--- name: "Tyrone Power" canonical: "https://film.one/person/tyrone-power" fi1m_id: "tyrone-power" imdb_id: "nm0000061" tmdb_id: 10922 wikidata_id: "Q309989" roles: ["Actor"] born: "5 May 1914" died: "15 November 1958" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 71 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-20T01:28:11.120272+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Tyrone Power ## Identity Tyrone Power - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tyrone-power - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** tyrone-power - **IMDb ID:** nm0000061 - **TMDB ID:** 10922 - **Wikidata ID:** Q309989 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Power, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309989, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000061/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10922 Actor. Born 5 May 1914 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Died 15 November 1958. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 5 May 1914, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - **Died:** 15 November 1958 - **Active:** 1938–1957 - **Also known as:** Тайрон Пауэр, Tyrone Edmund Power III, 泰隆·鲍华, تایرون پاور - **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 other - **Frequently works with:** [Lamar Trotti](https://film.one/person/lamar-trotti.md), [Alice Faye](https://film.one/person/alice-faye.md), [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://film.one/person/darryl-f-zanuck.md), [Don Ameche](https://film.one/person/don-ameche.md), [Henry King](https://film.one/person/henry-king.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 64 (3), 1940s 63 (1), 1950s 87 (1) - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 4 of 4 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, Crime 1, History 1, Music 1, Mystery 1 - **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $16m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Power, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309989, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000061/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10922 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Witness for the Prosecution*](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md) (87) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Tyrone Power > Tyrone Power makes charm look easy, and his later roles put that ease to better use. We find him most interesting when he gives us a reason to question the attractive man in front of us. In *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Tyrone Power lets us examine Leonard Vole without insisting on how we should judge him. Vole's involvement in a murder case makes each word worth attending to, and Power keeps him interesting without challenging Charles Laughton for the largest performance. We were absorbed by that restraint, because it kept our attention on what Vole was saying. Billy Wilder gives him time to complicate a first impression. This is where we find Power most persuasive: being watched carefully, with charm no longer enough to settle the matter. The earlier films gave that charm more straightforward employment. *Lloyd's of London* (1936) made him a star, and the romances and adventures that followed established a leading man whose warmth was as useful as his appearance. In *The Mark of Zorro* (1940), that ease extends to the swordplay, where physical grace is part of the pleasure. Fox's emphasis on his looks, however, could leave little room for dramatic depth. Some critics found him insufficiently involved in *The Rains Came* (1939), a useful warning against mistaking an easy screen presence for a fully developed performance. After the war, he sought more substantial parts, with *The Razor's Edge* (1946) followed by the darker *Nightmare Alley* (1947). The latter gave him Stan Carlisle, an unsympathetic character well removed from the reassuring adventure lead. We would not dismiss the earlier work simply because these parts asked more of him, but they did give him more to do than be agreeable company. His appeal could now help a film make us uncertain about a character. Wilder makes particularly good use of that in *Witness for the Prosecution*. Laughton's barrister has the more immediately rewarding part, while Marlene Dietrich's Christine is more absorbing even when her dialogue appears straightforward. Power does not have to be the most memorable person in the scene to help it work, and his restraint keeps us considering Vole's words. The plotting sometimes asks too much of these people, but the actors earn the attention it needs. Start here for Power, provided you are happy to watch him share the evening. ## Biography Tyrone Power was an American actor. Born Tyrone Edmund Power III on 5 May 1914 in Cincinnati, Ohio, he died on 15 November 1958 in Madrid, Spain. He came from a theatrical family: his great-grandfather Tyrone Power (1795–1841) was an Irish comedian and actor; his father, Tyrone Power Sr., was a stage and film actor; and his mother, Patia (Helen Emma Reaume), was a Shakespearean actress and drama coach. Power began his career on stage before signing with 20th Century Fox in 1936. He appeared in numerous films, often in swashbuckling and adventure roles, including *Jesse James* (1939), *The Mark of Zorro* (1940), *Blood and Sand* (1941), *The Black Swan* (1942), *The Razor's Edge* (1946) and *Nightmare Alley* (1947). He served as a transport pilot in the US Marine Corps during the Second World War and continued stage work between films. Later credits include *The Long Gray Line* (1955) and his performance as Leonard Vole in *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957). He died of a heart attack while filming *Solomon and Sheba* (1959). *Sources: britannica.