Tyrone Power (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) appeared in a total of 48 feature-length motion pictures.
Film 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. Ladies in Love Count Karl Lanyi Edwin H. Griffith Billed as Tyrone Power Jr. Lloyd's of London Jonathan Blake Henry King 1937 Love Is News Steve Layton Tay Garnett Remade as That Wonderful Urge (1948). Café Metropole Alexis Edwin H. Griffith Thin Ice Prince Rudolph Sidney Lansfield Aka Lovely to Look At (UK). Second Honeymoon Raoul McLish Walter Lang 1938 In Old Chicago Dion O'Leary Henry King Alexander's Ragtime Band Roger "Alexander" Grant Marie Antoinette Count Axel de Fersen W.S. Van Dyke Originally released in sepiatone. Suez Ferdinand de Lesseps Allan Dwan Originally released in sepiatone. 1939 Jesse James Jesse James Henry King Filmed in Technicolor. Rose of Washington SquareGreat Movie Musicals on DVD - A Classic Movie Fan's Guide by John Howard Reid - Google search with book preview Barton DeWitt Clinton Gregory Ratoff Second Fiddle Jimmy Sutton Sidney Lansfield Aka Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle. The Rains Came Dr. Major Rama Safti Clarence Brown Originally released in sepiatone. Day-Time Wife Ken Norton Gregory Ratoff 1940 Johnny Apollo Bob Cain (Johnny Apollo) Henry Hathaway Brigham Young Jonathan Kent Aka Brigham Young – Frontiersman. Originally released in sepiatone. The Mark of Zorro Don Diego Vega / Zorro Rouben Mamoulian 1941 Blood and Sand Juan Gallardo Filmed in Technicolor 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. This Above All Clive Briggs Anatole Litvak 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. 1946The Razor's Edge Larry Darrell Edmund Goulding 1947 Nightmare Alley Stanton Carlisle Filmed after but released before Captain From Castile. 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. 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. The Black Rose Walter of Gurnie Henry Hathaway 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. 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 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. 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. 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! The Sun Also Rises Jacob "Jake" Barnes Henry King Filmed in CinemaScope and color by Deluxe. The Rising of the Moon Himself John Ford Three short stories introduced by Power. 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
1938 - 10th 1939 - 2nd 1940 - 5th 1941 - 11th 1942 - 13th 1943 - 14th, 9th (UK) 1947 - 20th
Career Appraisal 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.Tyrone Power Ends 16 Years With One Studio; Plans Tour The Washington Post (1923-1954) [Washington, D.C] 26 June 1952: 30.
References
Bibliography Belafonte, Denis, and Alvin H. Marill. The Films of Tyrone Power. New York, NY. Citadel Press, 1979.