Tyrone Power, Sr.

Tyrone Power Sr
Tyrone Power Sr, c. 1916
Born	Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power (1869-05-02)2 May 1869 London, England, United Kingdom
Died	23 December 1931(1931-12-23) (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, United States
Other names	Fred
Spouse(s)	Maud White (unknown marriage date) (as of 1904) Edith Crane (m.Sept 19, 1908) (1908-1912; her death) Helen Emma Reaume (m. 10 June 1912) (1912-1920; divorced; 2 children) Bertha Knight (1921-1927; her death)
Children	Tyrone Power Anne Power
Parent(s)	Harold Littledale Power (father) Ethel Lavenu (mother)

Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power, Jr. (2 May 1869 – 23 December 1931) was an English-born American stage and screen actor, who acted under the name Tyrone Power.

Power was born in London in 1869, the son of Harold Littledale Power and Ethel Lavenu. His father 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, his father became a wine merchant, later collaborating in the mining business with his brother Frederick Power. Power's father was the youngest son of the Irish actor Tyrone Power, from whom his son, grandson and great grandson would later take their stage names. His mother Ethel Lavenu, an actress was the third daughter of conductor and composer Lewis Henry Lavenu.

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 a couple of years Power ran away from his farm work and joined a theatre stock company at St. Augustine, Florida, debuting as Gibson in Charles Hawtrey's The Private Secretary on 29 November 1886 aged 17. Power steadily moved up the ranks in a variety of roles mainly Shakespearean parts. In 1899 he was in the cast of Mrs Fiske's Becky Sharp which costarred Maurice Barrymore. 1902 saw Power join Mrs. Fiske again in Mary of Magdala. The following year Power starred opposite Edgar Selwyn in Ulysses. (Selwyn would later join part of his name with Samuel Goldfish's name to create Goldwyn Studios.) Power also had roles in Julia Marlowe's When Knighthood Was in Flower in a 1904 revival.