Courtenay Foote: Courtenay Foote. Actor: Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Courtenay Foote was born on 22 November 1878 in England. He was an actor, known for Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924), Little Old New York (1923) and Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924). He died on 4 May 1925 in Italy.