Hartley Power

Hartley Power

Known for

Acting

Born

March 14, 1894

Birthplace

New York City, New York

Died

January 29, 1966 (aged 71)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

Hartley Power (1894–1966) was an American-born British film and television actor.  He is best remembered for two roles: "Sylvester Kee" the ventriloquist who is shot and almost killed by "Maxwell Frere" (Michael Redgrave) as a rival for his "dummy"'s affections in Dead of Night; the chief of the news agency that Gregory Peck worked for in Roman Holiday.

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Best known work

Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday
1953
Dead of Night
Dead of Night
1945
The Million Pound Note
The Million Pound Note
1954
The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars
1945
Island in the Sun
Island in the Sun
1957
Evergreen
Evergreen
1934
Friday the Thirteenth
Friday the Thirteenth
1933
To Dorothy, a Son
To Dorothy, a Son
1954
Where There's a Will
Where There's a Will
1936
A Window in London
A Window in London
1940

Filmography

  1. 1957

    Island in the Sun

    as Bradshaw

  2. 1954

    To Dorothy, a Son

    as Cy Daniel

  3. 1954

    The Million Pound Note

    as Lloyd Hastings

  4. 1953

    Roman Holiday

    as Mr. Hennessy

  5. 1953

    The Net

    as General Adams (uncredited)

  6. 1951

  7. 1946

    A Girl in a Million

    as Colonel Sultzman

  8. 1945

    Dead of Night

    as Sylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

  9. 1945

    The Way to the Stars

    as Colonel Page

  10. 1945

    The Man from Morocco

    as Col. Bagley

  11. 1942

    Alibi

    as Gordon

  12. 1941

    Atlantic Ferry

    as Samuel 'Sam' Cunard

  13. 1940

    A Window in London

    as Max Preston

  14. 1940

  15. 1939

    Murder Will Out

    as Campbell

  16. 1938

    The Return of the Frog

    as 'Chicago Dale' Sandford

  17. 1936

    Where There's a Will

    as Duke Wilson

  18. 1936

    Living Dangerously

    as District Attorney Garrett Gale

  19. 1936

    Jury's Evidence

    as Edgar Trent

  20. 1934

    Road House

    as Dick D'Arcy

  21. 1934

  22. 1934

    Aunt Sally

    as 'Gloves' Clark

  23. 1934

    Evergreen

    as Treadwell

  24. 1933

    Friday the Thirteenth

    as American #1

  25. 1933

    Leave It to Smith

    as John Mortimer

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