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{{Short description|American actor (1914β1958)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Other uses}} {{Infobox person | name = Tyrone Power | image = Tyrone Power - still.jpg | caption = Power in the 1940s | birth_name = Tyrone Edmund Power III | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|5|5}} | birth_place = [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|11|15|1914|5|5}} | death_place = [[Madrid]], Spain | burial_place = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]], [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S. | education = [[Purcell Marian High School|Purcell High School]] | occupation = Actor | relatives = [[Ethel Lavenu]] (grandmother)<br>[[Tyrone Power (Irish actor)|Tyrone Power]] (great-grandfather) | years_active = 1932β1958 | spouse = {{ubl | {{marriage|[[Annabella (actress)|Annabella]]|1939|1948|reason=divorce}} | {{marriage|[[Linda Christian]]|1949|1956|reason=divorce}} | {{marriage|Deborah Minardos|1958}} }} | children = {{ubl | [[Romina Power]] | [[Taryn Power]] | [[Tyrone Power Jr.]] }} | father = [[Tyrone Power Sr.]] | module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes | allegiance = {{USA}} | branch = {{Nowrap|{{Marines|United States}}}} | serviceyears = {{ubl | 1942β1946 USMC | 1946β1958 [[United States Marine Corps Reserve|USMCR]] }} | rank = {{ubl | [[File:US-O2 insignia.svg|5px]] [[First lieutenant#U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force|First lieutenant (USMC)]] | [[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|15px]] [[Major (United States)|Major (USMCR)]]<ref name="MilitaryHackman">{{cite web|url=https://marines.togetherweserved.com/usmc/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=282669|title= Power, Tyrone, Capt |publisher=www.marines.togetherweserved.com|access-date=May 18, 2018}}</ref> }} }} }} '''Tyrone Edmund Power III'''<ref>{{cite book |first1=Dennis |last1=Belafonte |first2=Alvin H. |last2=Marill |year=1979 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reVaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22power+iii%22+-Wikipedia |title=The Films of Tyrone Power |publisher=Citadel Press |page=9 |isbn=978-0806504773 |via=Google Books }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Paul |last=Zollo |year=2011 |orig-year=2002 |chapter=Part Three: A Tour of Hollywood |page=332 |title=Hollywood Remembered: An Oral History of Its Golden Age |edition=Paperback |isbn=978-1589796034 }}</ref> (May 5, 1914 β November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in [[swashbuckler]] roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include ''[[Jesse James (1939 film)|Jesse James]]'', ''[[The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)|The Mark of Zorro]]'', ''[[Marie Antoinette (1938 film)|Marie Antoinette]]'', ''[[Blood and Sand (1941 film)|Blood and Sand]]'', ''[[The Black Swan (film)|The Black Swan]]'', ''[[Prince of Foxes (film)|Prince of Foxes]]'', ''[[Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)|Witness for the Prosecution]]'', ''[[The Black Rose]]'', and ''[[Captain from Castile]]''. Power's own favorite film among those in which he starred was ''[[Nightmare Alley (1947 film)|Nightmare Alley]]''.<ref>Frank Northen Magill, editor, ''[American Film Guide]; Magill's American Film Guide. Power was known for his many collaborations with [[Rouben Mamoulian]]. 4. NI - ST'' (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1983). {{ISBN|9780893562540}}.</ref> Though largely a [[matinee idol]] in the 1930s and early 1940s and known for his striking good looks, Power starred in films in a number of genres, from drama to light [[comedy]]. In the 1950s he began placing limits on the number of films he would make in order to devote more time to theater productions. He received his biggest accolades as a stage actor in ''[[John Brown's Body (poem)|John Brown's Body]]'' and ''[[Mister Roberts (play)|Mister Roberts]]''. Power died from a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at the age {{nowrap|of 44.<ref name=aptpd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AvJVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6211%2C2480779 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |last=Nevin |first=Louis P. |title=Tyrone Power dies in Spain while making new movie |date=November 15, 1958 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=ppplbdy>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xwkeAAAAIBAJ&pg=1698%2C9289 |work=Pittsburgh Press |agency=combined wire services |title=Plane to return body of Tyrone Power |date=November 16, 1958 |page=1, section 1}}</ref>}}
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