Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1914-05-05
Deathday: 1958-11-15 (44 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 84

Movies 79

self 29

TV Shows 5

Producer 1

Self (archive footage)
Lusitanian Illusion

Lusitanian Illusion (2010)

Movie
Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)

Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Death Scenes 2

Death Scenes 2 (1992)

Movie
Paul Van Riebeck
Untamed

Untamed (1955)

Movie
Constable Duncan MacDonald
Pony Soldier

Pony Soldier (1952)

Movie
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?

What's My Line? (1950)

TV
Thomas Jefferson Tyler
That Wonderful Urge

That Wonderful Urge (1948)

Movie
Self - Guest / Self (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

TV
6
Self (archive footage)
Bambi Awards

Bambi Awards (1948)

TV
Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley (1947)

Movie
Lt. Ward Stewart
Crash Dive

Crash Dive (1943)

Movie
Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Movie
Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)
Johnny Apollo

Johnny Apollo (1940)

Movie
Jesse Woodson James
Jesse James

Jesse James (1939)

Movie
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Suez

Suez (1938)

Movie
Count Axel de Fersen
Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Movie
Prince Rudolph
Thin Ice

Thin Ice (1937)

Movie
Alexander Brown aka Alexis
Café Metropole

Café Metropole (1937)

Movie
Mountie (uncredited)
Northern Frontier

Northern Frontier (1935)

Movie
Cadet (uncredited)
Flirtation Walk

Flirtation Walk (1934)

Movie
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1914-05-05

Deathday
1958-11-15 (44 years old)

Birth Name
Tyrone Edmund Power

Birth Place
Cincinnati, United States

Height

Relationships
Linda Christian (1949 - 1956), Deborah Jean Smith (1958 - 1958), Annabella (1939 - 1948)

Children
Tyrone Power Jr., Taryn Power, Romina Power, Anne Power

Father
Tyrone Power Sr.

Mother
Patia Power

Siblings
Anne Power Hardenbergh

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Тайрон Пауэр, Tyrone Edmund Power III, 泰隆·鲍华

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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