Tyrone Power filmography

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Tyrone Power (1914-1958) appeared in a total of 48 feature-length motion pictures. These are listed in chronological order along with the name of the character that Power portrayed. The names of the remarkably large number of distinguished actresses and directors that he worked with are listed as well.

Power's one short film, his uncompleted films and some questionable credits are also listed.

Contents

[edit] Feature Film Appearances

All films were produced by 20th Century-Fox except where noted.

[edit] 1930s

Year # Title Role Leading Lady Director Notes
1932 1 Tom Brown of Culver John - William Wyler Made by Universal Pictures. Billed as Tyrone Power Jr.
1934 2 Flirtation Walk Cadet - Frank Borzage A Warner Bros. Busby Berkeley musical starring Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. Power in an uncredited bit.
1936 3 Girls' Dormitory Count Vallais Ruth Chatterton Irving Cummings Billed eighth as Tyrone Power Jr.
Simone Simon
4 Ladies in Love Count Karl Lanyi Loretta Young Edwin H. Griffith Billed seventh as Tyrone Power Jr.
5 Lloyd's of London Jonathan Blake Madeleine Carroll Henry King His first leading role despite fourth billing.
1937 6 Love Is News Steve Layton Loretta Young Tay Garnett His first film with top billing. Remade as That Wonderful Urge (1948) also starring Power.
7 Café Metropole Alexis Loretta Young Edwin H. Griffith
8 Thin Ice Prince Rudolph Sonja Henie Sidney Lansfield aka Lovely to Look at (UK).
9 Second Honeymoon Raoul McLish Loretta Young Walter Lang
10 In Old Chicago Dion O'Leary Alice Faye Henry King
1938 11 Alexander's Ragtime Band Roger "Alexander" Grant Alice Faye Henry King
12 Marie Antoinette Count Axel de Fersen Norma Shearer W.S. Van Dyke An MGM production. Originally released in sepiatone.
13 Suez Ferdinand de Lesseps Loretta Young Allan Dwan Originally released in sepiatone.
Annabella
1939 14 Jesse James Jesse James Nancy Kelly Henry King Filmed in Technicolor
15 Rose of Washington Square Barton DeWitt Clinton Alice Faye Gregory Ratoff
16 Second Fiddle Jimmy Sutton Sonja Henie Sidney Lansfield aka Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle.
17 The Rains Came Dr. Major Rama Safti Myrna Loy Clarence Brown Re-issued in sepiatone.
Brenda Joyce
18 Day-Time Wife Ken Norton Linda Darnell Gregory Ratoff

[edit] 1940s

Year # Title Role Leading Lady Director Notes
1940 19 Johnny Apollo Bob Cain (Johnny Apollo) Dorothy Lamour Henry Hathaway
20 Brigham Young Jonathan Kent Linda Darnell Henry Hathaway aka Brigham Young – Frontiersman. Originally released in sepiatone.
21 The Mark of Zorro Don Diego Vega / Zorro Linda Darnell Rouben Mamoulian
1941 22 Blood and Sand Juan Gallardo Linda Darnell Rouben Mamoulian Filmed in Technicolor
Rita Hayworth
23 A Yank in the R.A.F. Tim Baker Betty Grable Henry King
1942 24 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake Benjamin Blake Gene Tierney John Cromwell Originally released with sepiatone sequences.
Frances Farmer
25 This Above All Clive Briggs Joan Fontaine Anatole Litvak
26 The Black Swan Jamie Waring Maureen O'Hara Henry King Filmed in Technicolor
1943 27 Crash Dive Lt. Ward Stewart Anne Baxter Archie Mayo Filmed in Technicolor. Power's last film before serving in the Marines during World War II
1946 28 The Razor's Edge Larry Darrell Gene Tierney Edmund Goulding
1947 29 Nightmare Alley Stanton Carlisle Joan Blondell Edmund Goulding Filmed after - but released before - Captain From Castile.
30 Captain from Castile Pedro De Vargas Jean Peters Henry King Filmed in Technicolor.
1948 31 The Luck of the Irish Stephen Fitzgerald Anne Baxter Henry Koster Originally released with green tinted sequences.
32 That Wonderful Urge Thomas Jefferson Tyler Gene Tierney Robert B. Sinclair Remake of the earlier Power film Love is News (1937).
1949 33 Prince of Foxes Andrea Orsini Wanda Hendrix Henry King

[edit] 1950s

Year # Title Role Leading Lady Director Notes
1950 34 The Black Rose Walter of Gurnie Cecile Aubrey Henry Hathaway Filmed in Technicolor
35 American Guerrilla in the Philippines Ensign Chuck Palmer Micheline Presle Fritz Lang aka I Shall Return (UK). Filmed in Technicolor.
1951 36 Rawhide Tom Owens Susan Hayward Henry Hathaway aka Desperate Siege.
37 The House in the Square Peter Standish Ann Blyth Roy Ward Baker Made in England. aka I'll Never Forget You (US). Filmed in Technicolor.
1952 38 Diplomatic Courier Mike Kells Patricia Neal Henry Hathaway
39 Pony Soldier Constable Duncan MacDonald Penny Edwards Joseph M. Newman aka MacDonald of the Canadian Mounties (UK). Filmed in Technicolor.
1953 40 The Mississippi Gambler Mark Fallon Piper Laurie Rudolph Maté Made by Universal-International. Filmed in Technicolor.
41 King of the Khyber Rifles Capt. Alan King Terry Moore Henry King Filmed in CinemaScope and color by Deluxe.
1955 42 The Long Gray Line Martin "Marty" Maher Maureen O'Hara John Ford Made by Columbia. Filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor.
43 Untamed Paul Van Riebeck Susan Hayward Henry Hathaway Filmed in CinemaScope and color by Deluxe.
1956 44 The Eddy Duchin Story Eddy Duchin Kim Novak George Sidney Made by Columbia. Filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor
1957 45 Seven Waves Away Alec Holmes Mai Zetterling Richard Sale Made in England. aka Abandon Ship!
46 The Sun Also Rises Jacob "Jake" Barnes Ava Gardner Henry King Filmed in CinemaScope and color by Deluxe.
47 The Rising of the Moon Himself - John Ford Three short stories introduced by Power.
48 Witness for the Prosecution Leonard Vole Marlene Dietrich Billy Wilder Power's last completed film.

[edit] Questionable Credits

Year # Title Role Leading Lady Director Notes DVD
1925 1 School for Wives Bit part - Victor Halperin Some filmographies list these films among Power's credits.
1935 2 Northern Frontier Bit Part - Sam Newfield x

[edit] Short Film Appearance

Year # Title Role Leading Lady Director Notes DVD
1946 1 Red Cross Drive Himself - Harold J. Fitzgerald A 3-minute short with Power speaking on behalf of the 1946 Red Cross fund drive.

[edit] Uncompleted Film Appearances

Year # Title Role Leading Lady Director Notes DVD
1 The Dark Wood - - Otto Preminger Production of this film was shut down after several weeks of filming in Italy.
1959 2 Solomon and Sheba Solomon Gina Lollabrigida King Vidor Power died during the production of this film. He was replaced by Yul Brynner. x

[edit] Bibliography

  • Belafonte, Denis, and Alvin H. Marill. The Films of Tyrone Power. New York, NY. Citadel Press, 1979.