Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1879-01-15 (82 years old)
Deathday
1961-01-14
Place of Birth
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Also known As
Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger
Ernst Thesiger
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.
1935
as Doctor Pretorius
1945
as Theodotus
1944
as Duke of Berri - French Ambassador
1932
as Horace Femm
1954
as The Vicomte
1938
as Walter Hoover
1951
as Sir John Kierlaw
1951
as The Undertaker
1933
as Laing
1945
as Dr. Richard Marsham
1953
as Emperor Tiberius
1961
as Stefano
1960
as Old Macpherson
1951
as Endicott
1960
as Mr. Hadlock
1955
as Lord Crawford
1946
as Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
1947
as Dr Cruickshank
1948
as Ryder-Harris
1929
as Lidoff
1944
as Justices' Clerk
1916
as Witch
1947
as Sir Edward Follesmark
1938
as Carter
1936
as Maydig
1958
as Hickson
1954
as Sir John Nightingale
1954
as Mr. Garrett, Bank Director
1933
as The Chamberlain
1952
as Judge
1960
as The Dean
1930
1918
as Joseph Chamberlain
1957
as Examiner
1950
as Sir Trevor Lampington
1949
as Count Guiccioli
1948
as Mr. Ridgeley Pierce
1934
as Adrian Chiddiatt
1957
as Judge
1922
as Mr. Peabody
1921
as Mr. Jingle
1921
as Israfel Mondego
1952
as Earl
1929
as Bertram
1948
as Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
1918
as Wiliam Pitt
1953
as Mr. Macdonald
1943
as Ferris
1956
as 3rd Old Gentleman
1943
as Chairman
1956
as Sir Walter
1955
as Notcher (uncredited)
1955
as Lord Dewsbury
1935
as Fevrier
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1998
as (archive footage)
1947
as Farne
1967
as Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
1919
as Bertram Tully
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