Tyrone Power, Sr.

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Tyrone Power, Sr.
Tyrone Power Sr.
Born	Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power May 2, 1869(1869-05-02) London United Kingdom
Died	December 23, 1931 (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse(s)	Bertha Knight (1921-1927) (her death) Helen Emma Reaume (1912-1916) (divorced) 2 children Edith Crane (1898-1912) (her death)

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.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Stage appearances 4 Filmography 5 External links

[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. In 1922 he played Polonius in John Barrymore's groundbreaking production of Hamlet. 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 "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 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" Marcus Brutus one performance for 40,000 at Beachwood Canyon, Hollywood, May 1916
Julius Caesar William Shakespeare	Marcus Brutus	at the Lyric Theatre, November 4-December, 1912, 32 performances, outdoor performance before 40,000 at Beachwood Canyon Hollywood, May 1916, 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

[edit] External links

• Tyrone Power, Sr. at the Internet Movie Database
• Tyrone Power, Sr. at the Internet Broadway Database
• Images at the New York Public Library

Persondata
NAME	Power, Tyrone, Sr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Power, Frederick Tyrone Edmond
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	1869-5-2
PLACE OF BIRTH	London United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH	1931-12-23
PLACE OF DEATH	Los Angeles, California, United States