Ernest Thesiger

AKA: Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, Ernst Thesiger
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1879-01-15

Chelsea, London, England, UK

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.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {59}

Doctor Pretorius

1935-04-20 7.5

Bride of Frankenstein

Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction

Theodotus

1945-12-11 6.2

Caesar and Cleopatra

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra. ...
Genre :Drama, History, Comedy

Duke of Berri - French Ambassador

1944-11-24 6.6

Henry V

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France. ...
Genre :History, Drama, War

Horace Femm

1932-10-20 6.734

The Old Dark House

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion. ...
Genre :Drama, Horror, Thriller

The Vicomte

1954-06-08 6.4

Father Brown

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul. ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery, Crime

Walter Hoover

1938-12-01 5.8

They Drive by Night

“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Sir John Kierlaw

1951-08-07 6.9

The Man in the White Suit

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

The Undertaker

1951-11-30 7.43

Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior h ...
Genre :Fantasy, Drama

Laing

1933-08-01 5.5

The Ghoul

British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to earth to seek vengeance upon those wh ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery

Dr. Richard Marsham

1945-03-20 5.6

A Place of One's Own

An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of anoth ...
Genre :Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Emperor Tiberius

1953-09-16 6.8

The Robe

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes wi ...
Genre :Drama, History

Stefano

1961-12-28 6.8

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel f ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Old Macpherson

1960-02-25 6.5

The Battle of the Sexes

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her ...
Genre :Comedy

Endicott

1951-06-01 6.4

Laughter in Paradise

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Hadlock

1960-06-23 6.4

Sons and Lovers

The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mo ...
Genre :Drama

Lord Crawford

1955-09-09 5.6

Quentin Durward

During the 15th century reign of France's King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. The plan goes awry when the young man falls in love with h ...
Genre :Adventure, History, Romance

Baron Emil de Kekesfalva

1946-07-22 6.5

Beware of Pity

A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Dr Cruickshank

1947-10-30 5.2

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until the unlikely event of a reigning monarch paying the house a visit. It will take more than 200 years.. ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy

Ryder-Harris

1948-12-01 5.5

Brass Monkey

Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft. ...
Genre :Crime

Lidoff

1929-05-11 0

The Vagabond Queen

The Vagabond Queen is a 1929 British comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Betty Balfour, Glen Byam Shaw and Ernest Thesiger. It was the final film directed in Britain by Bolváry befor ...
Genre :Comedy

Justices' Clerk

1944-11-13 5.9

Don't Take It to Heart

A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady Mary, daughter of the present Earl, finds him an ally ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Witch

1916-03-08 0

The Real Thing at Last

Satirical silent movie based on the play Macbeth written in 1916 by Peter Pan creator and playwright J. M. Barrie as a parody of the American entertainment industry. The film was made by the newly cre ...
Genre :Comedy

Sir Edward Follesmark

1947-08-13 5.4

Jassy

In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately hom ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama, Romance

Carter

1938-12-02 6.3

The Ware Case

An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

Maydig

1936-07-23 5.776

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them. ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy

Hickson

1958-11-11 6.7

The Horse's Mouth

Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders while they go on a ...
Genre :Comedy

Sir John Nightingale

1954-12-08 6.7

Make Me an Offer!

A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of other less desirable items. The trouble is, the owner ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Garrett, Bank Director

1954-01-07 6.847

The Million Pound Note

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds th ...
Genre :Comedy

The Chamberlain

1933-06-17 0

The Only Girl

English-language version of Ich und die Kaiserin. 'Germany, 1890. Duke falls in love with voice which is not that of empress, but of hairdresser.' (British Film Catalogue) ...
Genre :Music

Judge

1952-02-12 0

The Woman's Angle

The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in seach of one thing personal happiness. This search, however, has landed him in the divorce courts and ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

The Dean

1960-01-03 0

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Saville is told by a palm reader he is doomed to become a murderer at some future time. He decides to get the inevitable out of the way before his upcoming society wedding, and goes about attempting t ...
Genre :

Announcer

1930-12-31 0

Ashes

Futuristic story about a slow moving cricket match that begins in 1940 (ten years beyond the year when the film was produced) and finally finishes in 2000. ...
Genre :Comedy

Joseph Chamberlain

1918-01-01 5.8

The Life Story of David Lloyd George

A biopic of Britain's Great War Prime Minister. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Examiner

1957-03-26 5.6

Doctor at Large

Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) finds himself going from post to post, filli ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Sir Trevor Lampington

1950-05-15 7.115

Last Holiday

George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Count Guiccioli

1949-04-18 6

The Bad Lord Byron

Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character. ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Ridgeley Pierce

1948-09-24 6.9

The Winslow Boy

In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial. ...
Genre :Drama

Adrian Chiddiatt

1934-07-16 5.4

The Night of the Party

A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the inspector isn't so sure ... ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Judge

1957-10-01 5.9

The Truth About Women

A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, Drama

Mr. Jingle

1921-11-01 0

The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick

A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady. ...
Genre :Comedy

Israfel Mondego

1921-06-01 0

The Bachelor's Club

A henpeck man inherits a fortune and starts a club for women-haters. ...
Genre :Comedy

Earl

1952-01-01 6.4

The Magic Box

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more im ...
Genre :Drama

Bertram

1929-05-14 8

Week-End Wives

A lawyer spends the weekend with a married actress at the same hotel as his wife and her lover. This British silent film exists in an abridged 2-reel (32-min) format. ...
Genre :Comedy

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

1948-10-26 6.2

Quartet

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady." ...
Genre :Drama

Wiliam Pitt

1918-01-02 2.667

Nelson

Lord Nelson's life, loves and death. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Mr. Macdonald

1953-11-30 5.1

Meet Mr. Lucifer

A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time. ...
Genre :Fantasy, Comedy

Ferris

1943-10-25 6

My Learned Friend

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

3rd Old Gentleman

1956-12-23 6.3

Three Men in a Boat

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way. ...
Genre :Comedy

Chairman

1943-11-29 5.4

The Lamp Still Burns

A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

Sir Walter

1956-03-20 5.1

Who Done It?

This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British sc ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Notcher (uncredited)

1955-12-13 6.2

An Alligator Named Daisy

Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he deve ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Lord Dewsbury

1955-08-09 6.6

Value for Money

A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her. ...
Genre :Comedy

Fevrier

1935-01-01 10

My Heart Is Calling

Musical comedy. An opera singer falls for a stowaway on the way to Monte Carlo ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Self (archive footage)

2007-05-16 9

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and s ...
Genre :Documentary

(archive footage)

1998-10-08 7.1

Universal Horror

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s. ...
Genre :Documentary, TV Movie

Farne

1947-05-19 5.7

The Man Within

A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers. ...
Genre :Adventure, Crime, Drama

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

1967-01-01 6.2

Report

Bruce Conner’s most celebrated film for a reason: it takes historical moments that were replayed over and over on television—chilling repetition of Kennedy assassination coverage—and repurposes them i ...
Genre :Documentary

Bertram Tully

1919-05-01 0

A Little Bit of Fluff

Genre :Comedy

Self - (archive footage)

2025-11-21 0

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Dive into 60 minutes of blood, bravado and brilliant scares as we trace the evolution of horror cinema from Dracula (1931) to today. ...
Genre :