ACTOR

Tyrone Power

1914 - 1958

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Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – 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, The Mark of Zorro, Marie Antoinette, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan, Prince of Foxes, Witness for the Prosecution, The Black Rose, and Captain from Castile. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tyrone Power has received more than 5,916,832 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Tyrone Power is the 673rd most popular actor (up from 784th in 2019), the 1,228th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,443rd in 2019) and the 330th most popular American Actor.

In his most famous roles, Tyrone Power was often cast as a handsome, romantic hero. His best-known films include "The Mark of Zorro" (1940), "The Black Swan" (1942), "Nightmare Alley" (1947), "Captain from Castile" (1947), "The Black Rose" (1950), "Prince of Foxes" (1949), "The Flame and the Arrow" (1950), "The Black Shield of Falworth" (1954), and "Solomon and Sheba" (1959).

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tyrone Power ranks 673 out of 13,578. Before him are Pier Angeli, François Cluzet, Raf Vallone, Laura Gemser, Scarlett Johansson, and Edwige Fenech. After him are Sandra Milo, Björn Andrésen, Edna Purviance, Inger Nilsson, Anne Hathaway, and Takashi Shimura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Tyrone Power ranks 39. Before him are Etty Hillesum, Gino Bartali, William Vickrey, Gino Colaussi, Louis, Prince Napoléon, and Max Perutz. After him are Vjekoslav Luburić, Dylan Thomas, George Dantzig, Asger Jorn, María Félix, and Jean Tatlock. Among people deceased in 1958, Tyrone Power ranks 27. Before him are Abul Kalam Azad, Ernst Heinkel, Alfred Weber, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, André Bazin, and Kim Tu-bong. After him are Edna Purviance, Petru Groza, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Duncan Edwards, and Pál Maléter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tyrone Power ranks 1,228 out of 20,380. Before him are Allen Dulles (1893), Tess Gerritsen (1953), Sonny Liston (1932), Izzy Stradlin (1962), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), and Scarlett Johansson (1984). After him are Robert Noyce (1927), Edna Purviance (1895), Blake Edwards (1922), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Robert Reich (1946), and Martha Washington (1731).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tyrone Power ranks 330. Before him are Kelly McGillis (1957), Robert Knepper (1959), Lita Grey (1908), Tobey Maguire (1975), John Payne (1912), and Scarlett Johansson (1984). After him are Edna Purviance (1895), Anne Hathaway (1982), Uma Thurman (1970), Ethan Hawke (1970), Scott Glenn (1939), and Kirstie Alley (1951).

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Television and Movie Roles

Witness for the Prosecution
Leonard Vole
An ailing famous barrister agrees to defend Leonard Vole in a sensational murder trial where his self-possessed wife's testimony makes the case difficult.
Dec 17o 19578.211 / 10
Nightmare Alley
Stanton 'Stan' Carlisle
Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
Oct 9o 19477.1 / 10
The Mark of Zorro
Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro
Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro.
Nov 8o 19407 / 10