Tyrone Power

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Biography

Recent Role:
Guest on I've Got a Secret (1952)
Gender:
Male
Born:
5-5-1901
Died:
11-15-1958 (Heart attack)
Birthplace:
Cincinatti, Ohio, USA
Birth Name:
Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr.
AKA:
Tyrone Power, Jr.
Tyrone Power was a sickly child, and his parents took him to S. California. After his parents' divorce he moved back to Ohio where he learned to love acting. He was present when his father died of a heart attack. His handsome looks made it easy for him to get acting jobs. Making a few films, he went to the stage for awhile. A screen test got him a contract with 20th Century Fox where he would be made a star. During WWII, he served in the Marine Corps seeing action in the South Pacific. He would die of a heart attack after doing a dueling scene with George Sanders while shooting the… More film "Solomon and Sheba." All three of his children would follow him into acting.

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