1914-05-05 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner | Self (archive footage) | 2019-05-22 |
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Fantasia Lusitana | Self (archive footage) | 2010-04-22 |
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage) | 2005-04-05 |
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Jornal Português (1938-1951) | Self (archive footage) | 2005-12-12 |
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The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-16 |
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | 2000-08-01 |
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | 1997-11-01 |
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Death Scenes 2 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1992-01-01 |
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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | (archive footage) | 1990-01-01 |
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Anthony Quinn: An Original | Self (archive footage) | 1990-09-10 |
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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | 1988-09-19 | |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
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La verifica incerta | (archive footage) | 1965-04-30 |
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Witness for the Prosecution | Leonard Vole | 1957-12-17 |
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The Rising of the Moon | Self - Host | 1957-08-10 |
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The Sun Also Rises | Jake Barnes | 1957-08-23 |
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Abandon Ship | Alec Holmes | 1957-03-12 |
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The Eddy Duchin Story | Eddy Duchin | 1956-05-02 |
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The Red, White and Blue Line | Self | 1955-06-01 |
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The Long Gray Line | Martin Maher | 1955-01-04 |
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Untamed | Paul Van Riebeck | 1955-03-01 |
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The World's Most Beautiful Girls | Self | 1953-01-29 |
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The Mississippi Gambler | Mark Fallon | 1953-01-29 |
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King of the Khyber Rifles | Capt. Alan King | 1953-12-23 |
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Pony Soldier | Constable Duncan MacDonald | 1952-04-01 |
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Diplomatic Courier | Mike Kells | 1952-06-13 |
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The House in the Square | Peter Standish | 1951-12-07 |
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Rawhide | Tom Owens | 1951-03-25 |
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American Guerrilla in the Philippines | Ensign Chuck Palmer | 1950-11-08 |
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The Black Rose | Walter of Gurnie | 1950-09-01 |
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Prince of Foxes | Andrea Orsini | 1949-11-11 |
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The Luck of the Irish | Stephen Fitzgerald | 1948-09-15 |
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That Wonderful Urge | Thomas Jefferson Tyler | 1948-11-20 |
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Nightmare Alley | Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle | 1947-10-09 |
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Captain from Castile | Pedro De Vargas | 1947-12-25 |
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The Razor's Edge | Larry Darrell | 1946-11-19 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform | Himself | 1943-08-15 |
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Crash Dive | Lt. Ward Stewart | 1943-04-22 |
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Show-Business at War | Self | 1943-05-21 |
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Benjamin Blake | 1942-01-29 |
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This Above All | Clive Briggs | 1942-05-12 |
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The Black Swan | Jamie Waring | 1942-12-04 |
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A Yank in the R.A.F. | Tim Baker | 1941-09-26 |
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Three Of A Kind | Himself | 1941-08-01 |
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Blood and Sand | Juan | 1941-05-30 |
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The Mark of Zorro | Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro | 1940-11-08 |
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Johnny Apollo | Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo) | 1940-04-19 |
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Brigham Young | Jonathan Kent | 1940-09-27 |
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Rose of Washington Square | Bart Clinton | 1939-05-05 |
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Jesse James | Jesse Woodson James | 1939-01-14 |
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Second Fiddle | Jimmy Sutton | 1939-06-30 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Tyrone Power | 1939-04-08 |
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The Rains Came | Major Rama Safti | 1939-09-15 |
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Hollywood Hobbies | Self (uncredited) | 1939-05-03 |
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Day-time Wife | Ken Norton | 1939-11-24 |
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Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938-07-07 |
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Suez | Ferdinand de Lesseps | 1938-10-28 |
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Alexander's Ragtime Band | Alexander - Roger Grant | 1938-05-24 |
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In Old Chicago | Dion O'Leary | 1938-04-15 |
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Marie Antoinette | Count Axel de Fersen | 1938-08-26 |
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Love Is News | Steve Leyton | 1937-02-26 |
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Second Honeymoon | Raoul McLiesh | 1937-11-13 |
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Café Metropole | Alexis | 1937-04-28 |
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Ali Baba Goes to Town | Himself | 1937-10-29 |
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Thin Ice | Prince Rudolph | 1937-09-03 |
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Lloyd's of London | Jonathan Blake | 1936-11-25 |
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Ladies in Love | Karl Lanyi | 1936-10-09 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
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Girls' Dormitory | Count Vallais | 1936-08-08 |
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Northern Frontier | Mountie (uncredited) | 1935-02-01 |
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Flirtation Walk | Cadet (uncredited) | 1934-12-01 |
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Tom Brown of Culver | Donald MacKenzie | 1932-06-30 |
