Tyrone Power, Sr.
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Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power (May 2, 1869 – December 23, 1931) was an English born American stage and screen actor, who acted under the name Tyrone Power.
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[edit] Early life
Born in London in 1869, the son of Harold Littledale Power and Ethel Lavenu. His father had worked as a singer and actor before his marriage, most notably in Edmund Yates' production "Invitations" at the Egyptian Hall, London, 1862–1863. Turning to business, his father became a wine merchant, later collaborating in the mining business with his brother Frederick Power. Power's father was the youngest son of the Irish actor Tyrone Power, from whom his son, grandson, and great grandson would later take their stage names. His mother Ethel Lavenu, an actress was the third daughter of conductor and composer Lewis Henry Lavenu.
Frederick Power, as he was then known, studied at Dover College with his brother George, who would later accompany him on tour in America as Littledale Power. In 1883 at the age of 14 he was sent from England to Florida by his parents to learn citrus planting.
[edit] Career
After a couple of years Power left his farm work and joined a theatre stock company at St. Augustine, Florida, debuting as Gibson in Charles Hawtrey's The Private Secretary on November 29, 1886 aged 17. After an extremely prosperous 30 years of acting on the stage and touring around the world, Power moved into Silent Film in 1914. Initially playing the leading man in movies, he soon switched to playing villains and proved highly successful. In 1930, Power had a final great role as the villainous wagon driver Red Flack in Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail, which was Power's first (and only) talkie and provided an unknown John Wayne with his first starring role. Power died of a heart attack in the arms of his 17-year-old son at the end of the next year. He was 62.
He is now usually referred to as Tyrone Power, Sr., to distinguish him from his even more famous son, the Hollywood star also called Tyrone Power, who would also die of a heart attack at a young age.
[edit] Stage appearances
| Production | Role | Company, Dates |
| The Private Secretary Charles Hawtrey |
Gibson | his debut on November 29, 1886 with St. Augustine, Florida stock company |
| Saratoga Bronson Howard |
The Hon. William Carter | at Mechanics' Institute, St. John, NB, Huebner-Holmes Co., June 22, 1888 |
| The Texan Tyrone Power, Sr. |
William Plainleigh | at Opera House, St. John, NB and at the Masonic Hall at Chatham and Newcastle, New Brunswick, own company, June, 1893, and at Princess's Theatre, London, June, 1894 |
| The Two Roses James Albery |
Digby Grant | at Opera House, St. John, NB, own company, June, 1893 |
| Betsy | Adolphus | at Opera House, St. John, NB, own company, June, 1893 |
| The Sins Of The Fathers W. Lestocq |
Sir Roger Walvernby & Norman Vernley | at Opera House, St. John, NB, own company, June, 1893 |
| Guy Mannering Sir Walter Scott |
Dominie Sampson | opened at Montreal, Fanny Janauschek company c.1888-1891 |
| The School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
Sir Oliver Surface | Augustin Daly players, 1891 |
| The Magistrate Arthur Wing Pinero |
Posket | Augustin Daly players, c.1891-1898 |
| The Cabinet Minister Arthur Wing Pinero |
Brooke Twombley | Augustin Daly players, c.1891-1898 |
| The Foresters Alfred Tennyson |
Much the Miller | Augustin Daly players, c.1891-1898 |
| As You Like It William Shakespeare |
Frederick | Augustin Daly players, c.1891-1898 |
| Love's Labour's Lost William Shakespeare |
Holofernes | Augustin Daly players, c.1891-1898 |
| Much Ado about Nothing William Shakespeare |
Antonio | Augustin Daly players, c.1891-1898 |
| The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare |
Christopher Sly | Augustin Daly players, c.1891-1898, and with own company Australia and New Zealand tour 1900-1902 |
| The Tempest William Shakespeare |
Caliban | Augustin Daly players, c.1891-1898 |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare |
Host of the Garter Inn | Augustin Daly players, c.1891-1898 |
| Magda Hermann Sudermann |
- | Minnie Maddern Fiske's company c.1890s |
| Frou-Frou Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy |
- | Minnie Maddern Fiske's company c.1890s |
| Becky Sharp Langdon Mitchell ad. Thackeray's Vanity Fair |
Lord Steyne | Minnie Maddern Fiske's company, Fifth Avenue Theatre, September 12-December, 1899, 116 performances |
| Tess of the D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy dram. |
- | Australia and New Zealand tour 1900-1902 |
| Trilby George du Maurier dram. |
- | Australia and New Zealand tour 1900-1902 |
| Our Boys Henry James Byron |
- | Australia and New Zealand tour 1900-1902 |
| The Only Way Freeman C. Wills, Frederick Langbridge ad. A Tale of Two Cities |
- | Australia and New Zealand tour 1900-1902 |
