Godfrey Tearle Net Worth
Godfrey Tearle Net Worth is
$1.5 Million
Godfrey Tearle Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Godfrey Seymour Tearle was born in 1884, the son of British actor/manager George (Osmond) Tearle and American actress Marianne Conway (her second marriage). His father and uncle were first-generation acting Tearles, and his mother also came from a family of actors. It seems that Godfrey's destiny was set at birth. The Tearles' family's origins lay... | Date Of Birth | October 12, 1884 |
| Died | 1953-06-09 |
| Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Profession | Actor |
| Spouse | Barbara Palmer |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1951 King's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. |
| 2 | According to distant relative Richard Tearle, who has a website devoted to his famous ancestor, Sir Godfrey was considered to be one of the greatest Othellos of all time. |
| 3 | Married three times, he had no children. He was involved with stage actress Jill Bennett for the last four years of his life. She opined that because of Godfrey's own unsettling childhood as the son of actors, he was unwilling to inflict such a life on his own children. |
| 4 | In the early 1930s he became an extremely strong and well-liked president of the fledgling Actors' Equity Association and remained in that post until 1940. It was his prolific work with Equity which earned him knighthood in 1951. |
| 5 | Half-brother of actor Conway Tearle. |
| 6 | Brother of actor Malcolm Tearle. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Titfield Thunderbolt | 1953 | The Bishop | |
| Decameron Nights | 1953 | Ricciardo / Bernabo | |
| Crash of Silence | 1952 | Mr. Garland | |
| I Believe in You | 1952 | Mr. Pyke | |
| White Corridors | 1951 | Mr. Groom Sr. | |
| Private Angelo | 1949 | Count Piccologrando | |
| The Beginning or the End | 1947 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
| Notorious Gentleman | 1945 | Colonel Robert Kenway | |
| The Gay Intruders | 1944 | General Church | |
| The Lamp Still Burns | 1943 | Sir Marshall Freyne | |
| Underground Guerrillas | 1943 | Gen. Von Staengel (Military Governor) | |
| At Dawn We Die | 1943 | Mayor Pierre Duchesne | |
| One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | 1942 | Sir George Corbett - Rear Gunner in B for Bertie | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | 1937 | TV Movie | |
| Tomorrow We Live | 1936 | Sir Charles Hendra | |
| East Meets West | 1936 | Sir Henry Mallory | |
| The Last Journey | 1936 | Sir Wilfred Rhodes | |
| The 39 Steps | 1935 | Professor Jordan | |
| Jade | 1934 | Short | The Man |
| Wolves of the Underworld | 1933 | Richard Sabine | |
| The Shadow Between | 1931 | Paul Haddon | |
| These Charming People | 1931 | James Berridge | |
| Infatuation | 1930 | Short | Gerald Norton |
| One Colombo Night | 1926 | Jim Farnell | |
| If Youth But Knew | 1926 | Dr. Martin Summer | |
| Guy of Warwick | 1926 | Short | Guy of Warwick |
| Salome of the Tenements | 1925 | John Manning | |
| Queen's Evidence | 1919 | Adam Pascal | |
| Nobody's Child | 1919 | Ernest d'Alvard | |
| Fancy Dress | 1919 | Tony Broke | |
| Midnight Gambols | 1919 | Tom Harvey | |
| The March Hare | 1919 | Guy | |
| The Real Thing at Last | 1916 | Short | Macduff |
| Sir James Mortimer's Wager | 1916 | Short | Sir James Mortimer |
| Lochinvar | 1915 | Short | Lochinvar |
| The Fool | 1913 | Sterndale | |
| Romeo and Juliet | 1908/II | Short | Romeo |
Known for movies
The 39 Steps (1935)
as Professor Jordan
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
as Sir George Corbett - Rear Gunner in B for Bertie
Crash of Silence (1952)
as Mr. Garland
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
as The Bishop