Hartley Power

Hartley Power
Born14 March 1894
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died29 January 1966(1966-01-29) (aged 71)
Brighton, England
Years active1922–1957
Spouse(s)Betty Paul
(m. 1945–1955; divorced)[1]

Hartley Power (14 March 1894 – 29 January 1966) was an American-born British [citation needed]film and television actor, who made his Broadway debut in Dolly Jordan in 1922.[2][3] 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 and Mr. Hennessy, the chief of the news agency that Gregory Peck worked for in Roman Holiday.[4][5]

Power died in a Brighton nursing home on 29 January 1966, at the age of 71.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Betty Paul". The Telegraph. 10 March 2011.
  2. ^ League, The Broadway. "Hartley Power – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB".
  3. ^ "Hartley Power". Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  4. ^ "Dead of Night (1945) - Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer - Cast and Crew - AllMovie".
  5. ^ "Roman Holiday (1953) - William Wyler - Cast and Crew - AllMovie".
  6. ^ "Mr. Hartley Power". The Times. No. 56543. 31 January 1966. p. 12.
  7. ^ "Obituary HARTLEY POWER". The Stage. No. 4425. 3 February 1966. p. 15. Retrieved 24 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.