Tyrone Power
Born
May 5, 1914
Died
November 15, 1958 (44 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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

Hollywood, The Dream Life of Lana Turner
Self (archive footage)
2019

Lusitanian Illusion
Self (archive footage)
2010

Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Self (archive footage)
2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage)
2005

The Kid Stays in the Picture
Self (archive footage)
2002

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
2000

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
1997

Death Scenes 2
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992

Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
1990

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
1990

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988

Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972

Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
1965

Witness for the Prosecution
Leonard Vole
1957

The Sun Also Rises
Jake Barnes
1957

The Rising of the Moon
Self - Host
1957

Abandon Ship
Alec Holmes
1957

The Eddy Duchin Story
Eddy Duchin
1956

Cinépanorama
Self · (1 episode)
1956

The Red, White and Blue Line
Self
1955

Untamed
Paul Van Riebeck
1955

The Long Gray Line
Martin Maher
1955

King of the Khyber Rifles
Capt. Alan King
1953

The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953

The Mississippi Gambler
Mark Fallon
1953

The World's Most Beautiful Girls
Self
1953

Diplomatic Courier
Mike Kells
1952

Pony Soldier
Constable Duncan MacDonald
1952

The House in the Square
Peter Standish
1951

Rawhide
Tom Owens
1951

American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Ensign Chuck Palmer
1950

The Black Rose
Walter of Gurnie
1950

What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
1950

Prince of Foxes
Andrea Orsini
1949

That Wonderful Urge
Thomas Jefferson Tyler
1948

The Luck of the Irish
Stephen Fitzgerald
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1948

Bambi-Verleihung
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1948

Captain from Castile
Pedro De Vargas
1947

Nightmare Alley
Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
1947

The Razor's Edge
Larry Darrell
1946

Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform
Himself
1943

Show-Business at War
Self
1943

Crash Dive
Lt. Ward Stewart
1943

The Black Swan
Jamie Waring
1942

This Above All
Clive Briggs
1942

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Benjamin Blake
1942

A Yank in the R.A.F.
Tim Baker
1941

Three Of A Kind
Himself
1941

Blood and Sand
Juan
1941

The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
1940

Brigham Young
Jonathan Kent
1940

Johnny Apollo
Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)
1940

Day-time Wife
Ken Norton
1939

The Rains Came
Major Rama Safti
1939

Second Fiddle
Jimmy Sutton
1939

Rose of Washington Square
Bart Clinton
1939

Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
1939

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Tyrone Power
1939

Jesse James
Jesse Woodson James
1939

Suez
Ferdinand de Lesseps
1938

Marie Antoinette
Count Axel de Fersen
1938

Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
1938

Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander - Roger Grant
1938

In Old Chicago
Dion O'Leary
1938

Second Honeymoon
Raoul McLiesh
1937

Ali Baba Goes to Town
Himself
1937

Thin Ice
Prince Rudolph
1937

Café Metropole
Alexis
1937

Love Is News
Steve Leyton
1937

Lloyd's of London
Jonathan Blake
1936

Ladies in Love
Karl Lanyi
1936

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
1936

Girls' Dormitory
Count Vallais
1936

Northern Frontier
Mountie (uncredited)
1935

Flirtation Walk
Cadet (uncredited)
1934

Tom Brown of Culver
Donald MacKenzie
1932