Tyrone Power Movies

Want to know the best Tyrone Power movies?  How about the worst Tyrone Power movies?  Curious about Tyrone Power’s box office grosses or which Tyrone Power movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Tyrone Power movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

I was looking through my request book when I kept seeing the name Tyrone Power.  When I am deciding my next movie subject I usually look at the requested performer’s movie career and try to guess how difficult it will be to find all the information needed to do this page.  Well with the help of Audrey Soloman’s book Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History I realized I had box office information on 41 of the 45 Tyrone Power movies.  So having to only research 4 movies,Tyrone Power moved to the head of the requested movie subject line.  So here you go an Ultimate Movie Rankings page on one of the most successful and popular actors from 1936 to 1958…..Mr. Tyrone Power.

His IMDb page shows 52 acting credits from 1925-1959. This page will rank 46 Tyrone Power movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and bit parts were not included in the rankings.

Tyrone Power in 1946's The Razor's Edge
Tyrone Power in 1946’s The Razor’s Edge

Tyrone Power Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Tyrone Power Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Tyrone Power movies by co-stars of his movies
  • Sort Tyrone Power movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Tyrone Power movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Tyrone Power movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Tyrone Power movie received.
  • Sort Tyrone Power movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
  • Using the sort and search buttons makes this a very interactive table….highly recommend using those two features

Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Tyrone Power Table

  1. Thirty-three Tyrone Power movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark.  That is a percentage of 71.73% of his movies listed. Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) was his biggest box office hit.
  2. An average Tyrone Power movie grossed $156.60 million in adjusted box office gross.
  3. Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter.  30 Tyrone Power movies are rated as good movies…or 65.21% of his movies.  Witness for the Prosecution (1957) is his highest rated movie while Untamed (1955) is his lowest rated movie.
  4. Twenty-three Tyrone Power movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 50.00% of his movies.
  5. Nine Tyrone Power movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 19.56% of his movies.
Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone in 1940's The Mark of Zorro
Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone in 1940’s The Mark of Zorro

Possibly Interesting Facts About Tyrone Power

1. Tyrone Edmund Power III was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1914.

2. Tyrone Power’s great-grandfather was a famed Irish comedian….Tyrone Power the First lived from 1795-1841.  Tyrone Power’s father was a famous stage and screen actor….Tyrone Power the Second lived from 1869-1931.   Tyrone Power the Third (our movie page subject) lived from 1914 to 1958.  Tyrone Power’s son is an active actor with 21 IMDb acting credits….Tyrone Power the 4th was born in 1959.

3.  Tyrone Power’s path to stardom…Cliff Notes style.  Decided to become an actor after his father’s passing 1931.  He found very few opportunities initially….only managing a few bit parts.  He left Hollywood and moved to New York City to get some experience as a stage actor. In 1936 he returned to Hollywood.  He caught the eye of director Henry King.  King gave Power the biggest role in his 1936 movie Lloyd’s Of London.  Lloyd’s Of London was a hit…and a star was born.

4.  Tyrone Power enlisted in the Marines in 1942.  As a US Marine Corps pilot in World War II, he flew supplies into and wounded out of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.  For his services in the Pacific War, Power received American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign and the World War II Victory medals.

5.  Tyrone Power was married three times.  He had four children…..many of his children have followed him in the family acting tradition

6. Tyrone Power has been never nominated for an Oscar® or a Golden Globe®  during his  long impressive movie career.  He did win the first ever Harvard Lampoon Worst Actor Award for 1939’s The Rains Came.

7. Roles Tyrone Power turned down or was seriously considered for:  The Robe (Richard Burton role), Gone With The Wind  (Leslie Howard role), From Here To Eternity (Burt Lancaster role), Golden Boy (William Holden role) and Viva Zapata! (Marlon Brando role).

8. Tyrone Power was a Top Ten Box Office star in 1938, 1939 and 1940.  His high water mark was in 1939 when he finished in 2nd place to Mickey Rooney.

9. Check out Tyrone Power‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.  If you want to see Tyrone Power’s movie career posters then you need to check out this Steve Lensman You Tube Video

10.  In 1958 Tyrone Power was filming Solomon and Sheba.  He had completed shooting more than half of the film when he collapsed during a fight scene with George Sanders and died a few minutes later. Power was replaced in the role of Solomon by Yul Brynner, who refilmed all of Power’s scenes. Power, however, is still visible in the film in long shots.

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Tyrone Power starred in 20 movies that grossed over $100 million when looking at adjusted domestic box office grosses
Tyrone Power starred in 20 movies that grossed over $100 million when looking at adjusted domestic box office grosses
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62 thoughts on “Tyrone Power Movies”

  1. Hi
    Ive seen most of his big hits and I really like Alexander’s Ragtime Band Mark of Zorro and Jesse James. Because he was a matinee idol, the critics didn’t really give him much credit as an actor but I think he was really good, especially in Witness for the Prosecution. I can’t believe he was so young when he died. I think he had the makings of a great character actor, but sadly we’ll never know.

