Ernest Thesiger

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.

  • Title: Ernest Thesiger
  • Popularity: 1.75
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1879-01-14
  • Place of Birth: Chelsea, London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, Ernst Thesiger
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Ernest Thesiger Movies

  • 1935
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    Bride of Frankenstein

    Bride of Frankenstein

    7.5 1935 HD

    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...

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  • 1945
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    Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

    6.1 1945 HD

    The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

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  • 1944
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    Henry V

    Henry V

    6.582 1944 HD

    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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  • 1932
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    The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

    6.708 1932 HD

    In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.

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  • 1954
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    Father Brown

    Father Brown

    6.2 1954 HD

    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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  • 1938
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    They Drive by Night

    They Drive by Night

    5.8 1938 HD

    “Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he...

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  • 1951
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    The Man in the White Suit

    The Man in the White Suit

    6.8 1951 HD

    The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune...

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  • 1951
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    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    7.436 1951 HD

    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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  • 1933
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    The Ghoul

    The Ghoul

    5.4 1933 HD

    British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death,...

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  • 1945
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    A Place of One's Own

    A Place of One's Own

    5.4 1945 HD

    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....

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  • 1953
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    The Robe

    The Robe

    6.8 1953 HD

    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...

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  • 1961
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    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

    6.7 1961 HD

    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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  • 1960
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    The Battle of the Sexes

    The Battle of the Sexes

    6.8 1960 HD

    Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she...

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  • 1951
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    Laughter in Paradise

    Laughter in Paradise

    6.7 1951 HD

    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...

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  • 1960
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    Sons and Lovers

    Sons and Lovers

    6.5 1960 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    Quentin Durward

    Quentin Durward

    6 1955 HD

    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...

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  • 1946
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    Beware of Pity

    Beware of Pity

    6.5 1946 HD

    A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.

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  • 1947
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    The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

    The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

    5.2 1947 HD

    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...

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  • 1948
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    Brass Monkey

    Brass Monkey

    5.5 1948 HD

    Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.

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  • 1929
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    The Vagabond Queen

    The Vagabond Queen

    1 1929 HD

    The Vagabond Queen is a 1929 British comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Betty Balfour, Glen Byam Shaw and Ernest...

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  • 1944
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    Don't Take It to Heart

    Don't Take It to Heart

    5.9 1944 HD

    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...

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  • 1916
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    The Real Thing at Last

    The Real Thing at Last

    1 1916 HD

    Shakespeare parody

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  • 1947
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    Jassy

    Jassy

    5.4 1947 HD

    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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  • 1938
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    The Ware Case

    The Ware Case

    6.3 1938 HD

    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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  • 1936
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    The Man Who Could Work Miracles

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles

    5.6 1936 HD

    An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.

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  • 1958
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    The Horse's Mouth

    The Horse's Mouth

    6.8 1958 HD

    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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  • 1954
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    Make Me an Offer!

    Make Me an Offer!

    6.7 1954 HD

    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...

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  • 1954
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    The Million Pound Note

    The Million Pound Note

    6.8 1954 HD

    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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  • 1933
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    The Only Girl

    The Only Girl

    1 1933 HD

    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.'...

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  • 1952
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    The Woman's Angle

    The Woman's Angle

    1 1952 HD

    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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  • 1960
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    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

    1 1960 HD

    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...

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  • 1930
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    Ashes

    Ashes

    1 1930 HD

    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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  • 1918
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    The Life Story of David Lloyd George

    The Life Story of David Lloyd George

    5.8 1918 HD

    A biopic of Britain's Great War Prime Minister.

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  • 1957
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    Doctor at Large

    Doctor at Large

    5.6 1957 HD

    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...

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  • 1950
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    Last Holiday

    Last Holiday

    7.3 1950 HD

    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...

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  • 1949
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    The Bad Lord Byron

    The Bad Lord Byron

    5.5 1949 HD

    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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  • 1948
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    The Winslow Boy

    The Winslow Boy

    6.9 1948 HD

    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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  • 1934
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    The Night of the Party

    The Night of the Party

    5.3 1934 HD

    A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious...

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  • 1957
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    The Truth About Women

    The Truth About Women

    5.8 1957 HD

    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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  • 1922
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    Number 13

    Number 13

    1.5 1922 HD

    This unfinished, never-released 1922 Alfred Hitchcock-directed film was about low-income residents of a tenement building.

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  • 1921
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    The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick

    The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick

    1 1921 HD

    A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.

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  • 1921
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    The Bachelor's Club

    The Bachelor's Club

    1 1921 HD

    A henpeck man inherits a fortune and starts a club for women-haters.

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  • 1952
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    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

    6.3 1952 HD

    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...

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  • 1929
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    Week-End Wives

    Week-End Wives

    8 1929 HD

    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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  • 1948
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    Quartet

    Quartet

    6 1948 HD

    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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  • 1918
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    Nelson

    Nelson

    3.5 1918 HD

    Lord Nelson's life, loves and death.

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  • 1953
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    Meet Mr. Lucifer

    Meet Mr. Lucifer

    5.1 1953 HD

    A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.

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  • 1943
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    My Learned Friend

    My Learned Friend

    6 1943 HD

    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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  • 1956
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    Three Men in a Boat

    Three Men in a Boat

    6.3 1956 HD

    Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.

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  • 1943
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    The Lamp Still Burns

    The Lamp Still Burns

    5.4 1943 HD

    A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.

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  • 1956
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    Who Done It?

    Who Done It?

    5.2 1956 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    An Alligator Named Daisy

    An Alligator Named Daisy

    6.2 1955 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    Value for Money

    Value for Money

    6.6 1955 HD

    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...

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  • 1935
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    My Heart Is Calling

    My Heart Is Calling

    10 1935 HD

    Musical comedy. An opera singer falls for a stowaway on the way to Monte Carlo

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  • 2007
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    Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

    Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

    9 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 1998
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    Universal Horror

    Universal Horror

    7.2 1998 HD

    A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.

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  • 1947
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    The Man Within

    The Man Within

    5.7 1947 HD

    A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.

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  • 1967
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    Report

    Report

    6.2 1967 HD

    Bruce Conner’s most celebrated film for a reason: it takes historical moments that were replayed over and over on television—chilling...

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