms of Seton of Abercorn.svg
}}

==Sources==
*[http://www.burkes-peerage.net Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 107th edition]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*{{IMDb name|0786074}}
*[http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/adults/other/fabian.htm Whirligig TV]
*{{Find a Grave|41811241}}

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