
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Bride of Frankenstein
as Doctor Pretorius
1935

Caesar and Cleopatra
as Theodotus
1945

Henry V
as Duke of Berri - French Ambassador
1944

The Old Dark House
as Horace Femm
1932

Father Brown
as The Vicomte
1954

They Drive by Night
as Walter Hoover
1938

The Man in the White Suit
as Sir John Kierlaw
1951

Scrooge
as The Undertaker
1951

The Ghoul
as Laing
1933

A Place of One's Own
as Dr. Richard Marsham
1945

The Robe
as Emperor Tiberius
1953

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Stefano
1961

The Battle of the Sexes
as Old Macpherson
1960

Laughter in Paradise
as Endicott
1951

Sons and Lovers
as Mr. Hadlock
1960

Quentin Durward
as Lord Crawford
1955

Beware of Pity
as Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
1946

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as Dr Cruickshank
1947

Brass Monkey
as Ryder-Harris
1948

The Vagabond Queen
as Lidoff
1929
