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Ernest Thesiger

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: Acting

Born: Chelsea, London, England, UK, 1879-01-15

Died: 1961-01-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1916	The Real Thing at Last	Witch	0
2	1918	The Life Story of David Lloyd George	Joseph Chamberlain	58
3	1918	Nelson	Wiliam Pitt	35
4	1919	A Little Bit of Fluff	Bertram Tully	0
5	1921	The Bachelor's Club	Israfel Mondego	0
6	1921	The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick	Mr. Jingle	0
7	1922	Number 13	Mr. Peabody	15
8	1929	The Vagabond Queen	Lidoff	0
9	1929	Week-End Wives	Bertram	80
10	1930	Ashes		0
11	1932	The Old Dark House	Horace Femm	67
12	1933	The Only Girl	The Chamberlain	0
13	1933	The Ghoul	Laing	55
14	1934	The Night of the Party	Adrian Chiddiatt	54
15	1935	My Heart Is Calling	Fevrier	100
16	1935	Bride of Frankenstein	Doctor Pretorius	75
17	1936	The Man Who Could Work Miracles	Maydig	57
18	1938	They Drive by Night	Walter Hoover	58
19	1938	The Ware Case	Carter	63
20	1943	My Learned Friend	Ferris	60
21	1943	The Lamp Still Burns	Chairman	54
22	1944	Don't Take It to Heart	Justices' Clerk	59
23	1944	Henry V	Duke of Berri - French Ambassador	66
24	1945	A Place of One's Own	Dr. Richard Marsham	56
25	1945	Caesar and Cleopatra	Theodotus	61
26	1946	Beware of Pity	Baron Emil de Kekesfalva	65
27	1947	The Man Within	Farne	57
28	1947	Jassy	Sir Edward Follesmark	54
29	1947	The Ghosts of Berkeley Square	Dr Cruickshank	52
30	1948	The Winslow Boy	Mr. Ridgeley Pierce	70
31	1948	Quartet	Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")	62
32	1948	Brass Monkey	Ryder-Harris	55
33	1949	The Bad Lord Byron	Count Guiccioli	55
34	1950	Last Holiday	Sir Trevor Lampington	71
35	1951	Laughter in Paradise	Endicott	65
36	1951	The Man in the White Suit	Sir John Kierlaw	69
37	1951	Scrooge	The Undertaker	74
38	1952	The Magic Box	Earl	63
39	1952	The Woman's Angle	Judge	0
40	1953	The Robe	Emperor Tiberius	68
41	1953	Meet Mr. Lucifer	Mr. Macdonald	51
42	1954	The Million Pound Note	Mr. Garrett, Bank Director	68
43	1954	Father Brown	The Vicomte	64
44	1954	Make Me an Offer!	Sir John Nightingale	67
45	1955	Value for Money	Lord Dewsbury	66
46	1955	Quentin Durward	Lord Crawford	60
47	1955	An Alligator Named Daisy	Notcher (uncredited)	62
48	1956	Who Done It?	Sir Walter	52
49	1956	Three Men in a Boat	3rd Old Gentleman	63
50	1957	Doctor at Large	Examiner	56
51	1957	The Truth About Women	Judge	59
52	1958	The Horse's Mouth	Hickson	68
53	1960	Lord Arthur Savile's Crime	The Dean	0
54	1960	The Battle of the Sexes	Old Macpherson	67
55	1960	Sons and Lovers	Mr. Hadlock	66
56	1961	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone	Stefano	69
57	1967	Report	Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))	61
58	1998	Universal Horror	(archive footage)	71
59	2007	Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman	Self (archive footage)	90

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	No Data	No Data	No Data	No Data