Cast

Tyrone Power

Acting

Cast

Tyrone Power

Known for

Acting

Born

1914-05-05

From

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Died

1958-11-15

Also known as Тайрон Пауэр, Tyrone Edmund Power III, 泰隆·鲍华

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.

Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power

Biography

Witness for the Prosecution

Nightmare Alley

The Black Swan

Brigham Young

Seven Waves Away

Lusitanian Illusion

Girls' Dormitory

The Razor's Edge

Marie Antoinette

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Jesse James

The Mark of Zorro

Captain from Castile

The Long Gray Line

Anthony Quinn: An Original

The Sun Also Rises

That Wonderful Urge

In Old Chicago

Diplomatic Courier

The Luck of the Irish

The Eddy Duchin Story

This Above All

Rawhide

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Johnny Apollo

The Rains Came

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

A Yank in the R.A.F.

Ladies in Love

Untamed

American Guerrilla in the Philippines

Prince of Foxes

The House in the Square

Crash Dive

Lloyd's of London

Blood and Sand

Flirtation Walk

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

King of the Khyber Rifles

Love Is News

Gay, Gay Hollywood

The Mississippi Gambler

The Rising of the Moon

The Black Rose

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

Death Scenes 2

Second Fiddle

Showbiz Goes to War

Show-Business at War

Rose of Washington Square

Hollywood Goes to Town

Pony Soldier

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Death In Hollywood

Tom Brown of Culver

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

The Many Faces of Zorro

Day-time Wife

Uncertain Verification

Suez

Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Second Honeymoon

Thin Ice

Northern Frontier

The World's Most Beautiful Girls

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

The Red, White and Blue Line

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

Café Metropole

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

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

Three Of A Kind