Portrait of Ernest Thesiger

Ernest Thesiger

Acting

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.

Born: January 15, 1879

Place of Birth: Chelsea, London, England, UK

Filmography

2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

1998
Universal Horror

as (archive footage)

1967
Report

as Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))

1960
Sons and Lovers

as Mr. Hadlock

1960
The Battle of the Sexes

as Old Macpherson

1958
1957
Doctor at Large

as Examiner

1956
Three Men in a Boat

as 3rd Old Gentleman

1956
Who Done It?

as Sir Walter

1955
An Alligator Named Daisy

as Notcher (uncredited)

1955
Quentin Durward

as Lord Crawford

1955
Value for Money

as Lord Dewsbury

1954
Make Me an Offer!

as Sir John Nightingale

1954
Father Brown

as The Vicomte

1954
The Million Pound Note

as Mr. Garrett, Bank Director

1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Mr. Macdonald

1953
The Robe

as Emperor Tiberius

1952
1952
1951
Scrooge

as The Undertaker

1951
The Man in the White Suit

as Sir John Kierlaw

1951
1950
Last Holiday

as Sir Trevor Lampington

1948
Brass Monkey

as Ryder-Harris

1948
Quartet

as Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

1948
The Winslow Boy

as Mr. Ridgeley Pierce

1947
1947
Jassy

as Sir Edward Follesmark

1947
1946
Beware of Pity

as Baron Emil de Kekesfalva

1945
1945
A Place of One's Own

as Dr. Richard Marsham

1944
Henry V

as Duke of Berri - French Ambassador

1944
Don't Take It to Heart

as Justices' Clerk

1943
1943
1938
The Ware Case

as Carter

1938
They Drive by Night

as Walter Hoover

1935
Bride of Frankenstein

as Doctor Pretorius

1935
1934
The Night of the Party

as Adrian Chiddiatt

1933
The Ghoul

as Laing

1933
The Only Girl

as The Chamberlain

1932
The Old Dark House

as Horace Femm

1929
1919
A Little Bit of Fluff

as Bertram Tully

1918