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.
Bride of Frankenstein
as Doctor PretoriusDr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed....
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The Robe
as Emperor TiberiusDrunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the...
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Scrooge
as The UndertakerEbenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he...
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The Man in the White Suit
as Sir John KierlawThe unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be...
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The Million Pound Note
as Mr. Garrett, Bank DirectorAn impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich...
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The Ghoul
as LaingBritish Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried...
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Caesar and Cleopatra
as TheodotusThe aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard...
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Henry V
as Duke of Berri - French AmbassadorIn the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the...
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The Old Dark House
as Horace FemmIn a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old...
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Last Holiday
as Sir Trevor LampingtonGeorge Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live....
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as StefanoCritics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a...
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The Battle of the Sexes
as Old MacphersonAngela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their...
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles
as MaydigAn ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers...
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Sons and Lovers
as Mr. HadlockThe son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when...
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The Horse's Mouth
as HicksonGulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of...
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Value for Money
as Lord DewsburyA wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides...
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
as Mr. MacdonaldA TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
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The Magic Box
as EarlNow old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...
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Brass Monkey
as Ryder-HarrisCarroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.
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Quartet
as Henry DashwoodSomerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The...
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The Winslow Boy
as uncreditedIn pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his...
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Make Me an Offer!
as Sir John NightingaleA struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when...
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Laughter in Paradise
as EndicottWhen an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they...
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The Lamp Still Burns
as ChairmanA tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
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The Truth About Women
as JudgeA man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to...
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Father Brown
as The VicomteWorks of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has...
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Don't Take It to Heart
as Justices' ClerkA stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A...
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My Heart Is Calling
as FevrierMusical comedy. An opera singer falls for a stowaway on the way to Monte Carlo
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Quentin Durward
as Lord CrawfordDuring the 15th century reign of France's King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his...
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They Drive by Night
as Walter Hoover“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only...
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Doctor at Large
as ExaminerLosing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a...
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Universal Horror
as (archive footage)A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during...
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The Bad Lord Byron
as Count GuiccioliInjured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to...
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An Alligator Named Daisy
as Notcher (uncredited)Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another...
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Three Men in a Boat
as 3rd Old GentlemanThree London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and...
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The Ware Case
as CarterAn aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of...
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Report
as Doctor Pretorius (archive footage - Bride of Frankenstein (1935))Bruce Conner’s most celebrated film for a reason: it takes historical moments that were replayed...
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan -...
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Who Done It?
as Sir WalterThis movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper...
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Jassy
as Sir Edward FollesmarkIn 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight....
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A Place of One's Own
as Dr. Richard MarshamAn elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to...
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Number 13
as Mr. PeabodyThis unfinished, never-released 1922 Alfred Hitchcock-directed film was about low-income...
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The Only Girl
as The ChamberlainEnglish-language version of Ich und die Kaiserin. 'Germany, 1890. Duke falls in love with voice...
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The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as Dr CruickshankThe ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion...
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Beware of Pity
as Baron Emil de KekesfalvaA paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.
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My Learned Friend
as FerrisAn insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the...
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The Night of the Party
as Adrian ChiddiattA major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner...
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The Life Story of David Lloyd George
as Joseph ChamberlainA biopic of Britain's Great War Prime Minister.
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The Woman's Angle
as JudgeThe organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer...
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The Man Within
as FarneA man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
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The Vagabond Queen
as LidoffThe Vagabond Queen is a 1929 British comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Betty...
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