Trivia of Tyrone Power
Trivia of Tyrone Power
*His father had Irish, English and French Huguenot ancestry. His mother had French-Canadian, German and English roots.
*He and Basil Rathbone were two of Hollywood's most accomplished fencing masters but for safety reasons preferred duelling with their fencing instructors for scenes which didn't include close ups of both stars.
*He smoked three to four packs of cigarettes a day, plus several bowlfuls of pipe tobacco.
*Both he and his father Tyrone Power Sr. died while "on the job", requiring their roles to be recast and re-shot--his father in The Miracle Man (1932) (replaced by Hobart Bosworth) and he in Solomon and Sheba (1959) (replaced by Yul Brynner).
*At the time of his death Power was a major in the United States Marine Corps Reserves.
*There are yearly memorial services at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on the anniversary of his death, November 15. There is also one for Rudolph Valentino yearly.
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