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      Ernest Thesiger

      Ernest Thesiger

      Highest Rated: 100% Henry V (1945)

      Lowest Rated: 20% 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).

      Highest rated movies

      The Man in the White Suit
      Last Holiday
      Henry V
      Bride of Frankenstein The Old Dark House
      The Horse's Mouth
      A Christmas Carol
      The Battle of the Sexes

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      BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, 1935 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesigner, 1935 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesinger, 1935 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, 1935 A PLACE OF ONE'S OWN, Ernest Thesiger, 1945 HENRY V, Ernest Thesiger, 1944 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Ernest Thesiger, 1935 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, 1935 THE GHOUL, Boris Karloff, Ernest Thesiger, 1933 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Ernest Thesiger, Colin Clive (background), Elsa Lanchester, 1935 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Ernest Thesiger, Boris Karloff, 1935 THE GHOUL, Ernest Thesiger, Boris Karloff, 1933 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, from left: Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, 1935 LAUGHTER IN PARADISE, Ernest Thesiger, George Cole, Fay Compton, Alastair Sim, Guy Middleton, 1951 THE BAD LORD BYRON, left from front), Dennis Price, Virgilio Teixeira, Ernest Thesiger, Mai Zetterling (plaid skirt), 1949 THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Ernest Thesiger, 1935 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, from left: Ernest Thesiger, Colin Clive, 1935 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, from left: Ernest Thesiger, Una O'Connor, 1935 THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT, Howard Marion-Crawford, Michael Gough, Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Ernest Thesiger, 1951 THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT, Ernest Thesiger, Howard Marion Crawford, Alec Guinness, Michael Gough, 1951
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      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
      63% 59% The Detective Vicomte de Verdigris (Character) - 1954
      38% 69% The Robe Emperor Tiberius (Character) - 1953
      20% 62% 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

      TV

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