Tyrone Power, Sr.
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Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power (May 2, 1869 - December 23, 1931), usually credited simply as Tyrone Power, was an English-born American stage and screen actor.
Early in his career, he was billed as Tyrone Power the Younger, referring to his grandfather, the Irish actor Tyrone Power. 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 provided the then unknown John Wayne with his first starring role. Power died of a massive heart attack in the arms of his 17-year-old son at the enbd 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 far too young an age.
External link
- Tyrone Power (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0694362/) at the Internet Movie Database
Categories: 1869 births | 1931 deaths | American actors | Cinema actors | Stage actors | American actor stubs
