 Tearle was knighted in the 1951 King's Birthday Honours List for services to drama.He was married three times, to actress Mary Malone from 1909 until their divorce in 1932, to starlet Stella Freeman from 1932 until her sudden death in 1936, and to Barbara Palmer from 1937 until their divorce in 1947.Sir Godfrey Tearle died on 9 June 1953, aged 68.