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This set of pages is dedicated to the actors who appeared in more than one picture with Ty. These actors were primarily character actors, though a few of them also appeared in some lead roles. All were an important part of the mix that helped make Tyrone Power movies great!
Pictured to left are Tyrone Power and John Carradine , from a scene in Son of Fury.
Finlay Currie
Born
January 20, 1878,
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died
May 9, 1968
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, UK
Filmography
Film career spanned
1932-1968
Movies with Ty
The Black Rose (1950) .... Alfgar
Abandon Ship (1957) .... Mr. Wheaton
Solomon and Sheba (1959) .... David
Other Movies
Great Expectations (1946)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Tidbit
Finlay Currie took up acting when he was about twenty, working for many years on stage. In 1932, he turned to films and appeared in well over one hundred, working steadily until his death in 1968.
Slim Summerville
Born
July 10, 1892,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Died
January 6, 1949,
Laguna Beach, California (stroke)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1912-1946
Movies with Ty
Tom Brown of Culver (1932) .... Slim
Love Is News (1937) .... Judge Hart
Jesse James (1939) .... Jailer
Other Movies
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Front Page (1931)
Tobacco Road (1941)
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
Tidbit
Slim Summerville began his film career in silent films, as one of the Keystone Kops. In the 1920's, he directed and performed in a number of silent films, before moving into sound movies.
Henry Daniell
Born
March 5, 1894,
London, England
Died
October 31, 1963,
Santa Monica, California (heart attack)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1929-974
Movies with Ty
Marie Antoinette (1938) .... LaMotte
The Sun Also Rises (1957) .... Army doctor
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) .... Mr. Mayhew
Other Movies
Camille (1936)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Tidbit
He was a stage actor who turned to films, often playing villains. He worked steadily throughout his career, either on stage or in films. He died while filming his last movie, My Fair Lady, which was released after his death.
Andy Devine
Born
October 7, 1905,
Flagstaff, Arizona
Died
February 18, 1977,
Orange, California (leukemia)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1926-1977
Movies with Ty
Tom Brown of Culver (1932) .... Call Boy
In Old Chicago (1937) .... Pickle Bixby
Other Movies
Stagecoach (1939)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Tidbit
Andy Devine was a character actor, often with a comedic touch to his roles. He successfully made the transition from silent films to sound, though there was some doubt about his ability
to do that, due to his raspy-sounding voice. He used it to advantage, however, and it became his trademark.
Thomas Mitchell
Born
July 11, 1892,
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Died
December 17, 1962,
Beverly Hills, California (cancer)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1936-1966 (He made one movie 13 years prior to 1936).
Movies with Ty
The Black Swan (1942) .... Tommy Blue
This Above All (1942).... Monty
Other Movies
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Our Town (1940)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Tidbit
This wonderful character actor appeared in many well-known films. He won an Oscar in 1940
for "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" for 1939's Stagecoach. He was equally at home on the stage. He wrote a few Broadway shows and performed in many of them.
Anthony Quinn
Born
April 21, 1915,
Chihuahua, Mexico
Died
June 3, 2001,
Boston, Massachusetts (contracted pneumonia when he was battling throat cancer)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1936-2002
Movies with Ty
The Black Swan (1942) .... Wogan
Blood and Sand (1941) .... Manola de Palma
Other Movies
Viva Zapata! (1952)
La Strada (1954)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Zorba the Greek (1964)
Tidbit
Anthony Quinn was a movie actor for almost sixty years, most often playing character roles but occasionally playing the leading man. Born of an Irish father and Mexican mother, he often was cast in various exotic ethnic roles.
Tom Brown
Born
January 6, 1913,
New York, New York
Died
June 2, 1990,
Woodland Hills, California (cancer)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1924-1961 (continued in television roles until 1965)
Movies with Ty
In Old Chicago (1937) .... Bob O'Leary
Tom Brown of Culver (1932) .... Tom Brown
Other Movies
Anne of Green Gables (1934)
Maytime (1937)
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
Naked Gun (1956)
Tidbit
Tom Brown began his film career as a child actor. In 1932, he had a starring
role in Tom Brown of Culver, in which Ty had just a bit part. By 1938, Ty had the lead role in In Old Chicago, while Tom Brown played a much smaller role as his younger brother.
Felix Aylmer
Born
February 21, 1889,
Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Died
September 2, 1979,
Sussex, England
Filmography
Film career spanned
1930-1968 (continued in television roles until 1973)
Movies with Ty
I'll Never Forget You (1951) .... Sir William, the Physician
Prince of Foxes (1949) .... Count Marc Antonio Verano
Other Movies
King Henry V (1944)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Anastasia (1956)
Becket (1964)
Tidbit
Felix Aylmer first appeared on the stage at the London Coliseum in 1911. He made over 150 movies, playing character roles, in his forty-year film career.
Brian Donlevy
Born
February 9, 1901,
Portadown, Craigavon District, Northern Ireland
Died
April 5, 1972,
Woodland Hills, California (throat cancer)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1923-1969
Movies with Ty
In Old Chicago (1937) .... Gil Warren
Jesse James (1939) .... Barshee
Brigham Young - Frontiersman (1940) .... Angus Duncan
Other Movies
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Beau Geste (1939)
Wake Island (1942)
Kiss of Death (1947)
Tidbit
Donlevy often played the "heavy" in movies, though, he eventually began playing starring roles, when 1940's The Great McGinty being such a success. Donlevy was also a successful stage star, appearing in more than a dozen Broadway shows during the years 1925-1935.
Reginald Gardiner
Born
February 27, 1903,
London, England
Died
July 7,1980,
Westwood, California (heart attack)
Filmography
Film career spanned
1931-1966 (one uncredited role in 1927)
Movies with Ty
Marie Antoinette (1938) .... Compte Charles D'Artois
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) .... Roger Pillby
That Wonderful Urge (1948) .... Count André de Guyon
Other Movies
Sweethearts (1938)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
Tidbit
Reginald Gardiner performed on Broadway several times. He was in three long-running shows:
At Home Abroad, 198 performances, beginning Sept 19, 1935; The Show is On, 236 performances, beginning Dec 25, 1936; An Evening With Beatrice Lillie, 276 performances, beginning Oct 2, 1952. His other show Little Glass Clock was short-run, only eight shows, beginning Mar 26, 1956.
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