Ernest Thesiger

Ernest Thesiger

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

15/01/1879

Day of Death

14/01/1961
(82) years old

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

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

Cast

2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

1998

Universal Horror

as (archive footage)

1967

Report

as Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Brid...

1960

Sons and Lovers

as Mr. Hadlock

1960

The Battle of the Sexes

as Old Macpherson

1958

The Horse's Mouth

as Hickson

1957

Doctor at Large

as Examiner

1956

Three Men in a Boat

as 3rd Old Gentleman

1956

Who Done It?

as Sir Walter

1955

An Alligator Named Daisy

as Notcher (uncredited)

1955

Quentin Durward

as Lord Crawford

1955

Value for Money

as Lord Dewsbury

1954

Make Me an Offer!

as Sir John Nightingale

1954

Father Brown

as The Vicomte

1954

The Million Pound Note

as Mr. Garrett, Bank Director

1953

Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Mr. Macdonald

1953

The Robe

as Emperor Tiberius

1952

The Woman's Angle

as Judge

1952

The Magic Box

as Earl

1951

Scrooge

as The Undertaker

1951

The Man in the White Suit

as Sir John Kierlaw

1951

Laughter in Paradise

as Endicott

1950

Last Holiday

as Sir Trevor Lampington

1949

The Bad Lord Byron

as Count Guiccioli

1948

Brass Monkey

as Ryder-Harris

1948

Quartet

as Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's L...

1948

The Winslow Boy

as Mr. Ridgeley Pierce

1947

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

as Dr Cruickshank

1947

Jassy

as Sir Edward Follesmark

1947

The Man Within

as Farne

1946

Beware of Pity

as Baron Emil de Kekesfalva

1945

Caesar and Cleopatra

as Theodotus

1945

A Place of One's Own

as Dr. Richard Marsham

1944

Henry V

as Duke of Berri - French Ambassador

1944

Don't Take It to Heart

as Justices' Clerk

1943

The Lamp Still Burns

as Chairman

1943

My Learned Friend

as Ferris

1938

The Ware Case

as Carter

1938

They Drive by Night

as Walter Hoover

1935

Bride of Frankenstein

as Doctor Pretorius

1935

My Heart Is Calling

as Fevrier

1934

The Night of the Party

as Adrian Chiddiatt

1933

The Ghoul

as Laing

1933

The Only Girl

as The Chamberlain

1932

The Old Dark House

as Horace Femm

1930

Ashes

1929

Week-End Wives

as Bertram

1929

The Vagabond Queen

as Lidoff

1922

Number 13

as Mr. Peabody

1921

The Bachelor's Club

as Israfel Mondego

1919

A Little Bit of Fluff

as Bertram Tully

1918

Nelson

as Wiliam Pitt

1918

The Life Story of David Lloyd George

as Joseph Chamberlain