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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman — Self (archive footage)