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (5) ### Performed in (4) — the average rests on these - *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Fi1m 87, as Leonard Vole — [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md) - *The Razor's Edge* (1946), Fi1m 63, as Larry Darrell — [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md) - *Alexander's Ragtime Band* (1938), Fi1m 70, as Alexander - Roger Grant — [page](https://film.one/film/alexanders-ragtime-band.md) - *In Old Chicago* (1938), Fi1m 64, as Dion O'Leary — [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Flirtation Walk* (1934), Fi1m 57, as Cadet (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/flirtation-walk.md) ## Complete filmography (57) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Adventures of Errol Flynn* (2005), as Jacob 'Jake' Barnes (archive footage) - *Death In Hollywood* (1990), Actor - *Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths* (1990), as (archive footage) - *Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies* (1988), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Showbiz Goes to War* (1982), as (archive footage) - *Uncertain Verification* (1965), as (archive footage) - *Solomon and Sheba* (1959), Producer - *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), as Leonard Vole — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md) - *The Sun Also Rises* (1957), as Jake Barnes - *Seven Waves Away* (1957), as Alec Holmes · Producer - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Jean - *The Eddy Duchin Story* (1956), as Eddy Duchin - *Untamed* (1955), as Paul Van Riebeck - *The Long Gray Line* (1955), as Martin Maher - *King of the Khyber Rifles* (1953), as Capt. Alan King - *The Mississippi Gambler* (1953), as Mark Fallon - *Diplomatic Courier* (1952), as Mike Kells - *Pony Soldier* (1952), as Constable Duncan MacDonald - *The House in the Square* (1951), as Peter Standish - *Rawhide* (1951), as Tom Owens - *American Guerrilla in the Philippines* (1950), as Ensign Chuck Palmer - *The Black Rose* (1950), as Walter of Gurnie - *Prince of Foxes* (1949), as Andrea Orsini - *That Wonderful Urge* (1948), as Thomas Jefferson Tyler - *The Luck of the Irish* (1948), as Stephen Fitzgerald - *Captain from Castile* (1947), as Pedro De Vargas - *Nightmare Alley* (1947), as Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle - *The Razor's Edge* (1946), as Larry Darrell — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md) - *Crash Dive* (1943), as Lt. Ward Stewart - *The Black Swan* (1942), as Jamie Waring - *This Above All* (1942), as Clive Briggs - *Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake* (1942), as Benjamin Blake - *A Yank in the R.A.F.* (1941), as Tim Baker - *Blood and Sand* (1941), as Juan - *The Mark of Zorro* (1940), as Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro - *Brigham Young* (1940), as Jonathan Kent - *Johnny Apollo* (1940), as Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo) - *Day-time Wife* (1939), as Ken Norton - *The Rains Came* (1939), as Major Rama Safti - *Second Fiddle* (1939), as Jimmy Sutton - *Rose of Washington Square* (1939), as Bart Clinton - *Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8* (1939), as Tyrone Power - *Jesse James* (1939), as Jesse Woodson James - *Suez* (1938), as Ferdinand de Lesseps - *Marie Antoinette* (1938), as Count Axel de Fersen - *Alexander's Ragtime Band* (1938), as Alexander - Roger Grant — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/alexanders-ragtime-band.md) - *In Old Chicago* (1938), as Dion O'Leary — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md) - *Second Honeymoon* (1937), as Raoul McLiesh - *Thin Ice* (1937), as Prince Rudolph - *Café Metropole* (1937), as Alexis - *Love Is News* (1937), as Steve Leyton - *Lloyd's of London* (1936), as Jonathan Blake - *Ladies in Love* (1936), as Karl Lanyi - *Girls' Dormitory* (1936), as Count Vallais - *Northern Frontier* (1935), as Mountie (uncredited) - *Flirtation Walk* (1934), as Cadet (uncredited) — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/flirtation-walk.md) - *Tom Brown of Culver* (1932), as Donald MacKenzie ## Gallery - ![Tyrone Power](https://film.one/media/person/103030/gallery-981a957cecdf.jpg) Tyrone Power — Movie studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Tyrone_Power_-_still.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cinearte v.16, n.550, 1941 - Tyrone Power (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/103030/gallery-3606ee4d3c29.jpg) Cinearte v.16, n.550, 1941 - Tyrone Power (2021) — Cinearte (Brazil Magazine), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Cinearte_v.16%2C_n.550%2C_1941_-_Tyrone_Power.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Duesenberg Model J Torpedo din 1930 - unitate deținută anterior de către actorul Tyrone Power (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/103030/gallery-1025a5caf0ed.jpg) Duesenberg Model J Torpedo din 1930 - unitate deținută anterior de către actorul Tyrone Power (2015) — Tiriac Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Duesenberg_Model_J_Torpedo_din_1930.jpg/1280px-Duesenberg_Model_J_Torpedo_din_1930.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Title: Home of Tyrone Power, Bel-Air, Calif. Subjects: Houses Places: California > Los Angeles (county) > Los Angeles > Bel Air Notes: Title from item.](https://film.one/media/person/103030/gallery-49f3c2b2728b.jpg) Title: Home of Tyrone Power, Bel-Air, Calif. Subjects: Houses Places: California > Los Angeles (county) > Los Angeles > Bel Air Notes: Title from item. — Tichnor Brothers, Publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Home_of_Tyrone_Power%2C_Bel-Air%2C_Calif_%2868334%29.jpg/1280px-Home_of_Tyrone_Power%2C_Bel-Air%2C_Calif_%2868334%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Tyrone Power](https://film.one/media/person/103030/gallery-3a0639e19528.jpg) Tyrone Power — Image via TMDB - ![Tyrone Power](https://film.one/media/person/103030/gallery-6f98cca06bba.jpg) Tyrone Power — Image via TMDB - ![Tyrone Power](https://film.one/media/person/103030/gallery-7f4f2925bf66.jpg) Tyrone Power — Image via TMDB - ![Photo from the 1946 film The Razor's Edge. (1947)](https://film.one/media/person/103030/gallery-8bf1f266d921.jpg) Photo from the 1946 film The Razor's Edge. (1947) — 20th Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Razor%27s_Edge_Tyrone_Power_1946.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![L to R: Romina Power, Tyrone Power and Taryn Power](https://film.one/media/person/103030/gallery-c604715f1e3c.jpg) L to R: Romina Power, Tyrone Power and Taryn Power — Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Romina_Power%2C_Tyrone_Power_and_Taryn_Power.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Tyrone Power](https://film.one/media/person/103030/gallery-815c77a03f84.jpg) Tyrone Power — Image via TMDB - ![Tyrone Power](https://film.one/media/person/103030/gallery-2f2101a24970.jpg) Tyrone Power — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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