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