Doctor Septimus Pretorius
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Doctor Septimus Pretorius is a fictional character who appears in the Universal film Bride of Frankenstein as the main antagonist. He is played by British stage and film actor Ernest Thesiger. Some so
Pretorius (right) holds back Frankenstein's monster
Ernest Thesiger
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Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger was an English stage and film actor. He is noted for his performance as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in James Whale's film Bride of Frankenstein.
A charcoal drawing of Thesiger by John Singer Sargent, c. 1911
Portrait of Thesiger by William Ranken, Manchester City Galleries
Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Boris Karloff and Thesiger in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)