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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Lusitanian Illusion
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/04/2010
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/12/2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Character:Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage)
Release Date:05/04/2005
The Many Faces of Zorro
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/12/2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/08/2000
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/1997
Death Scenes 2
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1992
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/09/1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1990
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Character:
Release Date:19/09/1988
Showbiz Goes to War
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1980
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/1975
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
Uncertain Verification
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:30/04/1965
Witness for the Prosecution
Character:Leonard Vole
Release Date:17/12/1957
The Sun Also Rises
Character:Jake Barnes
Release Date:23/08/1957
The Rising of the Moon
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:10/08/1957
Abandon Ship
Character:Alec Holmes
Release Date:12/03/1957
The Eddy Duchin Story
Character:Eddy Duchin
Release Date:02/05/1956
The Red, White and Blue Line
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/1955
Untamed
Character:Paul Van Riebeck
Release Date:01/03/1955
The Long Gray Line
Character:Martin Maher
Release Date:04/01/1955
King of the Khyber Rifles
Character:Capt. Alan King
Release Date:23/12/1953
The Mississippi Gambler
Character:Mark Fallon
Release Date:29/01/1953
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
Character:Self
Release Date:29/01/1953
Diplomatic Courier
Character:Mike Kells
Release Date:13/06/1952
Pony Soldier
Character:Constable Duncan MacDonald
Release Date:01/04/1952
The House in the Square
Character:Peter Standish
Release Date:07/12/1951
Rawhide
Character:Tom Owens
Release Date:25/03/1951
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Character:Ensign Chuck Palmer
Release Date:08/11/1950
The Black Rose
Character:Walter of Gurnie
Release Date:01/09/1950
Prince of Foxes
Character:Andrea Orsini
Release Date:11/11/1949
That Wonderful Urge
Character:Thomas Jefferson Tyler
Release Date:20/11/1948
The Luck of the Irish
Character:Stephen Fitzgerald
Release Date:15/09/1948
Captain from Castile
Character:Pedro De Vargas
Release Date:25/12/1947
Nightmare Alley
Character:Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
Release Date:09/10/1947
The Razor's Edge
Character:Larry Darrell
Release Date:19/11/1946
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Character:Himself
Release Date:15/08/1943
Show-Business at War
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1943
Crash Dive
Character:Lt. Ward Stewart
Release Date:22/04/1943
The Black Swan
Character:Jamie Waring
Release Date:04/12/1942
This Above All
Character:Clive Briggs
Release Date:12/05/1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Character:Benjamin Blake
Release Date:29/01/1942
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Character:Tim Baker
Release Date:26/09/1941
Three Of A Kind
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/08/1941
Blood and Sand
Character:Juan
Release Date:30/05/1941
The Mark of Zorro
Character:Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
Release Date:08/11/1940
Brigham Young
Character:Jonathan Kent
Release Date:27/09/1940
Johnny Apollo
Character:Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)
Release Date:19/04/1940
Day-time Wife
Character:Ken Norton
Release Date:24/11/1939
The Rains Came
Character:Major Rama Safti
Release Date:15/09/1939
Second Fiddle
Character:Jimmy Sutton
Release Date:30/06/1939
Rose of Washington Square
Character:Bart Clinton
Release Date:05/05/1939
Hollywood Hobbies
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:03/05/1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Character:Tyrone Power
Release Date:08/04/1939
Jesse James
Character:Jesse Woodson James
Release Date:14/01/1939
Suez
Character:Ferdinand de Lesseps
Release Date:28/10/1938
Marie Antoinette
Character:Count Axel de Fersen
Release Date:26/08/1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Character:Self
Release Date:07/07/1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Character:Alexander - Roger Grant
Release Date:24/05/1938
In Old Chicago
Character:Dion O'Leary
Release Date:15/04/1938
Second Honeymoon
Character:Raoul McLiesh
Release Date:13/11/1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Character:Himself
Release Date:29/10/1937
Thin Ice
Character:Prince Rudolph
Release Date:03/09/1937
Café Metropole
Character:Alexis
Release Date:28/04/1937
Love Is News
Character:Steve Leyton
Release Date:26/02/1937
Lloyd's of London
Character:Jonathan Blake
Release Date:25/11/1936
Ladies in Love
Character:Karl Lanyi
Release Date:09/10/1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/1936
Girls' Dormitory
Character:Count Vallais
Release Date:08/08/1936
Northern Frontier
Character:Mountie (uncredited)
Release Date:01/02/1935
Flirtation Walk
Character:Cadet (uncredited)
Release Date:01/12/1934
Tom Brown of Culver
Character:Donald MacKenzie
Release Date:30/06/1932
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