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