Ernest Thesiger Overview:

Character actor, Ernest Thesiger, was born Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger on Jan 15, 1879 in London, England. Thesiger died at the age of 82 on Jan 14, 1961 in London, England and was laid to rest in Brompton Cemetery in West Brompton, England.

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Ernest Thesiger was an eccentric British character actor, as emaciated as he was animated, who portrayed some memorably grotesque and sometimes quite frightening figures, most notably his Dr. Praetorius, the scientist who kept miniature beings in bottles, in "Bride of Frankenstein. Later, in post-war Britain, he played more routine roles although each had the distinctive Thesiger touch.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).

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Sir John Kierlaw: Now. Some fool has invented an indestructible cloth. Where is he? How much does he want?


[repeated line]
Horace Femm: Have a potato.


Emperor Tiberius: After forty years with Julia, my approaching death holds few terrors for me.


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He was portrayed by actor Arthur Dignam in the 1998 film Gods and Monsters (1998), which is based on the life of his friend James Whale.

He was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1960 for his services to drama.

He used to lay lilies at the feet of the handsome doorman at the Savoy Hotel in London.

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