Cast & creator
Godfrey Tearle
Best known for The 39 Steps, The Beginning or the End, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
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.
Also known as: Sir Godfrey Tearle, Godfrey Seymour Tearle
26
film credits
0
television credits
26
1915–1953 · acting roles
7.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
★ 7.3The 39 Steps
Professor Jordan · 1935
★ 6.4The Beginning or the End
President Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1947
★ 6.6One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Sir George Corbett, Rear Gunner in B for Bertie · 1942
★ 6.8The Rake's Progress
Colonel Robert Kenway · 1945
★ 7.0The Titfield Thunderbolt
Ollie Matthews (The Bishop) · 1953
Across film & television
Filmography (26)
Showing 26 of 26 credits
The 39 Steps
Professor Jordan
1935The Beginning or the End
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1947One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Sir George Corbett, Rear Gunner in B for Bertie
1942The Rake's Progress
Colonel Robert Kenway
1945The Titfield Thunderbolt
Ollie Matthews (The Bishop)
1953
I Believe in You
Judge Pyke
1952
Undercover
General von Staengel
1943
The Lamp Still Burns
Sir Marshall Freyne
1943
Mandy
Mr Garland senior
1952
White Corridors
Mr. Groom Sr.
1951
Medal for the General
General Church
1944Fancy Dress
Tony Broke
1919
Decameron Nights
Ricciardo / Bernabo
1953Lochinvar
Lochinvar
1915
Salome of the Tenements
John Manning
1925
Tomorrow We Live
Mayor Pierre DuSchen
1943
These Charming People
James Berridge
1931
The Last Journey
Sir Wilfred Rhodes
1935
East Meets West
Sir Henry Mallory
1936
Infatuation
Gerald Norton
1930Puppets of Fate
Richard Sabine
1933
Private Angelo
Count Piccologrando
1949
Tomorrow We Live
Sir Charles Hendra
1936The Shadow Between
Paul Haddon
1931
A Sinless Sinner
Tom Harvey
1919The March Hare
Guy
1919