Ernest Thesiger

Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, CBE was an English stage and film actor. He is especially wellremembered for his performance as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in James Whales film Bride of Frankenstein .

The grandson of the 1st Lord Chelmsford, Thesiger was born in London, England and was the first cousin once removed of the explorer and author Wilfred Thesiger , and the nephew of 2nd Lord Chelmsford, who, exactly a week after Ernests birth, famously led his troops in battle against and suffered a defeat at the hands of a Zulu army at the Battle of Isandlwana.

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