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Tyrone Power Sr.‌

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Tyrone Power Sr.

London, England, UK

Tyrone Power Sr.

London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1869-05-02

Popularity

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Biography

From Wikipedia Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power (2 May 1869 – 23 December 1931) was an English stage and screen actor, who acted under the name Tyrone Power. After an extremely prosperous 30 years of acting on the stage and touring around the world, Power moved into silent films in 1914. Initially playing the leading man in films, he soon switched to playing villains and proved highly successful. In 1916 Power played the male lead in Where Are My Children?, a serious film about birth control and social issues directed by pioneer woman director Lois Weber and her husband Phillips Smalley. That same year Power appeared in a Selig film called John Needham's Double. When not acting on Broadway, Power appeared in films. Producer William Fox found him a great character part at Fox Studios in Footfalls (1921). Also in 1921 Power appeared in D.W. Griffith's Dream Street in which experimental synchronised sound was used, using the Photokinema sound-on-disc system. In 1924 Power was in the cast of the sumptuous Janice Meredith, a Hearst produced Marion Davies vehicle. In 1925 Power appeared in a film called The Red Kimono, a film as daring as Where Are My Children? had been a decade earlier. The Red Kimono was produced and partly written by Dorothy Davenport, the widow of Wallace Reid. Power finished out the decade and silent era in several A-list silent films. In 1930, Power had a final great role as the villainous "bull whacker" Red Flack in Raoul Walsh's widescreen epic The Big Trail, which was Power's first and only talkie and provided an unknown John Wayne with his first starring role. Power then prepared to film a sound remake of The Miracle Man, which had been a great silent success in 1919 for Lon Chaney. A few scenes had been shot, but before filming could be completed Power died of a heart attack in the arms of his 17-year-old son at the end of 1931. He was 62. His part of the preacher in The Miracle Man was taken up by fellow veteran actor Hobart Bosworth. He is now usually referred to as Tyrone Power Sr., to distinguish him from his son, star actor Tyrone Power, who would die at the age of 44, also of a heart attack .

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Out of the Storm

Out of the Storm‌
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calendar 1926

The Story Without a Name

The Story Without a Name‌
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Thou Shalt Not Covet

Thou Shalt Not Covet‌
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calendar 1916

Trouping with Ellen

Trouping with Ellen‌
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calendar 1924

Hands Across the Border

Hands Across the Border‌
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calendar 1926

Janice Meredith

Janice Meredith‌
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calendar 1924

Where Are My Children?

Where Are My Children?‌
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calendar 1916

Braveheart

Braveheart‌
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National Red Cross Pageant

National Red Cross Pageant‌
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calendar 1917

Bride of the Storm

Bride of the Storm‌
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The Truth About Wives

The Truth About Wives‌
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calendar 1923

Footfalls

Footfalls‌
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calendar 1921

A Texas Steer

A Texas Steer‌
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Fury

Fury‌
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Where Was I?

Where Was I?‌
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calendar 1925

The Red Kimona

The Red Kimona‌
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calendar 1925

The Big Trail

The Big Trail‌
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calendar 1930

The Day of Faith

The Day of Faith‌
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calendar 1923

Dream Street

Dream Street‌
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calendar 1921

The Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf‌
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calendar 1924

The Test of Donald Norton

The Test of Donald Norton‌
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calendar 1926

He's a Prince!

He's a Prince!‌
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The Wanderer

The Wanderer‌
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calendar 1925

The Great Shadow

The Great Shadow‌
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calendar 1920

The Eye of God

The Eye of God‌
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Greater Than Marriage

Greater Than Marriage‌
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Sweet Alyssum

Sweet Alyssum‌
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Damaged Hearts

Damaged Hearts‌
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Bright Lights of Broadway

Bright Lights of Broadway‌
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Wife in Name Only

Wife in Name Only‌
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calendar 1923

John Needham's Double

John Needham's Double‌
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The Daring Years

The Daring Years‌
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Aristocracy

Aristocracy‌
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calendar 1914

School for Wives

School for Wives‌
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calendar 1925

For Another Woman

For Another Woman‌
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calendar 1924

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