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Tyrone Power‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1914-05-05

Popularity

star4.9

Tyrone Power

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Tyrone Power

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1914-05-05

Popularity

star4.9

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.

Movie Credits

Diplomatic Courier

Diplomatic Courier‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths‌
star5.7
calendar 1990

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro‌
star7.0
calendar 1940

The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises‌
star5.9
calendar 1957

The Black Swan

The Black Swan‌
star6.4
calendar 1942

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution‌
star8.2
calendar 1957

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star6.7
calendar 1951

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Eddy Duchin Story‌
star6.2
calendar 1956

The Black Rose

The Black Rose‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand‌
star6.4
calendar 1941

Jesse James

Jesse James‌
star6.4
calendar 1939

Rose of Washington Square

Rose of Washington Square‌
star5.7
calendar 1939

Second Fiddle

Second Fiddle‌
star5.0
calendar 1939

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Alexander's Ragtime Band‌
star6.6
calendar 1938

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette‌
star6.3
calendar 1938

Thin Ice

Thin Ice‌
star6.7
calendar 1937

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake‌
star7.2
calendar 1942

Prince of Foxes

Prince of Foxes‌
star6.0
calendar 1949

Captain from Castile

Captain from Castile‌
star7.2
calendar 1947

The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line‌
star6.8
calendar 1955

King of the Khyber Rifles

King of the Khyber Rifles‌
star5.7
calendar 1953

Untamed

Untamed‌
star5.6
calendar 1955

Johnny Apollo

Johnny Apollo‌
star6.7
calendar 1940

The House in the Square

The House in the Square‌
star6.7
calendar 1951

A Yank in the R.A.F.

A Yank in the R.A.F.‌
star5.5
calendar 1941

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley‌
star7.1
calendar 1947

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War‌
star10.0
calendar 1982

Love Is News

Love Is News‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Lloyd's of London

Lloyd's of London‌
star7.2
calendar 1936

Day-time Wife

Day-time Wife‌
star6.3
calendar 1939

The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge‌
star6.8
calendar 1946

Crash Dive

Crash Dive‌
star6.1
calendar 1943

Brigham Young

Brigham Young‌
star4.4
calendar 1940

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

American Guerrilla in the Philippines‌
star5.4
calendar 1950

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago‌
star6.4
calendar 1938

Abandon Ship

Abandon Ship‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

The Adventures of Errol Flynn‌
star7.8
calendar 2005

This Above All

This Above All‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

The Luck of the Irish

The Luck of the Irish‌
star5.7
calendar 1948

That Wonderful Urge

That Wonderful Urge‌
star6.3
calendar 1948

Uncertain Verification

Uncertain Verification‌
star6.6
calendar 1965

The Rains Came

The Rains Came‌
star5.9
calendar 1939

Suez

Suez‌
star5.4
calendar 1938

Café Metropole

Café Metropole‌
star6.9
calendar 1937

Girls Dormitory

Girls Dormitory‌
star5.9
calendar 1936

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!‌
star6.0
calendar 1982

Second Honeymoon

Second Honeymoon‌
star5.8
calendar 1937

Pony Soldier

Pony Soldier‌
star5.9
calendar 1952

Ladies In Love

Ladies In Love‌
star5.8
calendar 1936

The Mississippi Gambler

The Mississippi Gambler‌
star7.2
calendar 1953

The Rising of the Moon

The Rising of the Moon‌
star6.9
calendar 1957

Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Hobbies‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

Three Of A Kind

Three Of A Kind‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Northern Frontier

Northern Frontier‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Anthony Quinn: An Original‌
star6.5
calendar 1990

Tom Brown of Culver

Tom Brown of Culver‌
star5.2
calendar 1932

The Kid Stays in the Picture

The Kid Stays in the Picture‌
star6.7
calendar 2002

Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War‌
star7.0
calendar 1943

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?‌
star5.7
calendar 1975

Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

Jornal Português (1938-1951)‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner‌
star9.5
calendar 2019

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender‌
star5.0
calendar 1997

The Red, White and Blue Line

The Red, White and Blue Line‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8‌
star4.0
calendar 1939

Lusitanian Illusion

Lusitanian Illusion‌
star6.4
calendar 2010

Flirtation Walk

Flirtation Walk‌
star5.5
calendar 1934

Death Scenes 2

Death Scenes 2‌
star5.7
calendar 1992

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Ali Baba Goes to Town‌
star6.1
calendar 1937

The World's Most Beautiful Girls

The World's Most Beautiful Girls‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Tv Credits

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.6
calendar 1948

Bambi Awards

Bambi Awards‌
star9.0
calendar 1948

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama‌
star8.0
calendar 1956

What's My Line?

What's My Line?‌
star6.7
calendar 1950