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Tyrone Power Sr.

Tyrone Power Sr.

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 .

Personal information

Birthday

1869-05-02

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

A Texas Steer

A Texas Steer

1915

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Aristocracy

Aristocracy

1914

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Braveheart

Braveheart

1925

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Bride of the Storm

Bride of the Storm

1926

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Bright Lights of Broadway

Bright Lights of Broadway

1923

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Damaged Hearts

Damaged Hearts

1924

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Dream Street

Dream Street

1921

6.6

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Footfalls

Footfalls

1921

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For Another Woman

For Another Woman

1924

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Fury

Fury

1923

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Greater Than Marriage

Greater Than Marriage

1924

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Hands Across the Border

Hands Across the Border

1926

3.0

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He's a Prince!

He's a Prince!

1925

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Janice Meredith

Janice Meredith

1924

5.0

Movie
John Needham's Double

John Needham's Double

1916

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National Red Cross Pageant

National Red Cross Pageant

1917

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Out of the Storm

Out of the Storm

1926

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School for Wives

School for Wives

1925

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Sweet Alyssum

Sweet Alyssum

1915

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The Big Trail

The Big Trail

1930

6.7

Movie
The Daring Years

The Daring Years

1923

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The Day of Faith

The Day of Faith

1923

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The Eye of God

The Eye of God

1916

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The Great Shadow

The Great Shadow

1920

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The Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf

1924

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The Red Kimona

The Red Kimona

1925

5.7

Movie
The Story Without a Name

The Story Without a Name

1924

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The Test of Donald Norton

The Test of Donald Norton

1926

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The Truth About Wives

The Truth About Wives

1923

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The Wanderer

The Wanderer

1925

1.0

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Thou Shalt Not Covet

Thou Shalt Not Covet

1916

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Trouping with Ellen

Trouping with Ellen

1924

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Where Are My Children?

Where Are My Children?

1916

6.0

Movie
Where Was I?

Where Was I?

1925

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Wife in Name Only

Wife in Name Only

1923

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