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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1879-01-15 (146 years old)

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

Ernest Thesiger

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.

Known For

Acting

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))

1961

1960

The Battle of the Sexes as Old Macpherson
Sons and Lovers as Mr. Hadlock

1958

1957

Doctor at Large as Examiner

1956

Three Men in a Boat as 3rd Old Gentleman
Who Done It? as Sir Walter

1955

Quentin Durward as Lord Crawford
An Alligator Named Daisy as Notcher (uncredited)
Value for Money as Lord Dewsbury

1954

Father Brown as The Vicomte
Make Me an Offer! as Sir John Nightingale
The Million Pound Note as Mr. Garrett, Bank Director

1953

The Robe as Emperor Tiberius
Meet Mr. Lucifer as Mr. Macdonald

1952

1951

The Man in the White Suit as Sir John Kierlaw
Scrooge as The Undertaker

1950

Last Holiday as Sir Trevor Lampington

1949

The Bad Lord Byron as Count Guiccioli

1948

Brass Monkey as Ryder-Harris
Quartet as Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

1947

Jassy as Sir Edward Follesmark

1946

Beware of Pity as Baron Emil de Kekesfalva

1945

A Place of One's Own as Dr. Richard Marsham

1944

Henry V as Duke of Berri - French Ambassador
Don't Take It to Heart as Justices' Clerk

1943

1938

They Drive by Night as Walter Hoover
The Ware Case as Carter

1936

1935

Bride of Frankenstein as Doctor Pretorius

1934

The Night of the Party as Adrian Chiddiatt

1933

The Ghoul as Laing
The Only Girl as The Chamberlain

1932

The Old Dark House as Horace Femm

1930

1929

Week-End Wives as Bertram

1922

Number 13 as Mr. Peabody

1921

The Bachelor's Club as Israfel Mondego

1919

A Little Bit of Fluff as Bertram Tully

1918

Nelson as Wiliam Pitt

1916