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