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Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, CBE was an English stage and film actor. He is noted for his performance as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in James Whale's film, Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
Birth Name
Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger
Born
Wednesday, 15 January 1879
Died
Saturday, 14 January 1961
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff | Horace Femm | 2017 |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Doctor Pretorius | 2010 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Horace Femm / Dr. Pretorius | 2007 |
| Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998 |
| It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Moonlighting | Doctor Pretorius | 1985 |
| Terror in the Aisles | Dr. Septimus Pretorius | 1984 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Stefano | 1961 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff | Horace Femm | 2017 |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Doctor Pretorius | 2010 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Horace Femm / Dr. Pretorius | 2007 |
| Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998 |
| It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Moonlighting | Doctor Pretorius | 1985 |
| Terror in the Aisles | Dr. Septimus Pretorius | 1984 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Stefano | 1961 |
| Sons and Lovers | Mr. Hadlock | 1960 |
| The Battle of the Sexes | Old Macpherson | 1960 |
| The Horse's Mouth | Hickson | 1958 |
| Doctor at Large | First Examiner / Examiner | 1957 |
| The Truth About Women | Judge | 1957 |
| Three Men in a Boat | 3rd Old Gentleman | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | The Dean / Professor Galton / Millionaire | 1956 |
| Who Done It? | Sir Walter | 1956 |
| An Alligator Named Daisy | Notcher | 1955 |
| Quentin Durward | Lord Crawford | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Polonius / Ronny Sanctuary | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Sir Walter Stanham / Phipps / Colonel Gyll / Calvin Broderick | 1955 |
| Value for Money | Lord Dewsbury | 1955 |
| Make Me an Offer! | Sir John / Sir John Nightingale | 1955 |
| The Detective | The Vicomte | 1954 |
| Man with a Million | Mr. Garrett, Bank Director | 1954 |
| Meet Mr. Lucifer | Mr. Macdonald | 1953 |
| The Robe | Emperor Tiberius | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Burdon Sr. | 1953 |
| The Woman's Angle | Judge | 1952 |
| The Magic Box | Earl | 1952 |
| A Christmas Carol | The Undertaker | 1951 |
| The Man in the White Suit | Sir John Kierlaw | 1951 |
| Laughter in Paradise | Endicott / Executor Endicott | 1951 |
| Last Holiday | Sir Trevor Lampington | 1950 |
| The Bad Lord Byron | Count Guiccioli | 1949 |
| Lost Daughter | Bloomfield | 1949 |
| Brass Monkey | Ryder-Harris | 1948 |
| Quartet | Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady") / Henry Dashwood | 1948 |
| The Winslow Boy | Mr. Ridgeley Pierce | 1948 |
| The Ghosts of Berkeley Square | Dr. Cruickshank of Psychical Research Society / Dr Cruickshank | 1947 |
| Jassy | Sir Edward Follesmark | 1947 |
| The Smugglers | Farne | 1947 |
| Caesar and Cleopatra | Theodotus | 1946 |
| Beware of Pity | Baron Emil de Kekesfalva | 1946 |
| Lightning Conductor | Professor | 1945 |
| A Place of One's Own | Dr. Richard Marsham / Dr. Marsham | 1945 |
| Henry V | Duke of Berri French Ambassador / Duke of Berri - French Ambassador | 1944 |
| Don't Take It to Heart! | Justices' Clerk | 1944 |
| The Lamp Still Burns | Chairman | 1943 |
| My Learned Friend | Ferris | 1943 |
| The Ware Case | Carter | 1938 |
| They Drive by Night | Walter Hoover | 1938 |
| The Man Who Could Work Miracles | Maydig | 1936 |
| The Bride of Frankenstein | Doctor Pretorius | 1935 |
| My Heart Is Calling | Fevrier | 1935 |
| The Murder Party | Chiddiatt / Adrian Chiddiatt | 1934 |
| The Ghoul | Laing | 1933 |
| The Old Dark House | Horace Femm | 1932 |
| Week-End Wives | Bertram | 1929 |
| The Vagabond Queen | Lidoff | 1929 |
| The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick | Mr. Jingle | 1921 |
| The Bachelor's Club | Israfel Mondego | 1921 |
| Nelson | Wiliam Pitt | 1918 |
| The Life Story of David Lloyd George | Joseph Chamberlain | 1918 |
