Bruce Graham was born in Scotland and educated at the University of Edinburgh. His first professional experience was with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, with whom he toured extensively, playing many Gilbert and Sullivan character roles. Since his spell with the D’Oyly Carte there have been many and various facets to Bruce’s career; he has appeared on film, radio, and television, and he has appeared throughout Europe, North America, and Australia/New Zealand on many national and international tours.
Closer to home, Bruce has appeared with the major opera companies, in repertory theatres, in music hall, and in the concert hall under the management of Raymond Gubbay Ltd. For a long time he was a familiar figure in London’s West End, having appeared in eight major West End musicals, including Camelot, Me and My Girl, Follies, the ill-fated Budgie, The Phantom of the Opera, She Loves Me, Sunset Boulevard, and the central role of Old Deuteronomy in Cats. Bruce took a break from the West End to return to the world of operetta, playing many hundreds of performances with (among other companies) Carl Rosa Productions, which saw him touring from Hull to Huddersfield and from New Zealand to Nova Scotia. This work also included seasons in London’s West End.
In film and television, Bruce has appeared in the Royal Variety Command Performance, the Olivier Awards, The War Poets (BBC Education), Black Hearts in Battersea (dir. David Bell), Hotel Splendide (dir. Terry Gross), as well as adverts for Bass Beer, the Evening Standard, and Ford Motors. He also has a deep love of pantomime, having appeared in panto at various venues in London.