Tyrone Power
Known for Acting · 82 credits
- Born
- 1914-05-05
- Died
- 1958-11-15
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Тайрон Пауэр · Tyrone Edmund Power III · 泰隆·鲍华 · تایرون پاور
Biography
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (76)
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
as Leonard Vole
Nightmare Alley
1947
as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
The Black Swan
1942
as Jamie Waring
Lusitanian Illusion
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Seven Waves Away
1957
as Alec Holmes
In Old Chicago
1938
as Dion O'Leary
Brigham Young
1940
as Jonathan Kent
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
The Razor's Edge
1946
as Larry Darrell
Girls' Dormitory
1936
as Count Vallais
The Long Gray Line
1955
as Martin Maher
The Luck of the Irish
1948
as Stephen Fitzgerald
Ladies in Love
1936
as Karl Lanyi
Blood and Sand
1941
as Juan
Jesse James
1939
as Jesse Woodson James
The Sun Also Rises
1957
as Jake Barnes
The Mark of Zorro
1940
as Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
The Rains Came
1939
as Major Rama Safti
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
as Eddy Duchin
The Black Rose
1950
as Walter of Gurnie
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
The Mississippi Gambler
1953
as Mark Fallon
Rawhide
1951
as Tom Owens
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Count Axel de Fersen
This Above All
1942
as Clive Briggs
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
That Wonderful Urge
1948
as Thomas Jefferson Tyler
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Himself
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980
as Self
Diplomatic Courier
1952
as Mike Kells
Captain from Castile
1947
as Pedro De Vargas
Johnny Apollo
1940
as Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)
Death In Hollywood
1990
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
as Ensign Chuck Palmer
The Rising of the Moon
1957
as Self - Host
Lloyd's of London
1936
as Jonathan Blake
Love Is News
1937
as Steve Leyton
Prince of Foxes
1949
as Andrea Orsini
The House in the Square
1951
as Peter Standish
Flirtation Walk
1934
as Cadet (uncredited)
Crash Dive
1943
as Lt. Ward Stewart
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Uncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)
Death Scenes 2
1992
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pony Soldier
1952
as Constable Duncan MacDonald
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
as Alexander - Roger Grant
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Benjamin Blake
The Many Faces of Zorro
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Northern Frontier
1935
as Mountie (uncredited)
Tom Brown of Culver
1932
as Donald MacKenzie
Untamed
1955
as Paul Van Riebeck
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953
as Capt. Alan King
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
1939
as Jimmy Sutton
Day-time Wife
1939
as Ken Norton
Suez
1938
as Ferdinand de Lesseps
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Café Metropole
1937
as Alexis
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
A Yank in the R.A.F.
1941
as Tim Baker
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
1953
as Self
Rose of Washington Square
1939
as Bart Clinton
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as (archive footage)
Second Honeymoon
1937
as Raoul McLiesh
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955
as Self
Thin Ice
1937
as Prince Rudolph
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as Tyrone Power
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1943
as Himself
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Three Of A Kind
1941
as Himself
About 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 Shakespea… With 82 credits spanning from 1932 to 2015, Tyrone Power has appeared in 76 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — as Leonard Vole
- Nightmare Alley (1947) — as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
- The Black Swan (1942) — as Jamie Waring
- Lusitanian Illusion (2010) — as Self (archive footage)
- Seven Waves Away (1957) — as Alec Holmes
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