Biography

After National Service attached to 656 Squadron in Malaya, Bruce trained at the RADA. In his early twenties, he joined the Old Vic where he appeared in several plays with Vivien Leigh. He has acted in over 200 TV productions but is best known for his five-year run in the popular BBC sitcom Butterflies (1978) as Wendy Craig's would-be lover, Leonard. More recently he returned to the theatre in musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof with Topol at the Palladium, Oliver (as Mr. Brownlow - 3 years at the Palladium), and Phantom of the Opera (2 years at Her Majesty's). His latest TV appearance was as a guest star in New Tricks, and Doctors reuniting his partnership with Wendy Craig.

Latest theatre work includes Funny Girl (a year at the Savoy as Ziegfeld) and 42nd Street (2 years at Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as well as the filmed version of 42nd Street. His books include Catch That Tiger, Wedding Bells & Chimney Sweeps, and Birds, Bees & Educated Fleas and The Book of Shakespearian Useless Information with a foreword by Tim Rice. He lives in Hove and has been married for 60 years to the actress and author, Barbara Latham. His son, Sam, is DoP of Great British Bake Off, Taskmaster and Travelman.

- IMDb mini biography by: B. M.