Godfrey Tearle

Personal Info

Birthday

October 12, 1884

Day of Death

1953-06-08

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Sir Godfrey Tearle

Godfrey Seymour Tearle

Godfrey Tearle

Biography

Sir Godfrey Tearle was an American-born actor who portrayed the quintessential Englishman on stage and in films in both England and the United States.

Known For

The 39 Steps

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Mandy

The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Beginning or the End

Decameron Nights

Tomorrow We Live

The Rake's Progress

Filmography

1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Ollie Matthews (The Bishop)
Decameron Nights
as Ricciardo / Bernabo
1952
Mandy
as Mr Garland senior
I Believe in You
as Judge Pyke
1951
White Corridors
as Mr. Groom Sr.
1949
Private Angelo
as Count Piccologrando
1947
The Beginning or the End
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1945
The Rake's Progress
as Colonel Robert Kenway
1944
Medal for the General
as General Church
1943
The Lamp Still Burns
as Sir Marshall Freyne
Undercover
as General von Staengel
Tomorrow We Live
as Mayor Pierre DuSchen
1942
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as Sir George Corbett, Rear Gunner in B for Bertie
1936
East Meets West
as Sir Henry Mallory
1935
The Last Journey
as Sir Wilfred Rhodes
The 39 Steps
as Professor Jordan
1933
Puppets of Fate
as Richard Sabine
1931
The Shadow Between
as Paul Haddon
These Charming People
as James Berridge
1930
Infatuation
as Gerald Norton
1925
Salome of the Tenements
as John Manning
1919
Fancy Dress
as Tony Broke
The March Hare
as Guy
A Sinless Sinner
as Tom Harvey