Acting
Tyrone Power
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. 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. 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
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Film · 2015
Lusitanian Illusion
Film · 2010
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Film · 2005
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Film · 2000
The Many Faces of Zorro
Film · 2000
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Film · 1997
Death Scenes 2
Film · 1992
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Film · 1990
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Film · 1990
Death In Hollywood
Film · 1990
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Film · 1988
Showbiz Goes to War
Film · 1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Film · 1982
Gay, Gay Hollywood
Film · 1980
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Film · 1975
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Film · 1972
Uncertain Verification
Film · 1965
The Sun Also Rises
Film · 1957
Witness for the Prosecution
Film · 1957
Seven Waves Away
Film · 1957
The Rising of the Moon
Film · 1957
The Eddy Duchin Story
Film · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
The Long Gray Line
Film · 1955
Untamed
Film · 1955
The Red, White and Blue Line
Film · 1955
King of the Khyber Rifles
Film · 1953
The Mississippi Gambler
Film · 1953
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
Film · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Diplomatic Courier
Film · 1952
Pony Soldier
Film · 1952
Rawhide
Film · 1951
The House in the Square
Film · 1951
The Black Rose
Film · 1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Film · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
Prince of Foxes
Film · 1949
The Luck of the Irish
Film · 1948
That Wonderful Urge
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Bambi
Series · 1948
Captain from Castile
Film · 1947
Nightmare Alley
Film · 1947
The Razor's Edge
Film · 1946
Crash Dive
Film · 1943
Show-Business at War
Film · 1943
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Film · 1943
The Black Swan
Film · 1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Film · 1942
This Above All
Film · 1942
Blood and Sand
Film · 1941
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Film · 1941
Three Of A Kind
Film · 1941
The Mark of Zorro
Film · 1940
Johnny Apollo
Film · 1940
Brigham Young
Film · 1940
Rose of Washington Square
Film · 1939
Jesse James
Film · 1939
Second Fiddle
Film · 1939
Day-time Wife
Film · 1939
The Rains Came
Film · 1939
Hollywood Hobbies
Film · 1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Film · 1939
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Film · 1938
Marie Antoinette
Film · 1938
In Old Chicago
Film · 1938
Suez
Film · 1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Film · 1938
Thin Ice
Film · 1937
Love Is News
Film · 1937
Café Metropole
Film · 1937
Second Honeymoon
Film · 1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Film · 1937
Lloyd's of London
Film · 1936
Girls' Dormitory
Film · 1936
Ladies in Love
Film · 1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Film · 1936
Northern Frontier
Film · 1935
Flirtation Walk
Film · 1934
Tom Brown of Culver
Film · 1932