Ernest Thesiger
Acting
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
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movieFamous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Self (archive footage)
movieUniversal Horror
1998
(archive footage)
movieReport
1967
Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
movieSons and Lovers
1960
Mr. Hadlock
movieThe Battle of the Sexes
1960
Old Macpherson
movieThe Horse's Mouth
1958
Hickson
movieDoctor at Large
1957
Examiner
movieThree Men in a Boat
1956
3rd Old Gentleman
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Millionaire
movieWho Done It?
1956
Sir Walter
movieAn Alligator Named Daisy
1955
Notcher (uncredited)
movieQuentin Durward
1955
Lord Crawford
movieValue for Money
1955
Lord Dewsbury
movieMake Me an Offer!
1954
Sir John Nightingale
movieFather Brown
1954
The Vicomte
movieThe Million Pound Note
1954
Mr. Garrett, Bank Director
movieMeet Mr. Lucifer
1953
Mr. Macdonald
movieThe Robe
1953
Emperor Tiberius
movieScrooge
1951
The Undertaker
movieThe Man in the White Suit
1951
Sir John Kierlaw
movieLaughter in Paradise
1951
Endicott
movieLast Holiday
1950
Sir Trevor Lampington
The Bad Lord Byron
1949
Count Guiccioli
movieBrass Monkey
1948
Ryder-Harris
movieQuartet
1948
Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
movieThe Winslow Boy
1948
Mr. Ridgeley Pierce
movieThe Ghosts of Berkeley Square
1947
Dr Cruickshank
movieJassy
1947
Sir Edward Follesmark
movieBeware of Pity
1946
Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
movieCaesar and Cleopatra
1945
Theodotus
movieA Place of One's Own
1945
Dr. Richard Marsham
movieHenry V
1944
Duke of Berri - French Ambassador
movieDon't Take It to Heart
1944
Justices' Clerk
movieThe Lamp Still Burns
1943
Chairman
movieThe Ware Case
1938
Carter
movieThey Drive by Night
1938
Walter Hoover
movieBride of Frankenstein
1935
Doctor Pretorius
movieMy Heart Is Calling
1935
Fevrier
movieThe Night of the Party
1934
Adrian Chiddiatt
movieThe Ghoul
1933
Laing
movieThe Only Girl
1933
The Chamberlain
movieThe Old Dark House
1932
Horace Femm
Ashes
1930
Announcer
The Bachelor's Club
1921
Israfel Mondego
movieA Little Bit of Fluff
1919
Bertram Tully
Nelson
1918
Wiliam Pitt
movieThe Life Story of David Lloyd George
1918
Joseph Chamberlain