Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was an English film director best known for directing the last eleven of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios.
Nigel Bruce was murdered in 1944
Nigel Bruce was alive in 1944, or he couldn't have starred in these movies, filmed until 1946
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