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Godfrey Tearle

Acting Born Oct 12, 1884 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

The 39 Steps

as Professor Jordan

Full filmography

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