Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 15, 1879
Died
Jan 14, 1961
Place of Birth
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Credits
59 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
Report
Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Stefano
Sons and Lovers
Mr. Hadlock
The Battle of the Sexes
Old Macpherson
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
The Dean
The Horse's Mouth
Hickson
The Truth About Women
Judge
Doctor at Large
Examiner
Three Men in a Boat
3rd Old Gentleman
Armchair Theatre
Millionaire
Who Done It?
Sir Walter
An Alligator Named Daisy
Notcher (uncredited)
Quentin Durward
Lord Crawford
Value for Money
Lord Dewsbury
Make Me an Offer!
Sir John Nightingale
Father Brown
The Vicomte
The Million Pound Note
Mr. Garrett, Bank Director
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Mr. Macdonald
The Robe
Emperor Tiberius
The Woman's Angle
Judge
The Magic Box
Earl
Scrooge
The Undertaker
The Man in the White Suit
Sir John Kierlaw
Laughter in Paradise
Endicott
Last Holiday
Sir Trevor Lampington
The Bad Lord Byron
Count Guiccioli
Brass Monkey
Ryder-Harris
Quartet
Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
The Winslow Boy
Mr. Ridgeley Pierce
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Dr Cruickshank
Jassy
Sir Edward Follesmark
The Man Within
Farne
Beware of Pity
Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
Caesar and Cleopatra
Theodotus
A Place of One's Own
Dr. Richard Marsham
Henry V
Duke of Berri - French Ambassador
Don't Take It to Heart
Justices' Clerk
The Lamp Still Burns
Chairman
My Learned Friend
Ferris
The Ware Case
Carter
They Drive by Night
Walter Hoover
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Maydig
Bride of Frankenstein
Doctor Pretorius
My Heart Is Calling
Fevrier
The Night of the Party
Adrian Chiddiatt
The Ghoul
Laing
The Only Girl
The Chamberlain
The Old Dark House
Horace Femm