Ernest Thesiger


Television

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1939

Act 3 of “Geneva

April 23

BBC relay broadcast from St. James’s Theatre

Sir Orpheus Midlander


1946

“Androcles and the Lion” by Shaw

November 3,5

BBC

Caesar


1949

“The Tragedy of Macbeth”

February 23, 24

BBC

1st Weird Sister


1953

"Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents ..." aka “Rheingold Theatre: Thought to Kill”

March 4

NBC

Burdon Sr.


“A Fish in the Family”

September 8

BBC

The Rev. Philip Hodgson


“The Public Prosecutor”

October 8

BBC

Montane


1954

“For Women Leisure and Pleasure
November 16

BBC

Thesiger demonstrates theatre makeup


1955

Excerpts from “Simon and Laura”

January 3

BBC broadcast from the Strand Theatre

Wilson


“For Women: Leisure and Pleasure”

April 12

BBC

Thesiger shows his embroidery


1956

“ITV Play of the Week: Hamlet”

February 27, 1956

ITV

Polonius


“Woman’s Hour”

May 30

BBC

Thesiger as guest of the week


“Mainly for Women: Twice Twenty”

July 23

BBC

To celebrate the centenary of Bernard Shaw 's birth, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Blanche Patch, and Ernest Thesiger remember the author and playwright.


“BBC Sunday Night Movie - Marching Song”

August 26

BBC

John Cadmus


1957

“Joyous Errand”

April 6

BBC

Mr. Skaife


“ITV Television Playhouse: The Queen’s Husband”

April 18

ITV

Phipps


1958

“ITV Television Playhouse: Do As I Do”

March 14

ITV

Colonel Gyll


“You Are There: The Presentation of Madame Du Barry”

April 2

BBC


“ITV Television Playhouse: The Touch of Fear”

June 6


1959

“Result of an Accident”

January 22

BBC

Mr. Justice Finston


“Armchair Theatre: Suspicious Mind”

November 22

ITV

Professor Galton


“Armchair Theatre: Invitation to Murder”

August 30

ITV

Millionaire


“ITV Television Playhouse: The White Sheep of the Family””

July 3

ITV

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1960

“Armchair Theatre: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime”

January 3

ITV

The Dean


“ITV Television Playhouse: Night Run to the West”

June 30

ITV

Calvin Broderick