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