| The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare |
Bassanio | at the Lyceum Theatre, London with Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, June, July, 1902 |
| Mary of Magdala William Winter |
Judas Iscariot | Minnie Maddern Fiske's company, Manhattan Theatre, November, 1902, 105 performances |
| Ulysses Stephen Phillips |
Ulysses | at the Garden Theatre, September 14-November,1903, 65 performances |
| Ingomar Maria Lovell |
Ingomar | at the Empire Theatre, Broadway, May 16, 1904 |
| Yvette Pierre Berton ad. Cosmo Gordon Lennox |
- | at the Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, May 13, 1904 |
| When Knighthood was in Flower Charles Major ad. Paul Kester |
The Princess | at the Empire Theatre, Broadway, May, 1904, 16 performances |
| Adrea David Belasco |
- | at the Belasco Theatre, January 1-April 26, 1905, 123 performances |
| The Redskin Donald MacLaren |
Lonawanda | at the Liberty Theatre, January 3- March, 1906, 26 performances |
| The Strength of the Weak Alice M. Smith, Charlotte Thompson |
- | at the Liberty Theatre, April 17- May, 1906 |
| The Christian Pilgrim James MacArthur |
Apollyon, Beelzebub, Giant Despair, Lord Hategood | at the Liberty Theatre, November, 1907, 14 performances |
| The Servant in the House Charles Rann Kennedy |
Robert Smith | at the Savoy Theatre, March 23-June 1, 1908, 80 performances, October 19-November, 1908, 48 performances |
| Thais Anatole France, ad. Paul Wilstach |
- | at the Criterion Theatre, March 14-April, 1911, 31 performances |
| Julius Caesar William Shakespeare |
Marcus Brutus | at the Lyric Theatre, November 4-December, 1912, 32 performances, one performance at the Cort Theatre, March 15, 1918 |
| Chu Chin Chow Oscar Asche |
Abu Hasan | American premiere at the Manhattan Opera House, October 22, 1917, second run at the Century Theatre, January 14-April, 1918, 208 performances |
| The Little Brother Milton Goldsmith, Benedict James |
- | at the Belmont Theatre, November 25, 1918-March, 1919, 120 performances |
| The Wandering Jew Ernest Temple Thurston |
Mathathias, The Unknown Knight, Matteo Battadio, Matteos Battadios | at the Knickerbocker Theatre, opened October 26, 1921 |
| The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
Sir Anthony Absolute | at the Empire Theatre, opened June 5, 1922 |
| Hamlet William Shakespeare |
Claudius King of Denmark | at the Sam H. Harris Theatre, November 16, 1922-February, 1923, 101 performances |
| Venus Rachel Crothers |
- | at the Theatre Masque, December 26, 1927-January, 1928, 8 performances |
| Diplomacy (play) Victorien Sardou |
- | at Erlanger's Theatre, May 28-July, 1928, 40 performances |
| The Unknown Warrior Paul Raynal trans. Cecil Lewis |
Elderly Man | at Charles Hopkins Theatre, October 29-November, 1928, 8 performances |
| The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare |
Duke of Venice | at the Royale Theatre, opened November 16, 1931, 8 performances |
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film Title | Role | Notes |
| 1914 | Aristocracy | Jefferson Stockton | |
| 1915 | A Texas Steer | Maverick Brander | |
| 1915 | Sweet Alyssum | Roanoke Brooks | |
| 1916 | The Devil-in-Chief | - | |
| 1916 | Thou Shalt Not Covet | I, or the Hero | |
| 1916 | John Needham's Double | Lord John Needham/Joseph Norbury | |
| 1916 | Where Are My Children? | District Attorney Richard Walton | |
| 1916 | The Eye of God | Olaf | |
| 1917 | The Planter | Ludwig Hertzer | |
| 1917 | Lorelei of the Sea | Paul | aka A Modern Lorelei and The Lorelei, Sirens of the Sea |
| 1917 | National Red Cross Pageant | Servia | |
| 1919 | The Mad Woman | - | |
| 1920 | The Great Shadow | Jim McDonald | |
| 1921 | Dream Street | Street Preacher | |
| 1921 | The Black Panther's Cub | Count Boris Orliff | |
| 1921 | Footfalls | Hiram Scudder | |
| 1923 | Fury | Captain Leyton | |
| 1923 | The Truth About Wives | Howard Hendricks | |
| 1923 | Bright Lights of Broadway | John Kirk | |
| 1923 | Wife in Name Only | Dornham | |
| 1923 | The Daring Years | James LaMotte | |
| 1923 | The Day of Faith | Michael Anstell | |
| 1924 | Damaged Hearts | Sandy | |
| 1924 | The Lone Wolf | Bannon | |
| 1924 | Trouping with Ellen | Mr. Llewellyn | |
| 1924 | The Story Without a Name | Drakma | aka Without Warning (USA) |
| 1924 | For Another Woman | - | |
| 1924 | Greater Than Marriage | Father | |
| 1924 | Janice Meredith | Lord Cornwallis | aka The Beautiful Rebel |
| 1924 | The Law and the Lady | John Langley Sr. | |
| 1925 | The Wanderer | Jesse | |
| 1925 | Where Was I? | George Stone | |
| 1925 | A Regular Fellow | King | |
| 1925 | The Red Kimona | Gabrielle's Father | aka Red Kimona and Red Kimono (USA) |
| 1925 | Braveheart | Standing Rock | |
| 1925 | Bride of the Storm | Jacob Kroon | |
| 1926 | The Test of Donald Norton | John Corrigal | |
| 1926 | Out of the Storm | Mr. Lawrence | |
| 1926 | Hands Across the Border | John Drake | |
| 1927 | The Elegy | Servant of Satan | |
| 1930 | The Big Trail | Red Flack, wagon boss |
