Tyrone Power
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
Mike Kells
Diplomatic Courier
(archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
The Mark of Zorro
Jake Barnes
The Sun Also Rises
Jamie Waring
The Black Swan
Leonard Vole
Witness for the Prosecution
Tom Owens
Rawhide
Eddy Duchin
The Eddy Duchin Story
Walter of Gurnie
The Black Rose
Juan
Blood and Sand
Jesse Woodson James
Jesse James
Bart Clinton
Rose of Washington Square
Jimmy Sutton
Second Fiddle
Alexander - Roger Grant
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Count Axel de Fersen
Marie Antoinette
Prince Rudolph
Thin Ice
Benjamin Blake
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Andrea Orsini
Prince of Foxes
Pedro De Vargas
Captain from Castile
Martin Maher
The Long Gray Line
Capt. Alan King
King of the Khyber Rifles
Paul Van Riebeck
Untamed
Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)
Johnny Apollo
Peter Standish
The House in the Square
Tim Baker
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
Nightmare Alley
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
Steve Leyton
Love Is News
Jonathan Blake
Lloyd's of London
Ken Norton
Day-time Wife
Larry Darrell
The Razor's Edge
Lt. Ward Stewart
Crash Dive
Jonathan Kent
Brigham Young
Ensign Chuck Palmer
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Dion O'Leary
In Old Chicago
Alec Holmes
Abandon Ship
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Clive Briggs
This Above All
Stephen Fitzgerald
The Luck of the Irish
Thomas Jefferson Tyler
That Wonderful Urge
(archive footage)
La verifica incerta
Major Rama Safti
The Rains Came
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Suez
Alexis
Café Metropole
Count Vallais
Girls' Dormitory
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Raoul McLiesh
Second Honeymoon
Constable Duncan MacDonald
Pony Soldier
Karl Lanyi
Ladies in Love
Mark Fallon
The Mississippi Gambler
Self - Host
The Rising of the Moon
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood Hobbies
Himself
Three Of A Kind
Mountie (uncredited)
Northern Frontier
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Donald MacKenzie
Tom Brown of Culver
Self (archive footage)
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Self
Show-Business at War
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self (archive footage)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Himself
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self
The Red, White and Blue Line
Tyrone Power
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Self (archive footage)
Fantasia Lusitana
Cadet (uncredited)
Flirtation Walk
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Death Scenes 2
Himself
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Self
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
75
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-05-05
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
Тайрон Пауэр