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Tyrone Power filmography

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Publicity photo in the early 1940s

Tyrone Power (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) appeared in a total of 48 feature-length motion pictures.

Film

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1932 Tom Brown of Culver John William Wyler Billed as Tyrone Power Jr.
1934 Flirtation Walk Cadet Frank Borzage Uncredited
1936 Girls' Dormitory Count Vallais Irving Cummings Billed as Tyrone Power Jr.
1936 Ladies in Love Count Karl Lanyi Edwin H. Griffith Billed as Tyrone Power Jr.
1936 Lloyd's of London Jonathan Blake Henry King
1937 Love Is News Steve Layton Tay Garnett Remade as That Wonderful Urge (1948).
1937 Café Metropole Alexis Edwin H. Griffith
1937 Thin Ice Prince Rudolph Sidney Lansfield Aka Lovely to Look At (UK).
1937 Second Honeymoon Raoul McLish Walter Lang
1938 In Old Chicago Dion O'Leary Henry King
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band Roger "Alexander" Grant Henry King
1938 Marie Antoinette Count Axel de Fersen W.S. Van Dyke Originally released in sepiatone.
1938 Suez Ferdinand de Lesseps Allan Dwan Originally released in sepiatone.
1939 Jesse James Jesse James Henry King Filmed in Technicolor.
1939 Rose of Washington Square[1] Barton DeWitt Clinton Gregory Ratoff
1939 Second Fiddle Jimmy Sutton Sidney Lansfield Aka Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle.
1939 The Rains Came Dr. Major Rama Safti Clarence Brown Originally released in sepiatone.
1939 Day-Time Wife Ken Norton Gregory Ratoff
1940 Johnny Apollo Bob Cain (Johnny Apollo) Henry Hathaway
1940 Brigham Young Jonathan Kent Henry Hathaway Aka Brigham Young – Frontiersman. Originally released in sepiatone.
1940 The Mark of Zorro Don Diego Vega / Zorro Rouben Mamoulian
1941 Blood and Sand Juan Gallardo Rouben Mamoulian Filmed in Technicolor
1941 A Yank in the R.A.F. Tim Baker Henry King
1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake Benjamin Blake John Cromwell Originally released with sepiatone sequences.
1942 This Above All Clive Briggs Anatole Litvak
1942 The Black Swan Jamie Waring Henry King Filmed in Technicolor.
1943 Crash Dive Lt. Ward Stewart Archie Mayo Filmed in Technicolor. Power's last film before serving in the Marines during World War II.
1946 The Razor's Edge Larry Darrell Edmund Goulding
1947 Nightmare Alley Stanton Carlisle Edmund Goulding Filmed after but released before Captain From Castile.
1947 Captain from Castile Pedro De Vargas Henry King Filmed in Technicolor.
1948 The Luck of the Irish Stephen Fitzgerald Henry Koster Originally released with green tinted sequences.
1948 That Wonderful Urge Thomas Jefferson Tyler Robert B. Sinclair Remake of Love is News (1937).
1949 Prince of Foxes Andrea Orsini Henry King
1950 What's My Line Himself/Mystery Guest N/A First television appearance.
1950 The Black Rose Walter of Gurnie Henry Hathaway
1950 American Guerrilla in the Philippines Ensign Chuck Palmer Fritz Lang Aka I Shall Return (UK). Filmed in Technicolor.
1951 Rawhide Tom Owens Henry Hathaway Aka Desperate Siege.
1951 The House in the Square Peter Standish Roy Ward Baker Aka I'll Never Forget You (US). Filmed in Technicolor.
1952 Diplomatic Courier Mike Kells Henry Hathaway
1952 Pony Soldier Constable Duncan MacDonald Joseph M. Newman Aka MacDonald of the Canadian Mounties (UK). Filmed in Technicolor.
1953 The Mississippi Gambler Mark Fallon Rudolph Maté Filmed in Technicolor.
1953 King of the Khyber Rifles Capt. Alan King Henry King Filmed in CinemaScope and color by Deluxe.
1955 The Long Gray Line Martin "Marty" Maher John Ford Filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor.
1955 Untamed Paul Van Riebeck Henry King Filmed in CinemaScope and color by Deluxe.
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story Eddy Duchin George Sidney Filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor.
1957 Seven Waves Away Alec Holmes Richard Sale Aka Abandon Ship!
1957 The Sun Also Rises Jacob "Jake" Barnes Henry King Filmed in CinemaScope and color by Deluxe.
1957 The Rising of the Moon Himself John Ford Three short stories introduced by Power.
1957 Witness for the Prosecution Leonard Vole Billy Wilder Power's last completed film.
1959 Solomon and Sheba Solomon King Vidor Power died during the production and was replaced by Yul Brynner.

Box office ranking

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  • 1938 - 10th
  • 1939 - 2nd
  • 1940 - 5th
  • 1941 - 11th
  • 1942 - 13th
  • 1943 - 14th, 9th (UK)
  • 1947 - 20th

Career Appraisal

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When Tyrone Power left 20th Century Fox in 1952 he said that his favorite movie made at the studio was Nightmare Alley "but the studio did nothing to sell it and it wasn't a success." He said his most popular movies were Alexander's Ragtime Band, Jesse James, The Mark of Zorro and Blood and Sand. His least favorite were Day-Time Wife, Prince of Foxes, Captain from Castile and Rose of Washington Square.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Great Movie Musicals on DVD - A Classic Movie Fan's Guide by John Howard Reid - Google search with book preview
  2. ^ Tyrone Power Ends 16 Years With One Studio; Plans Tour The Washington Post (1923-1954) [Washington, D.C] 26 June 1952: 30.

Bibliography

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