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.
Bride of Frankenstein
Doctor Pretorius
Caesar and Cleopatra
Theodotus
Henry V
Duke of Berri - French Ambassador
The Old Dark House
Horace Femm
Father Brown
The Vicomte
They Drive by Night
Walter Hoover
The Man in the White Suit
Sir John Kierlaw
Scrooge
The Undertaker
The Ghoul
Laing
A Place of One's Own
Dr. Richard Marsham
The Robe
Emperor Tiberius
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Stefano
The Battle of the Sexes
Old Macpherson
Laughter in Paradise
Endicott
Sons and Lovers
Mr. Hadlock
Quentin Durward
Lord Crawford
Beware of Pity
Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Dr Cruickshank
Brass Monkey
Ryder-Harris
The Vagabond Queen
Lidoff
Don't Take It to Heart
Justices' Clerk
Jassy
Sir Edward Follesmark
The Ware Case
Carter
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Maydig
The Horse's Mouth
Hickson
Make Me an Offer!
Sir John Nightingale
The Million Pound Note
Mr. Garrett, Bank Director
The Only Girl
The Chamberlain
The Woman's Angle
Judge
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
The Dean
The Life Story of David Lloyd George
Joseph Chamberlain
Doctor at Large
Examiner
Last Holiday
Sir Trevor Lampington
The Winslow Boy
Mr. Ridgeley Pierce
The Night of the Party
Adrian Chiddiatt
The Truth About Women
Judge
The Magic Box
Earl
Quartet
Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Mr. Macdonald
My Learned Friend
Ferris
Three Men in a Boat
3rd Old Gentleman
The Lamp Still Burns
Chairman
Who Done It?
Sir Walter
An Alligator Named Daisy
Notcher (uncredited)
Value for Money
Lord Dewsbury
My Heart Is Calling
Fevrier
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
The Man Within
Farne
Report
Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))
A Little Bit of Fluff
Bertram Tully
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)