Tyrone Power Sr.

Tyrone Power Sr.

Born: May 2, 1869
Died: December 23, 1931
in London, England, UK
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 .

Movies for Tyrone Power Sr....

The Big Trail
Title: The Big Trail
Character: Red Flack
Released: November 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
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Hands Across the Border
Title: Hands Across the Border
Character: John Drake
Released: May 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Cattle rancher John Drake sends his son, Ted, to the Mexican border to stop the smuggling that is using Drake's land as the crossing point. Ted meets Ysabel Castro, the daughter of the rancher just across the border-river, when he saves her from a mad-bull.
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Out of the Storm
Title: Out of the Storm
Character: Mr. Lawrence
Released: April 10, 1926
Type: Movie
Out of the Storm is a 1926 silent drama.
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The Test of Donald Norton
Title: The Test of Donald Norton
Character: John Corrigal
Released: March 1, 1926
Type: Movie
In the frozen north, a husky but not over-bright half-breed Indian seeks the identity of his white father. Any child in the audience could have told him this – despite the fact that the hissable hypocrite is actually presented as a man of character.
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Bride of the Storm
Title: Bride of the Storm
Character: Jacob Kroon
Released: February 20, 1926
Type: Movie
An American ship is wrecked off the coast of the Dutch East Indies, and little Faith Fitzhugh and her mother have washed ashore on a rocky island that supports only a lighthouse. Faith's mother lives only long enough to inform the three Dutch lighthouse keepers that her daughter is the heiress to a large fortune. Years pass and Faith grows to womanhood. Jacob Kroon and his son, Piet, then conspire to marry Faith to Piet's idiot son, Hans, in order to bring her fortune into the family. Dick Wayne, a sailor on an American cruiser that is repairing a damaged cable in the waters of the lighthouse, learns of Faith's captivity and comes to her rescue. Piet kills Jacob in a fit of jealousy, and Dick then kills Piet in a fight. Hans sets the lighthouse on fire and incinerates himself. Dick and Faith make it back to the cruiser.
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Braveheart
Title: Braveheart
Character: Standing Rock
Released: December 27, 1925
Type: Movie
Chief Standing Rock's tribe has a treaty protecting their fishing grounds, but a canning corporation is violating the treaty through intimidation and force. The tribe is divided as to how to handle the threat. Standing Rock's son, Braveheart, is sent to college to study law so that he can protect their rights, but others in the tribe, led by the hot-tempered Ki-Yote, want to provoke a more violent confrontation.
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The Red Kimona
Title: The Red Kimona
Character: Gabrielle's Father
Released: November 16, 1925
Type: Movie
A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.
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He's a Prince!
Title: He's a Prince!
Character: King
Released: October 5, 1925
Type: Movie
Prince Alexis is the son of the king of a small European country. His duties, though fairly unimportant, nevertheless keep him so busy that he has no time for anything else. One day he meets and falls in love with a pretty young girl and wants to spend as much time with her as possible, but the royal advisers won't allow it, as it would take away from his duties. To make matters worse, his father dies and Alexis becomes king. Frustrated at his position and his inability to spend time with the woman he loves, he comes up with a novel plan to solve his problems.
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Where Was I?
Title: Where Was I?
Character: George Stone
Released: August 24, 1925
Type: Movie
A young man gets engaged to a business competitor's daughter.
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The Wanderer
Title: The Wanderer
Character: Jesse
Released: August 19, 1925
Type: Movie
Jether, a shepherd, is lured from his home by Tisha, priestess of the goddess Ishtar. He journeys to the city of Babylon, where he lavishes Tisha with gifts and spends his share of his father's wealth on riotous living.
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Janice Meredith
Title: Janice Meredith
Character: Lord Cornwallis
Released: December 8, 1924
Type: Movie
It is 1774, the eve of the American War of Independence. Janice comes from a Tory household. She cavorts with American and British alike, is pursued by Charles Fownes, patriot and friend of General Washington.
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Greater Than Marriage
Title: Greater Than Marriage
Character: Father (as Tyrone Power)
Released: November 16, 1924
Type: Movie
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The Story Without a Name
Title: The Story Without a Name
Character: Drakma (as Tyrone Power)
Released: October 27, 1924
Type: Movie
Alan Holt is a radio expert who has invented a death ray machine for the U.S. government. International spy Drakma wants to get his hands on the invention and he sends his henchmen to attack Holt in his laboratory.
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Trouping with Ellen
Title: Trouping with Ellen
Character: Mr. Llewellyn
Released: October 5, 1924
Type: Movie
Ellen Llewellyn is a chorus girl who is loved by orchestra leader Andy Owens, a genuinely nice guy. When Ellen meets the aristocratic Tony Winterslip, she's impressed by his family tree and vast wealth. When Winterslip's car breaks down during a rainstorm, Ellen gets drenched and contracts pneumonia. It takes much persuasion, but finally Ellen agrees to recuperate at the Winterslip country home.
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The Lone Wolf
Title: The Lone Wolf
Character: Bannon
Released: April 27, 1924
Type: Movie
A silent film Directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor.
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Damaged Hearts
Title: Damaged Hearts
Character: Sandy
Released: February 21, 1924
Type: Movie
Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both are abused, and his sister dies. Filled with hostility, David now an adult, goes on a mission to seek vengeance on the adopting family.
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The Day of Faith
