Cast & creator
Ernest Thesiger
Best known for Bride of Frankenstein, Armchair Theatre, The Million Pound Note
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.
Also known as: Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, Ernst Thesiger
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film credits
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television credits
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1916–2007 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (59)
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Bride of Frankenstein
Doctor Pretorius
1935
Armchair Theatre
Millionaire
1956
The Million Pound Note
Mr. Garrett, Bank Director
1954
The Robe
Emperor Tiberius
1953
Scrooge
The Undertaker
1951
The Old Dark House
Horace Femm
1932
Henry V
Duke of Berri - French Ambassador
1944
Caesar and Cleopatra
Theodotus
1945
The Man in the White Suit
Sir John Kierlaw
1951
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
2007
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Stefano
1961
The Battle of the Sexes
Old Macpherson
1960
The Woman's Angle
Judge
1952
The Horse's Mouth
Hickson
1958
The Winslow Boy
Mr. Ridgeley Pierce
1948
The Truth About Women
Judge
1957
An Alligator Named Daisy
Notcher (uncredited)
1955
Don't Take It to Heart
Justices' Clerk
1944
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Maydig
1936
Last Holiday
Sir Trevor Lampington
1950
Three Men in a Boat
3rd Old Gentleman
1956
Laughter in Paradise
Endicott
1951
Quentin Durward
Lord Crawford
1955
Sons and Lovers
Mr. Hadlock
1960
They Drive by Night
Walter Hoover
1938
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
The Dean
1960
Doctor at Large
Examiner
1957
The Magic Box
Earl
1952
The Lamp Still Burns
Chairman
1943
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Dr Cruickshank
1947The Bad Lord Byron
Count Guiccioli
1949
Value for Money
Lord Dewsbury
1955
The Night of the Party
Adrian Chiddiatt
1934
Who Done It?
Sir Walter
1956
Make Me an Offer!
Sir John Nightingale
1954
Father Brown
The Vicomte
1954
Jassy
Sir Edward Follesmark
1947
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Mr. Macdonald
1953
A Place of One's Own
Dr. Richard Marsham
1945Ashes
Announcer
1930
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
1998
Nelson
Wiliam Pitt
1918
The Man Within
Farne
1947The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick
Mr. Jingle
1921The Real Thing at Last
Witch
1916
The Ghoul
Laing
1933
My Heart Is Calling
Fevrier
1935
Report
Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
1967
The Life Story of David Lloyd George
Joseph Chamberlain
1918The Bachelor's Club
Israfel Mondego
1921
Quartet
Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
1948
A Little Bit of Fluff
Bertram Tully
1919
The Ware Case
Carter
1938
Beware of Pity
Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
1946
My Learned Friend
Ferris
1943
The Only Girl
The Chamberlain
1933
Brass Monkey
Ryder-Harris
1948Week-End Wives
Bertram
1929
The Vagabond Queen
Lidoff
1929