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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 5, 1914
Died
November 15, 1958
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Тайрон Пауэр
- Tyrone Edmund Power III
- 泰隆·鲍华
- تایرون پاور
Tyrone Power
1.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.4
Self (archive footage)
Lusitanian Illusion
2010
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2005
7.8
Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
3.7
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Zorro
2000
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
4.9
Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
5.7
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Death Scenes 2
1992
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990
5.7
(archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
0.0
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Credits
Lusitanian Illusion
as Self (archive footage)
2010
6.4
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage)
2005
7.8
The Many Faces of Zorro
as Self (archive footage)
2000
3.7
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1997
4.9
Death Scenes 2
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
5.7
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
1990
6.7
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
1990
5.7
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
0.0
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.0
Gay, Gay Hollywood
as Self
1980
0.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
1965
6.6
Witness for the Prosecution
as Leonard Vole
1957
8.2
The Sun Also Rises
as Jake Barnes
1957
5.7
The Rising of the Moon
as Self - Host
1957
6.9
Abandon Ship
as Alec Holmes
1957
7.4
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Eddy Duchin
1956
6.2
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
The Red, White and Blue Line
as Self
1955
6.0
Untamed
as Paul Van Riebeck
1955
5.6
The Long Gray Line
as Martin Maher
1955
7.0
King of the Khyber Rifles
as Capt. Alan King
1953
5.7
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Mississippi Gambler
as Mark Fallon
1953
7.2
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
as Self
1953
0.0
Diplomatic Courier
as Mike Kells
1952
6.1
Pony Soldier
as Constable Duncan MacDonald
1952
5.9
The House in the Square
as Peter Standish
1951
6.3
Rawhide
as Tom Owens
1951
6.7
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
as Ensign Chuck Palmer
1950
5.4
The Black Rose
as Walter of Gurnie
1950
6.6
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Prince of Foxes
as Andrea Orsini
1949
6.2
That Wonderful Urge
as Thomas Jefferson Tyler
1948
6.5
The Luck of the Irish
as Stephen Fitzgerald
1948
5.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Bambi
as Self (archive footage)
1948
9.0
Captain from Castile
as Pedro De Vargas
1947
7.2
Nightmare Alley
as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
1947
7.2
The Razor's Edge
as Larry Darrell
1946
6.9
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
as Himself
1943
6.0
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
Crash Dive
as Lt. Ward Stewart
1943
6.3
The Black Swan
as Jamie Waring
1942
6.5
This Above All
as Clive Briggs
1942
6.7
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Benjamin Blake
1942
7.2
A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Tim Baker
1941
5.5
Three Of A Kind
as Himself
1941
0.0
Blood and Sand
as Juan
1941
6.5
The Mark of Zorro
as Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
1940
7.1
Brigham Young
as Jonathan Kent
1940
4.4
Johnny Apollo
as Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)
1940
6.8
Day-time Wife
as Ken Norton
1939
5.9
The Rains Came
as Major Rama Safti
1939
5.8
Second Fiddle
as Jimmy Sutton
1939
4.9
Rose of Washington Square
as Bart Clinton
1939
5.8
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
1939
5.3
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Tyrone Power
1939
4.0
Jesse James
as Jesse Woodson James
1939
6.5
Suez
as Ferdinand de Lesseps
1938
5.2
Marie Antoinette
as Count Axel de Fersen
1938
6.5
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
7.0
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Alexander - Roger Grant
1938
6.7
In Old Chicago
as Dion O'Leary
1938
6.6
Second Honeymoon
as Raoul McLiesh
1937
5.8
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Himself
1937
5.9
Thin Ice
as Prince Rudolph
1937
6.6
Café Metropole
as Alexis
1937
7.0
Love Is News
as Steve Leyton
1937
6.0
Lloyd's of London
as Jonathan Blake
1936
7.2
Ladies in Love
as Karl Lanyi
1936
5.8
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
1936
6.0
Girls' Dormitory
as Count Vallais
1936
5.9
Northern Frontier
as Mountie (uncredited)
1935
0.0
Flirtation Walk
as Cadet (uncredited)
1934
5.6
Tom Brown of Culver
as Donald MacKenzie
1932
5.2