Ernest Thesiger
Born: 1879-01-15 in Chelsea, London, England, UK
Died: 1961-01-14
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2007
- Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
1998
- Universal Horror as (archive footage)
1967
- Report as Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
1961
- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Stefano
1960
- Sons and Lovers as Mr. Hadlock
- The Battle of the Sexes as Old Macpherson
- Lord Arthur Savile's Crime as The Dean
1958
- The Horse's Mouth as Hickson
1957
- Doctor at Large as Examiner
- The Truth About Women as Judge
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Millionaire
- Who Done It? as Sir Walter
- Three Men in a Boat as 3rd Old Gentleman
1955
- Quentin Durward as Lord Crawford
- An Alligator Named Daisy as Notcher (uncredited)
- Value for Money as Lord Dewsbury
1954
- The Million Pound Note as Mr. Garrett, Bank Director
- Father Brown as The Vicomte
- Make Me an Offer! as Sir John Nightingale
1953
- The Robe as Emperor Tiberius
- Meet Mr. Lucifer as Mr. Macdonald
1952
- The Magic Box as Earl
- The Woman's Angle as Judge
1951
- Scrooge as The Undertaker
- The Man in the White Suit as Sir John Kierlaw
- Laughter in Paradise as Endicott
1950
- Last Holiday as Sir Trevor Lampington
1949
- The Bad Lord Byron as Count Guiccioli
1948
- The Winslow Boy as Mr. Ridgeley Pierce
- Quartet as Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
- Brass Monkey as Ryder-Harris
1947
- Jassy as Sir Edward Follesmark
- The Ghosts of Berkeley Square as Dr Cruickshank
- The Man Within as Farne
1946
- Beware of Pity as Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
1945
- Caesar and Cleopatra as Theodotus
- A Place of One's Own as Dr. Richard Marsham
1944
- Henry V as Duke of Berri - French Ambassador
- Don't Take It to Heart as Justices' Clerk
1943
- The Lamp Still Burns as Chairman
- My Learned Friend as Ferris
1938
- They Drive by Night as Walter Hoover
- The Ware Case as Carter
1936
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles as Maydig
1935
- Bride of Frankenstein as Doctor Pretorius
- My Heart Is Calling as Fevrier
1934
- The Night of the Party as Adrian Chiddiatt
1933
- The Ghoul as Laing
- The Only Girl as The Chamberlain
1932
- The Old Dark House as Horace Femm
1930
- Ashes as Announcer
1929
- Week-End Wives as Bertram
- The Vagabond Queen as Lidoff
1921
- The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick as Mr. Jingle
- The Bachelor's Club as Israfel Mondego
1919
- A Little Bit of Fluff as Bertram Tully
1918
- The Life Story of David Lloyd George as Joseph Chamberlain
- Nelson as Wiliam Pitt
1916
- The Real Thing at Last as Witch