Godfrey Tearle

Acting

Born October 12, 1884, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

• 1953Decameron Nights — Ricciardo / Bernabo
• 1953The Titfield Thunderbolt — Ollie Matthews (The Bishop)
• 1952I Believe in You — Judge Pyke
• 1952Mandy — Mr Garland senior
• 1951White Corridors — Mr. Groom Sr.
• 1949Private Angelo — Count Piccologrando
• 1947The Beginning or the End — President Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 1945The Rake's Progress — Colonel Robert Kenway
• 1944Medal for the General — General Church
• 1943The Lamp Still Burns — Sir Marshall Freyne
• 1943Tomorrow We Live — Mayor Pierre DuSchen
• 1943Undercover — General von Staengel
• 1942One of Our Aircraft Is Missing — Sir George Corbett, Rear Gunner in B for Bertie
• 1936East Meets West — Sir Henry Mallory
• 1936Tomorrow We Live — Sir Charles Hendra
• 1935The 39 Steps — Professor Jordan
• 1935The Last Journey — Sir Wilfred Rhodes
• 1933Puppets of Fate — Richard Sabine
• 1931The Shadow Between — Paul Haddon
• 1931These Charming People — James Berridge
• 1930Infatuation — Gerald Norton
• 1925Salome of the Tenements — John Manning
• 1919A Sinless Sinner — Tom Harvey
• 1919Fancy Dress — Tony Broke
• 1919The March Hare — Guy
• 1915Lochinvar — Lochinvar