Bruce Lester

Bruce Lester was a South African-born English actor who built a screen career of more than 60 appearances between 1934 and his retirement in 1958. Born in Johannesburg and educated at Brighton College in Sussex, he worked on stage before taking a minor role in the 1934 film The Girl in the Flat. Romantic leads followed in To Be a Lady and Badger's Green. After signing with Teddington Studios, he went to Hollywood and appeared in Boy Meets Girl and If I Were King. He peaked in the early 1940s with Mr. Bingley in Pride and Prejudice (1940) and a plum role in The Letter (1940). He played flying officers in Man Hunt, A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) and Desperate Journey, and appeared in Above Suspicion (1943). Later credits included Golden Earrings, But Not in Vain and Celia, before smaller parts. His final credit was Tarzan and the Trappers (1960), after which he retired. He died in 2008.