Acting · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA · Born May 5, 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. 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.
MovieJornal Português (1938-1951)
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLusitanian Illusion
2010
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage)
MovieThe Many Faces of Zorro
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDeath Scenes 2
1992
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieDeath In Hollywood
1990
MovieAnthony Quinn: An Original
1990
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as (archive footage)
MovieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
MovieOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGay, Gay Hollywood
1980
as Self
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MovieUncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)
MovieWitness for the Prosecution
1957
as Leonard Vole
MovieThe Sun Also Rises
1957
as Jake Barnes
MovieThe Rising of the Moon
1957
as Self - Host
MovieSeven Waves Away
1957
as Alec Holmes
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Jean
MovieThe Eddy Duchin Story
1956
as Eddy Duchin
TVCinépanorama
1956
as Self
MovieThe Red, White and Blue Line
1955
as Self
MovieUntamed
1955
as Paul Van Riebeck
MovieThe Long Gray Line
1955
as Martin Maher
MovieKing of the Khyber Rifles
1953
as Capt. Alan King
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieThe Mississippi Gambler
1953
as Mark Fallon
MovieThe World's Most Beautiful Girls
1953
as Self
MovieDiplomatic Courier
1952
as Mike Kells
MoviePony Soldier
1952
as Constable Duncan MacDonald
MovieThe House in the Square
1951
as Peter Standish
MovieRawhide
1951
as Tom Owens
MovieAmerican Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950
as Ensign Chuck Palmer
MovieThe Black Rose
1950
as Walter of Gurnie
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MoviePrince of Foxes
1949
as Andrea Orsini
MovieThat Wonderful Urge
1948
as Thomas Jefferson Tyler
MovieThe Luck of the Irish
1948
as Stephen Fitzgerald
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
TVBambi
1948
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCaptain from Castile
1947
as Pedro De Vargas
MovieNightmare Alley
1947
as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
MovieThe Razor's Edge
1946
as Larry Darrell
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1943
as Himself
MovieShow-Business at War
1943
as Self
MovieCrash Dive
1943
as Lt. Ward Stewart
MovieThe Black Swan
1942
as Jamie Waring
MovieThis Above All
1942
as Clive Briggs
MovieSon of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Benjamin Blake
MovieA Yank in the R.A.F.
1941
as Tim Baker
MovieThree Of A Kind
1941
as Himself
MovieBlood and Sand
1941
as Juan
MovieThe Mark of Zorro
1940
as Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
MovieBrigham Young
1940
as Jonathan Kent
MovieJohnny Apollo
1940
as Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)
MovieDay-time Wife
1939
as Ken Norton
MovieThe Rains Came
1939
as Major Rama Safti
MovieSecond Fiddle
1939
as Jimmy Sutton
MovieRose of Washington Square
1939
as Bart Clinton
MovieHollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
MovieScreen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as Tyrone Power
MovieJesse James
1939
as Jesse Woodson James
MovieSuez
1938
as Ferdinand de Lesseps
MovieMarie Antoinette
1938
as Count Axel de Fersen
MovieHollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
MovieAlexander's Ragtime Band
1938
as Alexander - Roger Grant
MovieIn Old Chicago
1938
as Dion O'Leary
MovieSecond Honeymoon
1937
as Raoul McLiesh
MovieAli Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Himself
MovieThin Ice
1937
as Prince Rudolph
MovieCafé Metropole
1937
as Alexis
MovieLove Is News
1937
as Steve Leyton
MovieLloyd's of London
1936
as Jonathan Blake
MovieLadies in Love
1936
as Karl Lanyi
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
MovieGirls' Dormitory
1936
as Count Vallais
MovieNorthern Frontier
1935
as Mountie (uncredited)
MovieFlirtation Walk
1934
as Cadet (uncredited)
MovieTom Brown of Culver
1932
as Donald MacKenzie
