Bruce Seton(1909-1969)
- Actor
Tall, serious-looking British character actor, formerly a graduate of
Edinburgh Academy and Sandhurst. He was a member of the Black Watch,
but resigned his commission in 1932 to join the chorus of the Drury
Lane Theatre as a specialty dancer. He later turned to films, usually
acting in small supporting roles in which he invariably projected an
air of confidence and authority. He rejoined the British Army in 1939
for wartime service. His one noteworthy screen success after 1945 was
as the titular star of
Fabian of the Yard (1954),
playing real-life detective Robert Fabian. In 1963, upon the death of
his brother, Sir Alexander Hay Seton, he became the eleventh Baronet of
Abercorn. Along with other actors, Bruce Seton was one of the founder
members of the Lord's Taverners in 1950, Britain's premier youth
cricket and disability sports charity association.