Title: The Day of Faith
Character: Michael Anstell
Released: October 20, 1923
Type: Movie
Jane Maynard opens a mission in memory of philanthropist Bland Hendricks. John Anstell, son of a powerful and selfish millionaire, Michael Anstell, falls in love with Jane, to the old man's disapproval. Anstell tries to undermine Jane's work by hiring reporter Tom Barnett to write an unfavorable story about the mission.
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The Daring Years
Title: The Daring Years
Character: James LaMotte (as Tyrone Power)
Released: September 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Cabaret dancer Suzie La Motte is in love with Jim Moran, a boxer, but she tempts a young man named John Browning. Moran and John get into a fight in which Moran accidentally shoots himself. Out of anger at John, Suzie accuses him of Moran's murder.
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Wife in Name Only
Title: Wife in Name Only
Character: Dornham
Released: August 25, 1923
Type: Movie
Wealthy orphan Philippa L'Estrange loves handsome Norman Arleigh and is confident of marrying him until he discloses that he has only brotherly affection for her. Determined to have revenge, Philippa introduces Arleigh to Madeline Dornham and reveals on their wedding day that Madeline, his bride, is the daughter of the man who killed his mother. In the end it is learned that Madeline is Mrs. Dornham's daughter from a previous marriage, not the daughter of a criminal.
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Bright Lights of Broadway
Title: Bright Lights of Broadway
Character: John Kirk
Released: August 6, 1923
Type: Movie
An innocent country girl who happens to have a lovely singing voice falls under the influence of a ruthless Broadway producer. At first she's dazzled by the producer's surface charm as well as those bright lights the title refers to, but eventually gets a dose of reality
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The Truth About Wives
Title: The Truth About Wives
Character: Howard Hendricks
Released: February 3, 1923
Type: Movie
The Truth About Wives is a 1923 silent film.
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Fury
Title: Fury
Character: Captain Leyton
Released: January 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Fury is a 1923 silent film
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Footfalls
Title: Footfalls
Character: Hiram Scudder
Released: September 8, 1921
Type: Movie
A blind cobbler is able, by dint of his extraordinary hearing, to recognize the identity of a murderer. His own son is accused of the killing, and the old man waits, knowing the murderer will return to prevent the blind man from revealing what he knows.
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Dream Street
Title: Dream Street
Character: Street Preacher
Released: April 12, 1921
Type: Movie
Three men in London compete for the love of a dance-hall girl.
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The Great Shadow
Title: The Great Shadow
Character: Jim McDonald
Released: April 21, 1920
Type: Movie
Jim McDonald, the foreman of a shipbuilding plant and head of the labor union, strives to combat the anarchistic propaganda being put forth by Klimoff, the leader of a Bolshevik gang whose goal is to disrupt the country with strikes and anarchy.
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National Red Cross Pageant
Title: National Red Cross Pageant
Character: Servia - Final episode
Released: December 1, 1917
Type: Movie
The National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sell war bonds, support the National Red Cross, and promote a positive opinion about American involvement in World War I.
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The Eye of God
Title: The Eye of God
Character: Olaf
Released: June 5, 1916
Type: Movie
Olaf writes his memoirs, before his execution. He tells of his life as a struggling farmer when Renie, stranded in the village, stays one night in his home and Olaf falls in love with her.
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Where Are My Children?
Title: Where Are My Children?
Character: Richard Walton
Released: April 16, 1916
Type: Movie
Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.
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John Needham's Double
Title: John Needham's Double
Character: Lord John Needham / Joseph Norbury
Released: April 10, 1916
Type: Movie
Although he has been appointed to guard the fortune of young Thomas Creighton, the unscrupulous Lord John Needham decides to spend all of it after Tom runs away. Then, however, an announcement comes that Tom is returning and that he plans to claim his money. Fearful of punishment, both from Tom and the authorities, John kills his cousin and exact double, Joseph Norbury, and takes Joseph's place, thereby making it seem as if the dead man is really John.
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Thou Shalt Not Covet
Title: Thou Shalt Not Covet
Character: I, or the Hero
Released: February 7, 1916
Type: Movie
A scientist who is married to an amoral woman lives next door to a happily married couple. At first envying their happiness, the scientist eventually falls in love with his neighbor's wife. When her husband goes on a business trip to Africa, the scientist also goes abroad to avoid temptation but finds himself sailing from Cairo aboard the same ship as his neighbor's wife
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Sweet Alyssum
Title: Sweet Alyssum
Character: Roanoke Brooks
Released: November 15, 1915
Type: Movie
The boss of iron worker Roanoke Brooks (Power), is having an affair with his wife (Kathlyn Williams). Eventually she commits suicide and her lover dies in an accident. Roanoke lavishes all his love and attention on his daughter (Edith Johnson). As a young woman she goes to the West where she meets the son of the man who broke up her father's marriage.
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A Texas Steer
Title: A Texas Steer
Character: Maverick Brander
Released: July 26, 1915
Type: Movie
Urged on by his wife and daughter and against his better judgment, Texas cattle-baron Maverick Brander, finds himself in Washington D. C. as an elected congressman. However, when the Brander family arrives in Washington, they are met at every junction by snobbery and ridicule. Then an investigative committee arrives from Texas to check up on how Maverick is representing their interests.