Most Recent Role: Guest on I've Got a Secret (1952)
Alias Name(s): Tyrone Power, Jr.
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Cincinatti, Ohio, USA
Birthday: 5-5-1901
Birth Name: Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr.
Date of Death: 11-15-1958
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Alias Name(s): Tyrone Power, Jr.
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Cincinatti, Ohio, USA
Birthday: 5-5-1901
Birth Name: Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr.
Date of Death: 11-15-1958
Cause of Death: Heart attack
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...
Most Recent Appearance
January 1, 1958
Wednesday 1 January 1958 on CBS
Celebrity guest is Tyrone Power.
Tyrone was offered the role of Marcellus in The Robe (1953) by Darryl F. Zanuck, hoping to get him to renew his contract with Twentieth Century Fox, but Tyrone opted to do the stage play "John Brown's Body" instead.
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Tyrone enlisted in the Marine Corps in August 1942 and became a Second Lieutenant in July 1943. Because of his prior flying experience logging 180 hours as a solo pilot, he went through a short training program and was promoted to First Lieutenant. After serving stateside in 1944, he went to the Pacific Theater in February 1945 and served in both the battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima, transporting wounded soldiers and cargo to his carrier group. He returned to United States in November 1945 and was released from active duty in January 1946.
He was promoted to Captain in the reserves on May 8, 1951, but was not recalled for the Korean War. (edit) Tyrone's will provided that his eyes be donated to the Estelle Doheny Eye Foundation, to be implanted in someone that needed a cornea transplant. (edit) Tyrone was honored with having his hand and footprints placed in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on May 31, 1937. (edit) Tyrone had an extramarital affair with Judy Garland, who had an abortion after becoming pregnant by him. (edit)
He was promoted to Captain in the reserves on May 8, 1951, but was not recalled for the Korean War. (edit) Tyrone's will provided that his eyes be donated to the Estelle Doheny Eye Foundation, to be implanted in someone that needed a cornea transplant. (edit) Tyrone was honored with having his hand and footprints placed in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on May 31, 1937. (edit) Tyrone had an extramarital affair with Judy Garland, who had an abortion after becoming pregnant by him. (edit)
Tyrone Power: I'm sick of all these knights in shining armor parts, I want to do something worthwhile like plays and films that have something to say.
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Tyrone Power: I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience.
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Other Appearances
| Guest Star | |
|---|---|
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I've Got a Secret (1952)
January 1, 1958 Guest |
Max Liebman Presents
Promenade Host |
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Person to Person
December 20, 1957 Himself |
Toast of the Town
The Darryl F. Zanuck Story scheduled guest |
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TV SPECIAL
Standard Oil 75th Anniversary Show Host |
What's My Line?
EPISODE #251 Mystery Guest |
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