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