Tyrone Power
One of the great romantic swashbuckling stars of the mid-twentieth century, and the third Tyrone Power of four in a famed acting dynasty reaching back to the eighteenth century. His great-grandfather was the first Tyrone Power (1795-1841), a famed Irish comedian. His father, known to historians as Tyrone Power Sr., but to his contemporaries as either Tyrone Power or Tyrone Power the Younger, was a huge star in the theater (and later in films) in both classical and modern roles. His mother, Patia Riaume (Mrs. Tyrone Power), was also a Shakespearean actress as well as a respected dramatic coach. Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr., (also called Tyrone Power III; May 5, 1914 - November 15, 1958) was born at his mother's home of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1914. A frail, sickly child, he was taken by his parents to the warmer climate of southern California. After his parents' divorce, he and his sister Anne Power returned to Cincinnati with their mother. There he attended school while developing an obsession with acting. Although raised by his mother, he corresponded with his father, who encouraged his acting dreams. He was a supernumerary in his father's stage production of 'The Merchant of Venice' in Chicago and held him as he died suddenly of a heart attack later that year. Startlingly handsome, young Tyrone nevertheless struggled to find work in Hollywood. He appeared in a few small roles, then went east to do stage work. A screen test led to a contract at 20th Century Fox in 1936, and he quickly progressed to leading roles. Within a year or so, he was one of Fox's leading stars, playing in contemporary and period pieces with ease. Most of his roles were colorful without being deep, and his swordplay was more praised than his wordplay. He served in the Marine Corps in World War II as a transport pilot, and he saw action in the Pacific Theater of operations. After the war, he got his best reviews for an atypical part as a downward-spiraling con-man in Nightmare Alley (1947). Although he remained a huge star, much of his postwar work was unremarkable. He continued to do notable stage work and also began producing films. Following a fine performance in Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Power began production on Solomon and Sheba (1959). Halfway through shooting, he collapsed during a dueling scene with George Sanders, and he died of a heart attack before reaching a hospital.
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- 2019 · Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Lusitanian Illusion as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Jornal Português (1938-1951) as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage)
- 2002 · The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 · Death Scenes 2 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990 · Anthony Quinn: An Original as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
- 1982 · Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- 1982 · Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1965 · Uncertain Verification as (archive footage)
- 1957 · Witness for the Prosecution as Leonard Vole
- 1957 · The Sun Also Rises as Jake Barnes
- 1957 · The Rising of the Moon as Self - Host
- 1957 · Abandon Ship as Alec Holmes
- 1956 · The Eddy Duchin Story as Eddy Duchin
- 1956 · Cinépanorama as Self
- 1955 · The Red, White and Blue Line as Self
- 1955 · Untamed as Paul Van Riebeck
- 1955 · The Long Gray Line as Martin Maher
- 1953 · King of the Khyber Rifles as Capt. Alan King
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · The Mississippi Gambler as Mark Fallon
- 1953 · The World's Most Beautiful Girls as Self
- 1952 · Diplomatic Courier as Mike Kells
- 1952 · Pony Soldier as Constable Duncan MacDonald
- 1951 · The House in the Square as Peter Standish
- 1951 · Rawhide as Tom Owens
- 1950 · American Guerrilla in the Philippines as Ensign Chuck Palmer
- 1950 · The Black Rose as Walter of Gurnie
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Prince of Foxes as Andrea Orsini
- 1948 · That Wonderful Urge as Thomas Jefferson Tyler
- 1948 · The Luck of the Irish as Stephen Fitzgerald
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Guest
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 · Captain from Castile as Pedro De Vargas
- 1947 · Nightmare Alley as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
- 1946 · The Razor's Edge as Larry Darrell
- 1943 · Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform as Himself
- 1943 · Show-Business at War as Self
- 1943 · Crash Dive as Lt. Ward Stewart
- 1942 · The Black Swan as Jamie Waring
- 1942 · This Above All as Clive Briggs
- 1942 · Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Benjamin Blake
- 1941 · A Yank in the R.A.F. as Tim Baker
- 1941 · Three Of A Kind as Himself
- 1941 · Blood and Sand as Juan
- 1940 · The Mark of Zorro as Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
- 1940 · Brigham Young as Jonathan Kent
- 1940 · Johnny Apollo as Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)
- 1939 · Day-time Wife as Ken Norton
- 1939 · The Rains Came as Major Rama Safti
- 1939 · Second Fiddle as Jimmy Sutton
- 1939 · Rose of Washington Square as Bart Clinton
- 1939 · Hollywood Hobbies as Self (uncredited)
- 1939 · Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Tyrone Power
- 1939 · Jesse James as Jesse Woodson James
- 1938 · Suez as Ferdinand de Lesseps
- 1938 · Marie Antoinette as Count Axel de Fersen
- 1938 · Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
- 1938 · Alexander's Ragtime Band as Alexander - Roger Grant
- 1938 · In Old Chicago as Dion O'Leary
- 1937 · Second Honeymoon as Raoul McLiesh
- 1937 · Ali Baba Goes to Town as Himself
- 1937 · Thin Ice as Prince Rudolph
- 1937 · Café Metropole as Alexis
- 1937 · Love Is News as Steve Leyton
- 1936 · Lloyd's of London as Jonathan Blake
- 1936 · Ladies In Love as Karl Lanyi
- 1936 · Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
- 1936 · Girls Dormitory as Count Vallais
- 1935 · Northern Frontier as Mountie (uncredited)
- 1934 · Flirtation Walk as Cadet (uncredited)
- 1932 · Tom Brown of Culver as Donald MacKenzie