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