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Hartley Power is a Actor American born on 14 march 1894 at New York City (USA)

Hartley Power

Hartley Power
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Nationality USA
Birth 14 march 1894 at New York City (USA)
Death 29 january 1966 (at 71 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Hartley Power (March 14, 1894 – January 29, 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 and Mr. Hennessy, the chief of the news agency that Gregory Peck worked for in Roman Holiday.

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Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday
(1953)
(Actor)

Usually with

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Michael Balcon
(8 films)
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Charles Van Enger
(3 films)
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Michael Redgrave
(5 films)
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Emlyn Williams
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Hartley Power (27 films)

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Actor

Island in the Sun
Island in the Sun (1957)
, 2h
Directed by Robert Rossen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Rennie
Roles Bradshaw
Rating61% 3.050553.050553.050553.050553.05055
The film follows several characters, black, white as well as mixed. Maxwell Fleury (James Mason) is a white plantation owner's son who suffers from an inferiority complex and makes rash decisions to prove his worth. Maxwell is tormented by jealousy of his wife, Sylvia (Patricia Owens) and is envious of his younger sister Jocelyn (Joan Collins), who is being courted by the Oxford-bound Euan Templeton (Stephen Boyd), a war hero visiting the Governor of the island, his father Lord Templeton (Ronald Squire).
The Million Pound Note
The Million Pound Note (1954)
, 1h30
Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Gregory Peck, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ronald Squire, Joyce Grenfell, Jane Griffiths, Bryan Forbes
Roles Lloyd Hastings
Rating67% 3.3984153.3984153.3984153.3984153.398415
In 1903, American seaman Henry Adams (Gregory Peck) is stranded penniless in England and gets caught up in an unusual wager between two wealthy, eccentric brothers, Oliver (Ronald Squire) and Roderick Montpelier (Wilfrid Hyde-White). They persuade the Bank of England to issue a one million pound banknote, which they present to Adams in an envelope (only telling him that it contains some money). The reason for this is that Oliver believes that the mere existence of the note will enable the possessor to obtain whatever he needs, while Roderick contends that it would actually have to be spent for it to be of any use.
Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday (1953)
, 1h58
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power, Harcourt Williams, Tullio Carminati
Roles Mr. Hennessy
Rating79% 3.9991253.9991253.9991253.9991253.999125
Ann, the crown princess of an unspecified country, has started a widely publicized tour of several European capitals. In Rome she becomes frustrated with her tightly scheduled life, to the point of throwing a fit. Her doctor gives her a sedative to calm her down and help her sleep, but she secretly leaves her country's embassy.
The Net
The Net (1953)
, 1h26
Directed by Anthony Asquith, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom, Muriel Pavlow, Noel Willman
Roles General Adams (uncredited)
Rating56% 2.8154852.8154852.8154852.8154852.815485
Un groupe de scientifiques de plusieurs nationalités (Anglais, Écossais, Irlandais, Allemands, Français) travaillent sur un prototype mi-engin spatial, mi-avion. Le film s'intéresse aux phases de test, mais aussi aux relations entre les différents personnages, sans oublier la présence d'un espion.
The Net
The Net (1953)
, 1h26
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors James Donald, Phyllis Calvert, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom, Noel Willman, Maurice Denham
Roles General Adams (uncredited)
Rating56% 2.8154852.8154852.8154852.8154852.815485
At a secret aviation research station in the English countryside, an international group of scientists are working on the prototype of a revolutionary new aircraft, known as the M7, capable of flying at up to 2,000 miles per hour. The atmosphere is competitive rather than co-operative, with fierce rivalry between the various scientists. The project leader Michael Heathley (Donald) is so wrapped up with the M7 that his wife Lydia (Calvert) feels neglected and that she is being sidelined in favour of her husband's work. At a social gathering she strikes up a conversation with Heathley's colleague Alex Leon (Lom), and the pair are soon circling one another. Meanwhile, Heathley is desperate to test the M7, but is continually stonewalled by facility director Carrington (Maurice Denham).
Dead of Night
Dead of Night (1945)
, 1h42
Directed by Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Anthology film, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Renee Gadd, Frederick Valk, Roland Culver, Sally Ann Howes
Roles Sylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Rating74% 3.746553.746553.746553.746553.74655
Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) arrives at a country house party where he reveals to the assembled guests that he has seen them all in a dream. He appears to have no prior personal knowledge of them but he is able to predict spontaneous events in the house before they unfold. The other guests attempt to test Craig's foresight, while entertaining each other with various tales of uncanny or supernatural events that they experienced or were told about. These include a racing car driver's premonition of a fatal bus crash; a light-hearted tale of two obsessed golfers, one of whom becomes haunted by the other's ghost (cut from the initial USA release); a ghostly encounter during a children's Christmas party (another tale cut from the initial USA release); a haunted antique mirror; and the story of an unbalanced ventriloquist (Michael Redgrave) who believes his amoral dummy is truly alive. The framing story is then capped by a twist ending.
The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars (1945)
, 1h49
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films based on plays, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Rosamund Greenwood, Stanley Holloway, Douglass Montgomery
Roles Colonel Page
Rating72% 3.6363153.6363153.6363153.6363153.636315
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose (John Mills) is posted in the summer of 1940 as a pilot to (the fictional) No. 720 Squadron, at a new airfield, RAF Station Halfpenny Field, as a very green "15-hour sprog" Bristol Blenheim pilot and is assigned to B Flight, under Flight Lieutenant David Archdale (Michael Redgrave).
The Man from Morocco
The Man from Morocco (1945)

