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.
Known for
Bambi
Self (archive footage)
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Oscars
Self
Witness for the Prosecution
Leonard Vole
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Tim Baker
The Mississippi Gambler
Mark Fallon
Abandon Ship
Alec Holmes
The Razor's Edge
Larry Darrell
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Ensign Chuck Palmer
The Black Rose
Walter of Gurnie
Crash Dive
Lt. Ward Stewart
The Rising of the Moon
Self - Host
Second Honeymoon
Raoul McLiesh
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Benjamin Blake
That Wonderful Urge
Thomas Jefferson Tyler
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Lloyd's of London
Jonathan Blake
In Old Chicago
Dion O'Leary
The Eddy Duchin Story
Eddy Duchin
The Rains Came
Major Rama Safti
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
Rose of Washington Square
Bart Clinton
Prince of Foxes
Andrea Orsini
Death Scenes 2
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Jimmy Sutton
Diplomatic Courier
Mike Kells
Tom Brown of Culver
Donald MacKenzie
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Tyrone Power
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Flirtation Walk
Cadet (uncredited)
Café Metropole
Alexis
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Self (archive footage)
The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
Captain from Castile
Pedro De Vargas
King of the Khyber Rifles
Capt. Alan King
Girls' Dormitory
Count Vallais
Jesse James
Jesse Woodson James
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage)
Rawhide
Tom Owens
Pony Soldier
Constable Duncan MacDonald
Nightmare Alley
Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander - Roger Grant
Northern Frontier
Mountie (uncredited)
Suez
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Marie Antoinette
Count Axel de Fersen
The Luck of the Irish
Stephen Fitzgerald
The Long Gray Line
Martin Maher
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
Untamed
Paul Van Riebeck
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
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The Black Swan
Jamie Waring
Johnny Apollo
Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)
Uncertain Verification
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Blood and Sand
Juan
Ladies in Love
Karl Lanyi
The Sun Also Rises
Jake Barnes
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Himself
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Himself
Brigham Young
Jonathan Kent
Day-time Wife
Ken Norton
This Above All
Clive Briggs
Thin Ice
Prince Rudolph
Show-Business at War
Self
The Red, White and Blue Line
Self
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Zorro
Archive Footage
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
Three Of A Kind
Himself
Lusitanian Illusion
Self (archive footage)
The House in the Square
Peter Standish
Love Is News
Steve Leyton
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
Self
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Cinépanorama
Self