Major Sir Bruce Lovat Seton of Abercorn, 11th Baronet, better known as Bruce Seton, was a British actor and soldier.
Background
Bruce Lovat Seton was born in Simla, British India, the younger of two sons of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Bruce Seton of Abercorn (1868-1934), 9th Baronet and his wife, Elma Armstrong, (died 1960) and was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Education
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career
His address at this time was 15 Learmonth Gardens, Edinburgh. They had a daughter Lydia Antoinette Gordon Seton, born on 14 November 1941. Bruce was commissioned into the Black Watch in 1929 as a 2nd Lieutenant, but resigned his commission in 1932.
A brief interruption in his acting career came during the Second World War and in November 1939 he held the rank of Captain in the 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), ending the war as Major (temporary).
Bruce began his acting career in the chorus line at Drury Lane Theatre and in 1935 he starred in Ralph Ince"s film Blue Smoke as character Don Chinko. He played Inspector Fabian of Scotland Yard in 1950s television series Fabian of the Yard.
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. Bruce"s last role was as the voice of Beadle in The Wonderful World of Disney from 1962-1963.