Directed by Mutz Greenbaum
Genres Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Political films
Actors Anton Walbrook, Margaretta Scott, Mary Morris, Reginald Tate, David Horne, Hartley Power
Roles Col. Bagley
Rating55% 2.786512.786512.786512.786512.78651
A group of men who have spent two years in an internment camp are sent by the Vichy Government to build a railway in the Sahara. One escapes and returns to London to find his lover believes him to be dead and that she is being pursued by his deadliest enemy.
The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars (1945)
, 1h49
Directed by Anthony Asquith, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Rosamund Greenwood, Douglass Montgomery, Renée Asherson
Roles Colonel Page
Rating72% 3.6363153.6363153.6363153.6363153.636315
La vie de plusieurs pilotes britanniques et américains, stationnés dans une base de la RAF située dans les Midlands, entre 1940 et 1944.
Alibi
Alibi (1942)
, 1h22
Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Hugh Sinclair, Raymond Lovell, Enid Stamp Taylor, Hartley Power
Roles Gordon
Rating64% 3.221093.221093.221093.221093.22109
Police hunt for the killer of a nightclub hostess in pre-war Paris.
Atlantic Ferry
Atlantic Ferry (1941)

Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Hartley Power, Griffith Jones, Margaretta Scott, Bessie Love
Roles Samuel 'Sam' Cunard
Rating60% 3.047493.047493.047493.047493.04749
In the 1830s, two brothers set out to prove the worth of steamships by being the first to cross the Atlantic from Britain to the United States.
Return to Yesterday
Return to Yesterday (1940)
, 1h9
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clive Brook, Anna Lee, May Whitty, Hartley Power, Milton Rosmer, Olga Lindo
Roles Regan
Rating62% 3.139993.139993.139993.139993.13999
A British Hollywood star disappears and returns to the small seaside town where he had once worked as a struggling actor at the local theatre. Without anyone realising who he is, he agrees to appear in the theatre's latest production and falls in love with the leading lady.
A Window in London
A Window in London (1940)
, 1h17
Directed by Herbert Mason
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Michael Redgrave, Sally Gray, Paul Lukas, Hartley Power, Patricia Roc, Glen Alyn
Roles Max Preston
Rating64% 3.2400853.2400853.2400853.2400853.240085
Pat (Patricia Roc), a hotel switchboard operator and Peter (Michael Redgrave) a crane operator are a happy well meaning couple, however because of their different shifts during the day they have no time for each other. While he works during the day on the construction of Waterloo Bridge his patient wife works during the night on a hotel telephone exchange. One morning on his way to work, Peter goes on the London Underground train and spots what seems to be a murder being committed on at the open window of a building overlooking the tracks. Deciding to investigate this "crime" Peter and a policeman arrive at the residence. There they find out that the couple were in fact rehearsing an illusion. Zoltini is a bad tempered magician and his wife Vivienne (Sally Gray) is his assistant. The suspicious magician becomes sure that his wife is having an affair with Peter - every time he sees her with the handsome stranger. On another night Zoltini and Vivienne have an argument on the backstage - leading to him slapping her in the face. As a result, Vivienne leaves (while her husband performs on stage) and takes a taxi with Peter up to his crane. Furious with Vivienne for leaving during the 'vanishing women' sequence of their performance, Zoltini looks for his wife while Pat has been sacked from the hotel for not paying attention to her job.