Ernest Thesiger

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1879-01-15 (82 years old)

Deathday

1961-01-14

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

Ernest Thesiger

Biography

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.

Acting

1935

Bride of Frankenstein

as Doctor Pretorius

1945

1944

Henry V

as Duke of Berri - French Ambassador

1932

The Old Dark House

as Horace Femm

1954

Father Brown

as The Vicomte

1938

They Drive by Night

as Walter Hoover

1951

The Man in the White Suit

as Sir John Kierlaw

1951

Scrooge

as The Undertaker

1933

The Ghoul

as Laing

1945

A Place of One's Own

as Dr. Richard Marsham

1953

The Robe

as Emperor Tiberius

1960

The Battle of the Sexes

as Old Macpherson

1951

1960

Sons and Lovers

as Mr. Hadlock

1955

Quentin Durward

as Lord Crawford

1946

Beware of Pity

as Baron Emil de Kekesfalva

1947

1948

Brass Monkey

as Ryder-Harris

1929

1944

Don't Take It to Heart

as Justices' Clerk

1947

Jassy

as Sir Edward Follesmark

1938

The Ware Case

as Carter

1958

1954

Make Me an Offer!

as Sir John Nightingale

1954

The Million Pound Note

as Mr. Garrett, Bank Director

1933

The Only Girl

as The Chamberlain

1952

1930

1918

1957

Doctor at Large

as Examiner

1950

Last Holiday

as Sir Trevor Lampington

1949

The Bad Lord Byron

as Count Guiccioli

1948

The Winslow Boy

as Mr. Ridgeley Pierce

1934

The Night of the Party

as Adrian Chiddiatt

1922

Number 13

as Mr. Peabody

1921

The Bachelor's Club

as Israfel Mondego

1952

1929

Week-End Wives

as Bertram

1948

Quartet

as Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

1918

Nelson

as Wiliam Pitt

1953

Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Mr. Macdonald

1943

1956

Three Men in a Boat

as 3rd Old Gentleman

1943

1956

Who Done It?

as Sir Walter

1955

An Alligator Named Daisy

as Notcher (uncredited)

1955

Value for Money

as Lord Dewsbury

1935

2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

1998

Universal Horror

as (archive footage)

1947

1967

Report

as Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))

1919

A Little Bit of Fluff

as Bertram Tully

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