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35
Birthday:
1869-05-02
Place of birth:
London, England, UK
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Tyrone Power Sr.

Overview

From Wikipedia

Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power (2 May 1869 – 23 December 1931) was an English stage and screen actor, who acted under the name Tyrone Power.

After an extremely prosperous 30 years of acting on the stage and touring around the world, Power moved into silent films in 1914. Initially playing the leading man in films, he soon switched to playing villains and proved highly successful.

In 1916 Power played the male lead in Where Are My Children?, a serious film about birth control and social issues directed by pioneer woman director Lois Weber and her husband Phillips Smalley. That same year Power appeared in a Selig film called John Needham's Double. When not acting on Broadway, Power appeared in films. Producer William Fox found him a great character part at Fox Studios in Footfalls (1921). Also in 1921 Power appeared in D.W. Griffith's Dream Street in which experimental synchronised sound was used, using the Photokinema sound-on-disc system. In 1924 Power was in the cast of the sumptuous Janice Meredith, a Hearst produced Marion Davies vehicle. In 1925 Power appeared in a film called The Red Kimono, a film as daring as Where Are My Children? had been a decade earlier. The Red Kimono was produced and partly written by Dorothy Davenport, the widow of Wallace Reid. Power finished out the decade and silent era in several A-list silent films.

In 1930, Power had a final great role as the villainous "bull whacker" Red Flack in Raoul Walsh's widescreen epic The Big Trail, which was Power's first and only talkie and provided an unknown John Wayne with his first starring role. Power then prepared to film a sound remake of The Miracle Man, which had been a great silent success in 1919 for Lon Chaney. A few scenes had been shot, but before filming could be completed Power died of a heart attack in the arms of his 17-year-old son at the end of 1931. He was 62. His part of the preacher in The Miracle Man was taken up by fellow veteran actor Hobart Bosworth.

He is now usually referred to as Tyrone Power Sr., to distinguish him from his son, star actor Tyrone Power, who would die at the age of 44, also of a heart attack .

Known for

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1930 The Big Trail Actor Red Flack 60
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1926 Hands Across the Border Actor John Drake 58
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1926 Out of the Storm Actor Mr. Lawrence N/A
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1926 The Test of Donald Norton Actor John Corrigal N/A
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1926 Bride of the Storm Actor Jacob Kroon N/A
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1925 Braveheart Actor Standing Rock N/A
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1925 The Red Kimona Actor Gabrielle's Father 58
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1925 He's a Prince! Actor King N/A
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1925 Where Was I? Actor George Stone N/A
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1925 The Wanderer Actor Jesse 58
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1925 School for Wives Actor N/A
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1924 Janice Meredith Actor Lord Cornwallis 58
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1924 Greater Than Marriage Actor Father (as Tyrone Power) N/A
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1924 For Another Woman Actor N/A
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1924 The Story Without a Name Actor Drakma (as Tyrone Power) N/A
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1924 Trouping with Ellen Actor Mr. Llewellyn N/A
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1924 The Lone Wolf Actor Bannon N/A
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1924 Damaged Hearts Actor Sandy N/A
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1923 The Day of Faith Actor Michael Anstell N/A
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1923 The Daring Years Actor James LaMotte (as Tyrone Power) N/A
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1923 Wife in Name Only Actor Dornham N/A
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1923 Bright Lights of Broadway Actor John Kirk N/A
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1923 The Truth About Wives Actor Howard Hendricks N/A
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1923 Fury Actor Captain Leyton N/A
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1921 Footfalls Actor Hiram Scudder N/A
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1921 Dream Street Actor Street Preacher 59
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1920 The Great Shadow Actor Jim McDonald N/A
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1917 National Red Cross Pageant Actor Servia - Final episode N/A
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1916 The Eye of God Actor Olaf N/A
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1916 Where Are My Children? Actor Richard Walton 59
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1916 John Needham's Double Actor Lord John Needham / Joseph Norbury N/A
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1916 Thou Shalt Not Covet Actor I, or the Hero N/A
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1915 Sweet Alyssum Actor Roanoke Brooks N/A
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1915 A Texas Steer Actor Maverick Brander N/A
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1914 Aristocracy Actor Jefferson Stockton N/A
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