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.
Fotos
Películas (77)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Lusitanian Illusion
2010 · Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 · Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Zorro
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 · Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Death Scenes 2
1992 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Death In Hollywood
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 · Self (archive footage)
Gay, Gay Hollywood
1980 · Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
Uncertain Verification
1965 · (archive footage)
Solomon and Sheba
1959 · Producer
Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · Leonard Vole
The Sun Also Rises
1957 · Jake Barnes
The Rising of the Moon
1957 · Self - Host
Seven Waves Away
1957 · Alec Holmes, Producer
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956 · Eddy Duchin
The Red, White and Blue Line
1955 · Self
Untamed
1955 · Paul Van Riebeck
The Long Gray Line
1955 · Martin Maher
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953 · Capt. Alan King
The Mississippi Gambler
1953 · Mark Fallon
The World's Most Beautiful Girls
1953 · Self
Diplomatic Courier
1952 · Mike Kells
Pony Soldier
1952 · Constable Duncan MacDonald
The House in the Square
1951 · Peter Standish
Rawhide
1951 · Tom Owens
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
1950 · Ensign Chuck Palmer
The Black Rose
1950 · Walter of Gurnie
Prince of Foxes
1949 · Andrea Orsini
That Wonderful Urge
1948 · Thomas Jefferson Tyler
The Luck of the Irish
1948 · Stephen Fitzgerald
Captain from Castile
1947 · Pedro De Vargas
Nightmare Alley
1947 · Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
The Razor's Edge
1946 · Larry Darrell
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
1943 · Himself
Show-Business at War
1943 · Self
Crash Dive
1943 · Lt. Ward Stewart
The Black Swan
1942 · Jamie Waring
This Above All
1942 · Clive Briggs
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942 · Benjamin Blake
A Yank in the R.A.F.
1941 · Tim Baker
Three Of A Kind
1941 · Himself
Blood and Sand
1941 · Juan
The Mark of Zorro
1940 · Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
Brigham Young
1940 · Jonathan Kent
Johnny Apollo
1940 · Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)
Day-time Wife
1939 · Ken Norton
The Rains Came
1939 · Major Rama Safti
Second Fiddle
1939 · Jimmy Sutton
Rose of Washington Square
1939 · Bart Clinton
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · Self (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 · Tyrone Power
Jesse James
1939 · Jesse Woodson James
Suez
1938 · Ferdinand de Lesseps
Marie Antoinette
1938 · Count Axel de Fersen
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Self
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 · Alexander - Roger Grant
In Old Chicago
1938 · Dion O'Leary
Second Honeymoon
1937 · Raoul McLiesh
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937 · Himself
Thin Ice
1937 · Prince Rudolph
Café Metropole
1937 · Alexis
Love Is News
1937 · Steve Leyton
Lloyd's of London
1936 · Jonathan Blake
Ladies in Love
1936 · Karl Lanyi
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Self
Girls' Dormitory
1936 · Count Vallais
Northern Frontier
1935 · Mountie (uncredited)
Flirtation Walk
1934 · Cadet (uncredited)
Tom Brown of Culver
1932 · Donald MacKenzie
