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Ernest Thesiger

Highest Rated: 100% Henry V (1945)

Lowest Rated: Laughter in Paradise (1951)

Birthday: Jan 15, 1879

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Gaunt, sharp-featured British character actor whose film appearances were too few but almost invariably delightful. A veteran of the stage, Thesiger brought his rich, fruity delivery and polished timing to a series of eccentric, sometimes menacing, but usually comically haughty character roles. He was perhaps most brilliant in two classic horror films directed by his friend James Whale, "The Old Dark House" (1932) and "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935). He also graced the unjustly neglected thriller "They Drive By Night" (1938) as a crazed killer, and stole scenes in such satirical films as "The Man in the White Suit" (1951) and "Value for Money" (1955).

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Highest rated movies

100% 74% Henry V
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100% 77% Last Holiday
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100% 81% The Man in the White Suit
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98% 87% Bride of Frankenstein
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89% 76% The Horse's Mouth
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86% 89% A Christmas Carol
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83% 40% The Battle of the Sexes
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80% 55% Caesar and Cleopatra
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67% 49% Sons and Lovers
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Filmography

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67% 49% Sons and Lovers Mr. Hadlock (Character) - 1960
83% 40% The Battle of the Sexes Old Macpherson (Character) - 1959
89% 76% The Horse's Mouth Hickson (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 33% Three Men in a Boat 3rd Old Gentleman (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 50% Who Done It? Sir Walter (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Value for Money Lord Dewsbury (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 38% Quentin Durward Lord Crawford (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Make Me an Offer Sir John (Character) - 1955
57% 62% The Detective Vicomte de Verdigris (Character) - 1954
38% 69% The Robe Emperor Tiberius (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 64% Laughter in Paradise Lawyer Endicott (Character) - 1951
100% 81% The Man in the White Suit Sir John Kierlaw (Character) $8.3K 1951
86% 89% A Christmas Carol The Undertaker (Character) - 1951
100% 77% Last Holiday Sir Trevor Lampington (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 67% The Winslow Boy Mr. Ridgeley Pierce (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 62% Quartet Henry Dashwood (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brass Monkey Ryder-Harris (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 50% Ghosts of Berkeley Square Dr. Cruickshank of Psychical Research Society (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beware of Pity Baron Emil de Kekesfalva (Character) - 1946
80% 55% Caesar and Cleopatra Theodotus (Character) - 1945
100% 74% Henry V Duke of Berri (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 29% A Place of One's Own Dr. Marsham (Character) - 1945
63% 73% The Man Who Could Work Miracles Rev. Silas Maydig (Character) - 1937
98% 87% Bride of Frankenstein Dr. Pretorius (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Murder Party Chiddiatt (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 36% The Ghoul Laing (Character) - 1933
97% 70% The Old Dark House Horace Femm (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Number 13 Unknown (Character) - 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Life Story of David Lloyd George Joseph Chamberlain (Character) - 1918

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Rheingold Theatre Burdon Sr. (Character) 1953