Tyrone Power Sr.
From Wikipedia Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power (2 May 1869 – 23 December 1931) was an English stage and screen actor, who acted under the name Tyrone Power. After an extremely prosperous 30 years of acting on the stage and touring around the world, Power moved into silent films in 1914. Initially playing the leading man in films, he soon switched to playing villains and proved highly successful. In 1916 Power played the male lead in Where Are My Children?, a serious film about birth control and social issues directed by pioneer woman director Lois Weber and her husband Phillips Smalley. That same year Power appeared in a Selig film called John Needham's Double. When not acting on Broadway, Power appeared in films. Producer William Fox found him a great character part at Fox Studios in Footfalls (1921). Also in 1921 Power appeared in D.W. Griffith's Dream Street in which experimental synchronised sound was used, using the Photokinema sound-on-disc system. In 1924 Power was in the cast of the sumptuous Janice Meredith, a Hearst produced Marion Davies vehicle. In 1925 Power appeared in a film called The Red Kimono, a film as daring as Where Are My Children? had been a decade earlier. The Red Kimono was produced and partly written by Dorothy Davenport, the widow of Wallace Reid. Power finished out the decade and silent era in several A-list silent films. 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 then prepared to film a sound remake of The Miracle Man, which had been a great silent success in 1919 for Lon Chaney. A few scenes had been shot, but before filming could be completed Power died of a heart attack in the arms of his 17-year-old son at the end of 1931. He was 62. His part of the preacher in The Miracle Man was taken up by fellow veteran actor Hobart Bosworth. He is now usually referred to as Tyrone Power Sr., to distinguish him from his son, star actor Tyrone Power, who would die at the age of 44, also of a heart attack .
Filmography
The Big Trail
as Red Flack
The Big Trail
as Red Flack
The Elegy
as Servant of Satan
The Elegy
as Servant of Satan
Hands Across the Border
as John Drake
Hands Across the Border
as John Drake
Out of the Storm
as Mr. Lawrence
Out of the Storm
as Mr. Lawrence
The Test of Donald Norton
as John Corrigal
The Test of Donald Norton
as John Corrigal
Bride of the Storm
as Jacob Kroon
Bride of the Storm
as Jacob Kroon
Braveheart
as Standing Rock
Braveheart
as Standing Rock
The Red Kimona
as Gabrielle's Father
The Red Kimona
as Gabrielle's Father
He's a Prince!
as King
He's a Prince!
as King
Where Was I?
as George Stone
Where Was I?
as George Stone
The Wanderer
as Jesse
The Wanderer
as Jesse
School for Wives
School for Wives
Janice Meredith
as Lord Cornwallis
Janice Meredith
as Lord Cornwallis
Greater Than Marriage
as Father (as Tyrone Power)
Greater Than Marriage
as Father (as Tyrone Power)
For Another Woman
For Another Woman
The Story Without a Name
as Drakma (as Tyrone Power)
The Story Without a Name
as Drakma (as Tyrone Power)
Trouping with Ellen
as Mr. Llewellyn
Trouping with Ellen
as Mr. Llewellyn
The Lone Wolf
as Bannon
The Lone Wolf
as Bannon
Damaged Hearts
as Sandy
Damaged Hearts
as Sandy
The Day of Faith
as Michael Anstell
The Day of Faith
as Michael Anstell
The Daring Years
as James LaMotte (as Tyrone Power)
The Daring Years
as James LaMotte (as Tyrone Power)
Wife in Name Only
as Dornham
Wife in Name Only
as Dornham
Bright Lights of Broadway
as John Kirk
Bright Lights of Broadway
as John Kirk
The Truth About Wives
as Howard Hendricks
The Truth About Wives
as Howard Hendricks
Fury
as Captain Leyton
Fury
as Captain Leyton
Footfalls
as Hiram Scudder
Footfalls
as Hiram Scudder
The Black Panther's Cub
as Count Boris Orliff
The Black Panther's Cub
as Count Boris Orliff
Dream Street
as Street Preacher
Dream Street
as Street Preacher
The Great Shadow
as Jim McDonald
The Great Shadow
as Jim McDonald
National Red Cross Pageant
as Servia - Final episode
National Red Cross Pageant
as Servia - Final episode
The Planter
as Ludwig Hertzer
The Planter
as Ludwig Hertzer
Lorelei of the Sea
as Paul
Lorelei of the Sea
as Paul
The Eye of God
as Olaf
The Eye of God
as Olaf
Where Are My Children?
as Richard Walton
Where Are My Children?
as Richard Walton
John Needham's Double
as Lord John Needham / Joseph Norbury
John Needham's Double
as Lord John Needham / Joseph Norbury
Thou Shalt Not Covet
as I, or the Hero
Thou Shalt Not Covet
as I, or the Hero
Sweet Alyssum
as Roanoke Brooks
Sweet Alyssum
as Roanoke Brooks
Aristocracy
as Jefferson Stockton
Aristocracy
as Jefferson Stockton