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    1. Hey Chris. Thanks for stopping by. Seems that time has almost forgotten about him. But from 1936 to 1957….all he did was make one hit movie after another. Even at the end of his career he was still appearing in blockbusters. Witness For The Prosecution and The Eddie Duchin Story are both $100 million dollar grossers. Over the last few years I have been watching lots of Power movies for the first time…I enjoyed Jesse James too….Black Swan is the one that really impressed me the most. As always….thanks for the visit and the comment.

      I can’t not remember if you had any requests left? If you do a refresher would help me. Currently I am working on a Anthony Perkins page.

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      1. hi I think the main reason why he almost forgotten is because he didn’t have a great screen persona in the way of say Bogart, Wayne,Gable And if you compare him to the screens other greart swashbuckler Flynn, people are still writing about his love life. There is no doubt about his box office . You ask for request what about a page on child stars or Jane Fonda or Clahdette Colbert thanks again for your site

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        1. Hey Chris….I will add Claudette Colbert to the list of people to do….I imagine she is in my data base 20 or 30 times already…..seems everytime I do a classic actor…they have at one time or not starred opposite Colbert. Fonda is a good choice. As for child stars….I have almost all of Shirley Temple’s movies sitting in a notebook just waiting to be released….maybe it is time to final do a Shirley Temple page. Thanks for the suggestions.

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    2. Hey Chris. I was amazed how many box office hits Tyrone Power. When I do these pages the subject normally has a peak….but they are normally followed by some valleys….Power never came down the mountain when it comes to box office grosses……Llyod’s of London was big….and twenty plus years later….Witness for the Prosecution and Eddie Duchin Story were big box office hits. I have no doubt if he had finished Soloman it would have been a big hit too! I think you make a great point about him sliding into the character roles….it is a shame that he never got the chance to do that. Thanks as always for the comment and the visit.

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  2. Well Bruce, I have enjoyed this site VERY MUCH. I have seen quite a few of his movies and believe that he was a good actor. I remember while still living in Montreal that he was in town and on TV in Montreal discussing his film career. The Eddie Duchin Story was a tearjerker movie but very well done. – A GOOD LOVE STORY. Thanks for this site – another great job! THANKS.

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    1. Hey BERN…..glad you liked this Tyrone Power page….sorry it took so long to complete. That is cool that he was in Montreal doing interviews. I imagine that back then interviews where much more rare. The Eddie Duchin Story was one of his biggest hits…..even though he did not get along with Kim Novak during filming. Thanks for the visit and the comment.

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      1. HEY, THAT WAS GOOD ACTING THEN AS THEY SURE LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE IN LOVE. GREAT ACTING…..THE MUSIC WAS GREAT IN THAT MOVIE TOO.
        THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY.

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        1. Hey Bern…..Mr. Power got no kudos for his acting….but I thought he was pretty good in almost all of the movies that I have seen him in. Thanks for the return visit.

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  3. Excellent work Bruce, Tyrone Power was one of the all time greats. Along with Fairbanks and Flynn, Hollywood’s three greatest swashbucklers. Lots of interesting info on your page, he died so young, 44 years old! Flynn made it to 50. I’ve seen 22 of the films you’ve listed here, probably more I can’t remember them all. I’ve never seen The Eddy Duchin story. I expected his last film Witness for the Prosecution to be higher on the moviescore chart. My favorite Power movie is probably The Mark of Zorro, a childhood favorite of mine, The Black Swan too. Thanks again for the poster link, his films produced some great looking movie posters.

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    1. Hey Steve. I have seen 18 of his movies. I think the one I liked the most was The Black Swan. As for Witness for the Prosecution. It did finish first in the critic audience category. Was one of 4 Power movies to pick up 6 Oscar nominations…which is the most for his movies. The only place Witness did not excel was box office…it was a hit….but was only his 17th biggest box office hit…that pulled the score down some….but it still finished 6th. It did score over 60….in my scoring system….40 is average. Let’s see where it ranked in my complete database….number 415 out of 21,232 movies….so it is overall ranked pretty high. Hope your poster page is found by some Tyrone Power fans out there.

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  4. Yet another wonderful look at one of my favorites. The man was money in the bank. The box office totals are very very impressive. His Nightmare Alley got destroyed at the box office. Another favorite did very well at the box office Crash Dive. Thanks for another fun page.

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    1. Hey Timlin33…..I agree he was pretty big when it came to outstanding box office grosses. I do not think 20th Century wanted to promote Nightmare Alley…..as it is pretty much goes against years of p.r. to make Power a hero. It is one of Danny Peary’s Cult Movie books. Thanks for stopping by and commenting

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Alabama Girl. Glad you like the new website….we are roughly half way through moving to this website

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