Ernest Thesiger
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Ernest Thesiger, CBE, was an English stage and screen actor. He is best known for his distinctive performance as Dr. Septimus Pretorius in James Whale's 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein.
Known for
Credits
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
as Doctor Pretorius
The Million Pound Note (1954)
as Mr. Garrett, Bank Director
The Robe (1953)
as Emperor Tiberius
Scrooge (1951)
as The Undertaker
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
as Theodotus
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
as Sir John Kierlaw
The Old Dark House (1932)
as Horace Femm
Henry V (1944)
as Duke of Berri - French Ambassador
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
as Stefano
Last Holiday (1950)
as Sir Trevor Lampington
The Winslow Boy (1948)
as Mr. Ridgeley Pierce
Sons and Lovers (1960)
as Mr. Hadlock
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
as Endicott
The Magic Box (1952)
as Earl
Quentin Durward (1955)
as Lord Crawford
The Ghoul (1933)
as Laing
Who Done It? (1956)
as Sir Walter
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
as Maydig
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
as Old Macpherson
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
as Mr. Macdonald
Universal Horror (1998)
as (archive footage)
The Truth About Women (1957)
as Judge
Ashes (1930)
as Announcer
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
as Notcher (uncredited)
Three Men in a Boat (1956)
as 3rd Old Gentleman
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Father Brown (1954)
as The Vicomte
Report (1967)
as Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
The Horse's Mouth (1958)
as Hickson
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
as Chairman
Doctor at Large (1957)
as Examiner
The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918)
as Joseph Chamberlain
Value for Money (1955)
as Lord Dewsbury
Quartet (1948)
as Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
The Man Within (1947)
as Farne
The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921)
as Mr. Jingle
The Only Girl (1933)
as The Chamberlain
Jassy (1947)
as Sir Edward Follesmark
The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
as Count Guiccioli
The Woman's Angle (1952)
as Judge
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)
as Dr Cruickshank
My Learned Friend (1943)
as Ferris
The Night of the Party (1934)
as Adrian Chiddiatt
Nelson (1918)
as Wiliam Pitt
My Heart Is Calling (1935)
as Fevrier
They Drive by Night (1938)
as Walter Hoover
Beware of Pity (1946)
as Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
Make Me an Offer! (1954)
as Sir John Nightingale
A Place of One's Own (1945)
as Dr. Richard Marsham
The Bachelor's Club (1921)
as Israfel Mondego
Brass Monkey (1948)
as Ryder-Harris
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1960)
as The Dean
Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
as Justices' Clerk
The Real Thing at Last (1916)
as Witch
The Ware Case (1938)
as Carter
The Vagabond Queen (1929)
as Lidoff
Week-End Wives (1929)
as Bertram
A Little Bit of Fluff (1919)
as Bertram Tully