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