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Sir Godfrey Tearle (October 12, 1884 - June 9, 1953) was an American-born actor who portrayed the quintissential Englishman on stage and in films in both England and the United States. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

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Biography

Born Godfrey Seymour Tearle in New York City and raised in England, he was the son of British actor/manager George Osmond Tearle and American actress Marianne Conway, the brother of actor Malcolm Tearle, and the half-brother of silent film star Conway Tearle. The City of New York In 1893, he made his stage debut as young Prince Richard, Duke of York, in his father's production of Richard III, and in 1908 he appeared in his first film as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591 Romeo Montague is a fictional character in William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the He became a Shakespearean actor of note, appearing on stage in the title roles of Othello, Macbeth, and Henry V. William Shakespeare ( baptised Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between His theatrical career was interrupted when he joined the Royal Field Artillery for a four-year stint beginning in 1915. The Royal Field Artillery ( RFA) of the British Army came into being when the Royal Artillery was divided on 1 July 1899, it was reamalgamated

One of Tearle's most memorable screen roles was in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935), in which he portrayed Professor Jordan, a seemingly respectable country squire whose missing finger unmasks him as an enemy agent. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 The 39 Steps is a 1935 Film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the adventure Novel The Thirty-nine Steps He was cast as an RAF bomber pilot in One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942), an aging World War I veteran in Medal for the General (1944), and as Franklin D. Roosevelt in The Beginning of the End, MGM's 1946 account of the Manhattan Project. One of Our Aircraft is Missing ( is a British War film, the fourth collaboration between the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Medal for the General is a 1944 British Drama film produced by British National Films The Beginning Of The End is the second full length release by Sworn Enemy, released on Abacus Records. The World War II Manhattan Project developed the first Nuclear weapon (atomic bomb

Tearle made his Broadway theatre debut in Carnival in 1919. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located In his review in the New York Times, Alexander Woolcott noted, "It is difficult to guess why Godfrey Tearle should have selected as the vehicle of his American debut the play called Carnival, which was presented to New York for the first time last evening at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre. Alexander Humphreys Woollcott ( January 19, 1887 &ndash January 23, 1943) was an American critic and commentator for The New Yorker It is a spare and unsubstantial piece at best, and the role it offers him is distinctly secondary in importance and opportunity. " [1]. Additional Broadway credits include The Fake (1924), The Flashing Stream (1939), and Antony and Cleopatra (1947). Antony and Cleopatra is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623

Tearle was knighted for his work on the British stage. He was married three times, to actress Mary Malone from 1909 until their divorce in 1932, to considerably younger screen starlet Stella Freeman from 1932 until her sudden death in 1936, and to Barbara Palmer from 1937 until their divorce. He spent the last few years of his life as the live-in companion of actress Jill Bennett. See Jill Bennett (American actress for the American actress with the same name

Partial filmography

Notes

  1. ^ New York Times review of Carnival, December 25, 1919

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Salome of the Tenements is a 1925 Silent film adapted to the screen by Sonya Levien from the Anzia Yezierska Novel. The 39 Steps is a 1935 Film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the adventure Novel The Thirty-nine Steps One of Our Aircraft is Missing ( is a British War film, the fourth collaboration between the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell Medal for the General is a 1944 British Drama film produced by British National Films The Rake's Progress was a film made in 1945. In the United States the title was changed to Notorious Gentleman. The Beginning or the End is a 1947 film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Brian Donlevy and Hume Cronyn. Mandy was a 1952 Ealing Studios film based on the book The Day Is Ours by Hilda Lewis, with screenplay by Nigel Balchin The Titfield Thunderbolt is a 1953 Comedy film about a group of villagers trying to prevent British Railways from closing the fictional Titfield Branch
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