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Ernst Thesiger

Highest Rated:
100% The Old Dark House (1932)
Lowest Rated:
35% The Robe (1953)
Birthday:
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Birthplace:
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Bio:
Gaunt -- nay, skeletal -- British actor Ernst Thesiger had originally studied to be an artist. While he retained his delicate manual skills for the rest of his days (he wrote several books on needlepoint), Thesiger cast his lot with Thespis when he made his first stage appearance in 1909, at the…

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 35% - 100%
Number of Movies: 37
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
1961 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
  • Stefano
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1960 71% Sons and Lovers
  • Henry Hadlock
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1960 The Battle of the Sexes
  • Old MacPherson
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1958 93% The Horse's Mouth
  • Hickson
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1958 Truth About Women
  • Judge
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1957 Three Men in a Boat
  • 3rd Old Gentleman
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1957 Doctor at Large
  • First Examiner
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1956 Who Done It?
  • Sir Walter Finch
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1955 Quentin Durward
  • Lord Crawford
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1954 The Woman's Angle
  • Judge
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1954 The Million Pound Note (Man With a Million)
  • Bank Director
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1954 Father Brown (The Detective)
  • Vicomte
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1953 35% The Robe
  • Tiberius
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1951 The Magic Box
  • Man
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1951 83% Scrooge (A Christmas Carol)
  • Undertaker
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1951 Laughter in Paradise
  • Endicott
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1951 100% The Man in the White Suit
  • Sir John Kierlaw
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1950 100% Last Holiday
  • Sir Trevor Lampington
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1949 Bad Lord Byron
  • Count Guiccioli
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1949 Winslow Boy
  • Mr. Ridgeley-Pearce
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1948 Quartet
  • Henry Dashwood
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1948 Brass Monkey
  • Ryder-Harris
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1948 Jassy
  • Sir Edward Follesmark
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1947 Ghosts of Berkeley Square
  • Investigator
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1946 Beware of Pity
  • Baron Emil de Kekesfalva
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1946 Caesar and Cleopatra
  • Theodotus
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1945 A Place of One's Own
  • Dr. Marsham
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1944 100% Henry V (The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France
  • Duke of Berri
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1943 Lamp Still Burns
  • Chairman
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1943 My Learned Friend
  • Ferris
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1938 They Drive by Night
  • Walter Hoover
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1936 The Man Who Could Work Miracles
  • Mr. Maydig
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1935 100% The Bride of Frankenstein
  • Dr. Septimus Pretorius
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1934 Night of the Party
  • Chiddiatt
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1933 The Ghoul
  • Laing
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1932 100% The Old Dark House
  • Horace Femm
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1930 The Vagabond Queen
  • Katoff
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Quotes from Ernst Thesiger's Characters

    1. Dr. Septimus Pretorius: Do you know who Henry Frankenstein is, who you are?
    2. The Monster: Yes, I know... made me from dead... I love dead... hate living.
    3. Dr. Septimus Pretorius: You are wise in your generation.
    From The Bride of Frankenstein. Submitted by Richard L (7 months ago)
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