EARLY DAYS PRODUCTIONS
Born Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 5, 1914, the only son of the English-born American stage and screen actor Tyrone Power, Sr., and Helen Emma "Patia" Reaume. Young Power was a sickly child, and his doctor advised his family that the climate in California might be better for his health. Tyrone Power, Sr., as he later became known, found himself away from home more frequently, as his stage career took him to New York. The Powers drifted apart, and they divorced around 1920. A couple of years later the family moved back to Cincinnati, where they lived with the family of Patia's aunt, Helen Schuster Martin, founder of the Schuster-Martin School of Drama. Power went to Cincinnati-area Catholic schools and graduated from Purcell High School in 1931. Upon his graduation, he opted to join his father to learn what he could about acting from one of the stage's most respected actors.
1914 - 1958
Stats:
Birth Name:
Tyrone Edmund Power Jr.
Height: 5' 11 1/2"
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname: Ty
Quote: "I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience."
Birth Name:
Tyrone Edmund Power Jr.
Height: 5' 11 1/2"
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname: Ty
Quote: "I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience."
Tyrone Power joined his father for the summer of 1931, after being separated from him for some years due to his parents' divorce. His father suffered a heart attack in December 1931, dying in his son's arms, while preparing to perform in "The Miracle Man". Tyrone Power, Jr., as he was then known, decided to continue his pursuit of an acting career. He took the advice of a friend to go to New York to get experience as a stage actor. There, he met Katharine Cornell, the great stage actress, who cast him in the role of Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet. Hollywood scouts saw him and offered him a screen test. Tyrone Power arrived in Hollywood in 1936, where he was signed by 20th Century-Fox. He would go on to be their top leading man for years to come.
In the 1930's, Tyrone Power racked up hit after hit. He starred in romantic comedies such as "Thin Ice" and "Day-Time Wife"; in dramas such as "Suez", "Blood and Sand", "Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake","The Rains Came", and "In Old Chicago"; in the musicals, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "Second Fiddle", and "Rose of Washington Square"; in the westerns, "Jesse James" (1939) and "Brigham Young"; in the war films, "Yank in the R.A.F." and "This Above All"; and, of course, the swashbucklers, "The Mark of Zorro" and "The Black Swan".
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Tyrone Power's Selected Filmography
Solomon and Sheba (uncredited) 1959
Witness for the Prosecution 1957
The Sun Also Rises 1957
Abandon Ship 1956
The Eddy Duchin Story 1955
Untamed 1955
The Long Gray Line 1953
King of the Khyber Rifles 1953
The Mississippi Gambler 1952
Pony Soldier 1952
Diplomatic Courier 1951
I'll Never Forget You 1951
Rawhide 1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines 1950
The Black Rose 1949
Prince of Foxes 1948
That Wonderful Urge 1948
The Luck of the Irish 1947
Captain from Castile 1947
Nightmare Alley 1946
The Razor's Edge 1943
Crash Dive (as Tyrone Power U.S.M.C.R.) 1942
The Black Swan 1942
This Above All 1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1941
A Yank in the R.A.F. 1941
Blood and Sand 1940
The Mark of Zorro 1940
Brigham Young 1940
Johnny Apollo 1939
Day-Time Wife 1939
The Rains Came 1939
Second Fiddle 1939
Rose of Washington Square 1939
Jesse James 1938
Suez 1938
Marie Antoinette 1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band 1937
Second Honeymoon 1937
Thin Ice 1937
Café Metropole 1937
Love Is News 1937
In Old Chicago 1936
Lloyd's of London 1936
Ladies in Love (as Tyrone Power Jr.) 1936
Girls' Dormitory (as Tyrone Power Jr.) 1935
Northern Frontier (uncredited) 1934
Flirtation Walk (uncredited) 1932
Tom Brown of Culver (as Tyrone Power Jr.)1925
Witness for the Prosecution 1957
The Sun Also Rises 1957
Abandon Ship 1956
The Eddy Duchin Story 1955
Untamed 1955
The Long Gray Line 1953
King of the Khyber Rifles 1953
The Mississippi Gambler 1952
Pony Soldier 1952
Diplomatic Courier 1951
I'll Never Forget You 1951
Rawhide 1950
American Guerrilla in the Philippines 1950
The Black Rose 1949
Prince of Foxes 1948
That Wonderful Urge 1948
The Luck of the Irish 1947
Captain from Castile 1947
Nightmare Alley 1946
The Razor's Edge 1943
Crash Dive (as Tyrone Power U.S.M.C.R.) 1942
The Black Swan 1942
This Above All 1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1941
A Yank in the R.A.F. 1941
Blood and Sand 1940
The Mark of Zorro 1940
Brigham Young 1940
Johnny Apollo 1939
Day-Time Wife 1939
The Rains Came 1939
Second Fiddle 1939
Rose of Washington Square 1939
Jesse James 1938
Suez 1938
Marie Antoinette 1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band 1937
Second Honeymoon 1937
Thin Ice 1937
Café Metropole 1937
Love Is News 1937
In Old Chicago 1936
Lloyd's of London 1936
Ladies in Love (as Tyrone Power Jr.) 1936
Girls' Dormitory (as Tyrone Power Jr.) 1935
Northern Frontier (uncredited) 1934
Flirtation Walk (uncredited) 1932
Tom Brown of Culver (as Tyrone Power Jr.)1925
Full Movie: That Wonderful Urge (1948)
When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely claiming they're married. - Taken from IMDB
In 1940 the direction of Tyrone Power's career took a dramatic turn when his movie, "The Mark of Zorro", was released. Power played the role of Don Diego Vega, fop by day, and Zorro, bandit hero by night. Power was actually an excellent swordsman, and the dueling scene in "The Mark of Zorro" is considered one of the finest in screen history. Tyrone Power's career was interrupted in 1943 by military service.
Other than re-releases of his films, he wasn’t seen on screen again until 1946, when he co-starred with Gene Tierney and Anne Baxter in "The Razor's Edge", an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel of the same name. Power's venture into gritty drama was short lived, as he was next seen in a costume movie, "Captain from Castile", directed by Henry King, who directed Tyrone Power in eleven movies. After making a couple of light romantic comedies, Power found himself once again in swashbucklers - "The Black Rose" and "Prince of Foxes"
Early Days Productions: Tyrone Power 04/27/2012
As the 1950s rolled around, Power was becoming increasingly unhappy with his movie assignments, so in 1950 he traveled to England to play the title role in Mister Roberts to sellout crowds, for twenty-three weeks, at the London Coliseum. His movies had been very profitable for Fox and, as an enticement to renew his contract, they offered him the lead role in "The Robe". He turned it down (the job ultimately went to Richard Burton). "Untamed", Tyrone Power's last movie made under his contract with 20th Century-Fox, was released in 1955.
That same year saw the release of "The Long Gray Line", a successful John Ford film for Columbia Pictures. In 1956, the year Columbia released "The Eddy Duchin Story", another great success for Powers. His old boss, Darryl F. Zanuck, persuaded him to play the lead role in "The Sun Also Rises" (1957), adapted from the Hemingway novel. Tyrone Power's last completed film role turned out to be one of his most highly regarded, cast against type as the accused murderer, Leonard Vole, in Agatha Christie's "Witness for the Prosecution", directed by Billy Wilder. In September 1958, he had filmed about 75 per cent of his scenes on "Solomon and Sheba", when he was stricken with a massive heart attack and died en route to the hospital. He was 44 years old.
