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The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

2002
The Sun Also Rises

as Jake Barnes

1957
Witness for the Prosecution

as Leonard Vole

1957
Abandon Ship

as Alec Holmes

1957
The Eddy Duchin Story

as Eddy Duchin

1956
Untamed

as Paul Van Riebeck

1955
The Long Gray Line

as Martin Maher

1955
King of the Khyber Rifles

as Capt. Alan King

1953
The Mississippi Gambler

as Mark Fallon

1953
Diplomatic Courier

as Mike Kells

1952
Pony Soldier

as Constable Duncan MacDonald

1952
Rawhide

as Tom Owens

1951
The House in the Square

as Peter Standish

1951
The Black Rose

as Walter of Gurnie

1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines

as Ensign Chuck Palmer

1950
Prince of Foxes

as Andrea Orsini

1949
The Luck of the Irish

as Stephen Fitzgerald

1948
That Wonderful Urge

as Thomas Jefferson Tyler

1948
Nightmare Alley

as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle

1947
Captain from Castile

as Pedro De Vargas

1947
The Razor's Edge

as Larry Darrell

1946
Crash Dive

as Lt. Ward Stewart

1943
This Above All

as Clive Briggs

1942
Blood and Sand

as Juan

1941
A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Tim Baker

1941
The Mark of Zorro

as Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro

1940
Brigham Young

as Jonathan Kent

1940
Johnny Apollo

as Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)

1940
Jesse James

as Jesse Woodson James

1939
Tyrone Power Tyrone Power

Birthday

1914-05-05

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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.
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