Ernest Thesiger
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.041 |
| Birthday | 1879-01-15 |
| Place of Birth | Chelsea, London, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, Ernst Thesiger, |
1935
Bride of Frankenstein
7.5/997
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experimen...
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Bride of Frankenstein
1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
6.1/56
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.
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Caesar and Cleopatra
1944
Henry V
6.6/115
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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Henry V
1932
The Old Dark House
6.7/266
In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.
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The Old Dark House
1954
Father Brown
6.3/27
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.
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Father Brown
1938
They Drive by Night
5.8/15
“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly...
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They Drive by Night
1951
The Man in the White Suit
6.8/186
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune sell...
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The Man in the White Suit
1951
Scrooge
7.427/336
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show...
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Scrooge
1933
The Ghoul
5.5/57
British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlan...
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The Ghoul
1945
A Place of One's Own
5.4/17
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,...
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A Place of One's Own
1953
The Robe
6.7/244
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 h...
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The Robe
1961
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
6.7/31
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...
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1960
The Battle of the Sexes
6.7/28
Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets...
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The Battle of the Sexes
1951
Laughter in Paradise
6.5/30
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 whic...
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Laughter in Paradise
1960
Sons and Lovers
6.6/36
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 f...
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Sons and Lovers
1955
Quentin Durward
6/12
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...
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Quentin Durward
1946
Beware of Pity
6.5/6
A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.
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Beware of Pity
1947
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
5.2/7
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...
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The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
1948
Brass Monkey
5.5/3
Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.
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Brass Monkey
1929
The Vagabond Queen
0/0
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 t...
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The Vagabond Queen
1944
Don't Take It to Heart
5.9/4
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...
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Don't Take It to Heart
1916
The Real Thing at Last
0/0
Shakespeare parody
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The Real Thing at Last
1947
Jassy
5.4/10
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...
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Jassy
1938
The Ware Case
6.3/3
An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house
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The Ware Case
1936
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
5.685/27
An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1958
The Horse's Mouth
6.7/43
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...
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The Horse's Mouth
1954
Make Me an Offer!
6.7/3
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 othe...
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Make Me an Offer!
1954
The Million Pound Note
6.801/67
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...
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The Million Pound Note
1933
The Only Girl
0/0
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.' (B...
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The Only Girl
1952
The Woman's Angle
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The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in seach of one thing personal happiness. This search,...
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The Woman's Angle
1960
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
0/0
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 upc...
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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
1930
Ashes
0/0
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...
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Ashes
1918
The Life Story of David Lloyd George
5.8/6
A biopic of Britain's Great War Prime Minister.
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The Life Story of David Lloyd George
1957
Doctor at Large
5.646/24
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 Bog...
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Doctor at Large
1950
Last Holiday
7.2/46
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...
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Last Holiday
1949
The Bad Lord Byron
5.5/4
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
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The Bad Lord Byron
1948
The Winslow Boy
7/26
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.
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The Winslow Boy
1934
The Night of the Party
5.3/3
A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect,...
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The Night of the Party
1957
The Truth About Women
5.9/7
A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.
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The Truth About Women
1922
Number 13
1.5/2
This unfinished, never-released 1922 Alfred Hitchcock-directed film was about low-income residents of a tenement building.
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Number 13
1921
The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick
0/0
A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.
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The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick
1921
The Bachelor's Club
0/0
A henpeck man inherits a fortune and starts a club for women-haters.
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The Bachelor's Club
1952
The Magic Box
6.3/21
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 i...
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The Magic Box
1929
Week-End Wives
8/1
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...
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Week-End Wives
1948
Quartet
6/14
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."
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Quartet
1918
Nelson
3.5/2
Lord Nelson's life, loves and death.
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Nelson
1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer
5.1/15
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
1943
My Learned Friend
6/15
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...
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My Learned Friend
1956
Three Men in a Boat
6.3/9
Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.
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Three Men in a Boat
1943
The Lamp Still Burns
5.4/7
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
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The Lamp Still Burns
1956
Who Done It?
5.2/12
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...
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Who Done It?
1955
An Alligator Named Daisy
6.2/6
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 wh...
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An Alligator Named Daisy
1955
Value for Money
6.6/7
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 decide...
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Value for Money
1935
My Heart Is Calling
10/1
Musical comedy. An opera singer falls for a stowaway on the way to Monte Carlo
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My Heart Is Calling
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
9/2
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 t...
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
1998
Universal Horror
7.2/18
A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Universal Horror
1947
The Man Within
5.7/3
A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
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The Man Within
1967
Report
6.2/49
Bruce Conner’s most celebrated film for a reason: it takes historical moments that were replayed over and over on television—chilling repetition of Ke...
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Report
1919
A Little Bit of Fluff
0/0
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