This page is dedicated to the actors who appeared in more than one picture with Ty, in a second lead role. In some cases, the actor played in both second lead and lesser supporting roles, depending on the movie that they made with Ty. All these gentlemen were fine actors who added much to the films.
Pictured to left are Don Ameche and Tyrone Power, from a scene in In Old Chicago, one of the four movies that they did together.
George Sanders
Born
July 3, 1906,
St. Petersburg, Russia
Died
April 25, 1972,
Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain (suicide)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1934-1972
Movies with Ty
Lloyd's of London (1936).... Lord Everett Stacy
Love Is News (1937) .... Count Andre de Guyon
The Black Swan (1942) .... Captain Billy Leech
Son of Fury (1942) .... Sir Arthur Blake
Solomon and Sheba (1959) .... Adonijah
Other Movies
Rebecca (1940)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
All About Eve (1950)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Tidbit
George Sanders made his American film debut in Lloyds of London, which was Tyrone Power's first starring role. Ty's last film was also with George Sanders. It was on the set of Solomon and Sheba that Ty suffered his fatal heart attack during the filming of a dueling scene George Sanders. Though they
were always adversaries in films, they were friends off-screen.
Don Ameche
Born
May 31, 1908,
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Died
December 6, 1993,
Scottsdale, Arizona (prostate cancer)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1935-1993
Movies with Ty
Ladies in Love (1936) .... Dr. Rudi Imre
Love Is News (1937) .... Marty Canavan
In Old Chicago (1937) .... Jack O'Leary
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) .... Charlie Dwyer
Other Movies
The Three Musketeers (1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Tidbit
Don Ameche and Tyrone Power were very good friends off-screen. Their friendship went back to the days when both were working in Chicago. Ameche was a successful radio man, while Ty was also doing radio work, much less successful than Ameche's work. Later, fortunes changed when Ty won the role of Jonathan Blake in Lloyds of London, replacing Ameche, who had originally been chosen for the part. Nonetheless, the two remained good friends, and Ameche was best man at Ty's wedding to Annabella in 1939. Don Ameche
starred in 1985's Cocoon and 1988's Cocoon: The Return .
Ty's son, Tyrone Power, Jr., appeared in a small part in both movies.
Michael Rennie
Born
August 25, 1909,
Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Died
June 10, 1971,
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
Filmography
Film career spanned
1936-1971
Movies with Ty
The Black Rose (1950).... King Edward
I'll Never Forget You (1951) .... Roger Forsyth
Pony Soldier (1952) .... Ending Narrator
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) .... Brig. Gen. Maitland
Other Movies
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Robe (1953)
The Desert Rats (1953)
Prince Valiant (1954)
Tidbit
Michael Rennie began his film career in England, as a standin and in bit parts. He then
quit for awhile to get a little experience on stage. In 1941, he joined the Royal Air Force and
trained as a fighter pilot, taking time off from his film career. He had achieved star status in Britain when Tyrone Power saw his work and recommended Michael Rennie for a key role in The Black Rose . They became friends, and Rennie appeared in a few other Tyrone Power films.
Orson Welles
Born
May 6, 1915,
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Died
October 10, 1985,
Hollywood, California (heart attack)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1934-1987
Movies with Ty
Prince of Foxes (1949) .... Cesare Borgia
The Black Rose (1950) .... Bayan
Other Movies
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
The Third Man (1949)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Tidbit
Orson Welles was a talented writer, producer, director, and actor. At the age of twenty-five he co-wrote, directed, produced, and starred in Citizen Kane, which received nine Academy Award nominations. The movie wasn't a success at the box office, but it has remained a critically-acclaimed film. His career was a mixed bag. Throughout his life, he continued to write, direct, produce, and perform in movies, but he never realized his full potential. In addition to starring roles, he often played character roles. People in Hollywood found Welles extremely difficult to work with; however, Linda Christian, Tyrone Power's second wife, has commented that she and Ty Power both liked and respected Orson Welles.
John Sutton
Born
October 22, 1908,
Rawalpindi, British India (now Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan)
Died
July 10, 1963,
Cannes, France (heart attack)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1936-1963
Movies with Ty
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) .... Group Cmdr. John Morley
Captain from Castile (1947) .... Diego De Silva
Other Movies
Thunder Birds (1942)
My Gal Sal (1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
Jane Eyre (1944)
Tidbit
John Sutton was the leading man for 1943's Tonight We Raid Calais. This movie
was filmed after Tyrone Power went off to war, and it starred Annabella, Ty's wife at the time. Tonight We Raid Calais was her first venture into making movies since her marriage to Tyrone.
Herbert Marshall
Born
May 23, 1890,
London, England
Died
January 22, 1966,
Beverly Hills, California (heart attack)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1927-1965
Movies with Ty
Girls' Dormitory (1936) .... Dr. Stephen Dominick
The Razor's Edge (1946) .... W. Somerset Maugham
Other Movies
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
The Little Foxes (1941)
The Fly (1958)
Tidbit
Herbert Marshall began his career on the London stage. In his early film career, he was a sophisticated leading man. Later, he was quite effective in character roles. During his service in His Majesty's Army during the first World War, he lost a leg. He became accustomed to a prosthetic limb, and few people realized that one of his legs was artificial.
Lee J. Cobb
Born
December 8, 1911,
New York, New York
Died
February 11, 1976,
Woodland Hills, California (heart attack)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1934-1976
Movies with Ty
Captain from Castile (1947) .... Juan Garcia
The Luck of the Irish (1948) .... D. C. Augur
Other Movies
On the Waterfront (1954)
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Tidbit
Lee J. Cobb had a fine career in film, television, and on stage. He appeared in sixteen Broadway shows, with 1949's Death of a Salesman probably his greatest stage triumph. In 1967, he was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama"
for his television role of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, the same role that he had played years earlier on Broadway.
Dean Jagger
Born
November 7, 1903,
Columbus Grove, Ohio
Died
February 5, 1991,
Santa Monica, California (heart disease)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1929-1987
Movies with Ty
Rawhide (1951) .... Yancy
Brigham Young - Frontiersman (1940) .... Brigham Young
Other Movies
White Christmas (1954)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Tidbit
Dean Jagger never realized his potential to be a leading man. He played the lead role in a couple lower budget movies, but, most often, he was cast in second lead roles or character roles. He did win
an Oscar in 1940 for his supporting role in 1939's Twelve O'Clock High.
Lloyd Nolan
Born
August 11, 1902,
San Francisco, California
Died
September 27, 1985,
Los Angeles, California (lung cancer)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1935-1986
Movies with Ty
Johnny Apollo (1940) .... Mickey Dwyer
Abandon Ship (1957) .... Frank Kelly
Other Movies
King of Alcatraz (1938)
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Earthquake (1974)
Tidbit
Lloyd Nolan was as comfortable on stage as he was on screen. He appeared in eight Broadway productions, between 1929-1960. On screen he usually appeared in character roles, often in crime dramas, though he did other genres well, too.
Hugh Marlowe
Born
January 30, 1911,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvani
Died
May 2, 1982,
New York, New York (heart attack)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1936-1969
Movies with Ty
Diplomatic Courier (1952) .... Narrator
Rawhide (1951) .... Zimmerman/Deputy sheriff Ben Miles
Other Movies
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Night and the City (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Tidbit
Hugh Marlowe was a performer on stage, television, and film. He was also the voice of
Ellery Queen in the forties' CBS radio series, The Adventures of Ellery Queen.
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