Birthday
1879/01/15
Day of death
1961/01/14 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Also know as
Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, Ernst 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.
(1935) Bride of Frankenstein
as Doctor Pretorius
(1945) Caesar and Cleopatra
as Theodotus
(1944) Henry V
as Duke of Berri - French Ambassador
(1932) The Old Dark House
as Horace Femm
(1954) Father Brown
as The Vicomte
(1938) They Drive by Night
as Walter Hoover
(1951) The Man in the White Suit
as Sir John Kierlaw
(1951) Scrooge
as The Undertaker
(1933) The Ghoul
as Laing
(1945) A Place of One's Own
as Dr. Richard Marsham
(1953) The Robe
as Emperor Tiberius
(1961) The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Stefano
(1960) The Battle of the Sexes
as Old Macpherson
(1951) Laughter in Paradise
as Endicott
(1960) Sons and Lovers
as Mr. Hadlock
(1955) Quentin Durward
as Lord Crawford
(1946) Beware of Pity
as Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
(1947) The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as Dr Cruickshank
(1948) Brass Monkey
as Ryder-Harris
(1929) The Vagabond Queen
as Lidoff
(1944) Don't Take It to Heart
as Justices' Clerk
(1916) The Real Thing at Last
as Witch
(1947) Jassy
as Sir Edward Follesmark
(1938) The Ware Case
as Carter
(1936) The Man Who Could Work Miracles
as Maydig
(1958) The Horse's Mouth
as Hickson
(1954) Make Me an Offer!
as Sir John Nightingale
(1954) The Million Pound Note
as Mr. Garrett, Bank Director
(1933) The Only Girl
as The Chamberlain
(1952) The Woman's Angle
as Judge
(1960) Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
as The Dean
(1930) Ashes
as ---
(1918) The Life Story of David Lloyd George
as Joseph Chamberlain
(1957) Doctor at Large
as Examiner
(1950) Last Holiday
as Sir Trevor Lampington
(1949) The Bad Lord Byron
as Count Guiccioli
(1948) The Winslow Boy
as ---
(1934) The Night of the Party
as Adrian Chiddiatt
(1957) The Truth About Women
as Judge
(1922) Number 13
as Mr. Peabody
(1921) The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick
as Mr. Jingle
(1921) The Bachelor's Club
as Israfel Mondego
(1952) The Magic Box
as Earl
(1929) Week-End Wives
as Bertram
(1948) Quartet
as Henry Dashwood
(1918) Nelson
as Wiliam Pitt
(1953) Meet Mr. Lucifer
as Mr. Macdonald
(1943) My Learned Friend
as Ferris
(1956) Three Men in a Boat
as 3rd Old Gentleman
(1943) The Lamp Still Burns
as Chairman
(1956) Who Done It?
as Sir Walter
(1955) An Alligator Named Daisy
as Notcher (uncredited)
(1955) Value for Money
as Lord Dewsbury
(1935) My Heart Is Calling
as Fevrier
(2007) Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
(1998) Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
(1947) The Man Within
as Farne
(1967) Report
as Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
(1919) A Little Bit of Fluff
as Bertram Tully