- First of three generations of 20th-century actors to bear the Tyrone Power name. Primogenitor and namesake of them all was his grandfather, the great Irish actor Tyrone Power (1797 - 1841).
- Both he and his son Tyrone Power died while working on a film, requiring their roles to be re-cast and re-shot -- he in The Miracle Man (1932) (replaced by Hobart Bosworth) and his son in Solomon and Sheba (1959) (replaced by Yul Brynner).
- Father of Tyrone Power.
- Although known today as Tyrone Power Sr., he was always billed as Tyrone Power in his film appearances.
- Grandfather of Tyrone Power Jr..
- He made 25 appearances on Broadway from 1899 to 1930. He was sometimes billed as "Tyrone Power II" out of respect to his grandfather, the great Irish actor Tyrone Power.
- His only talking film was The Big Trail (1930).
- Grandfather of Romina Power.
- Grandfather of Taryn Power.
- Uncle of Crane Wilbur.
- Father of Anne Power.
- In 1930, Power had a great role as the villainous "bull whacker" Red Flack in Raoul Walsh's widescreen epic The Big Trail, which was shot on location across the American West and was Power's first (and only) talkie, and provided an unknown John Wayne with his first starring role.
- Frederick Power, as he was then known, was educated at Hampton School then Dover College with his brother George, who would later accompany him on tour in America as Littledale Power.
- In 1883 at the age of 14 he was sent from Britain to Florida by his parents to learn citrus planting.
- 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.
- Power was born in London in 1869, the son of Harold Littledale Power and Ethel Lavenu. Harold had worked as a singer and actor before his marriage, most notably in Edmund Yates' production Invitations at the Egyptian Hall, London, 1862-63. Turning to business, he became a wine merchant, later collaborating in the mining business with his brother Frederick Power. Harold was the youngest son of the Irish actor Tyrone Power, from whom his son, grandson and great grandson would later take their stage names. Harold's wife Ethel was an actress and the third daughter of conductor and composer Lewis Henry Lavenu.
- While filming The Miracle Man, Power died of a heart attack on 23 December 1931 in the arms of his 17-year-old son at his apartment at the Hollywood Athletic Club. As Power had filmed only a few scenes before his death, his role was filled by fellow veteran actor Hobart Bosworth.
- 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. It is the only silent Power film available on home video or DVD.
- He was an English-born American stage and screen actor, known professionally as Tyrone Power.
- In 1908, Power had what was probably his greatest personal theatrical success, The Servant in the House. The production ran for 80 performances in the first half of 1908 and then a return engagement for 48 performances near the close of the year. Following this success, Power appeared in a few more original stage productions like Chu Chin Chow (American version) and The Wandering Jew.
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