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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

27

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-03-14

Day of Death

1966-01-29 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York

Also Known As

Hartley Power

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hartley Power   licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Roman Holiday

1953

Roman Holiday

as

Mr. Hennessy

Jury's Evidence

1936

Jury's Evidence

as

Edgar Trent

Dead of Night

1945

Dead of Night

as

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

Where There's a Will

1936

Where There's a Will

as

Duke Wilson

Atlantic Ferry

1941

Atlantic Ferry

as

Samuel 'Sam' Cunard

Murder Will Out

1939

Murder Will Out

as

Campbell

A Window in London

1940

A Window in London

as

Max Preston

The Man from Morocco

1945

The Man from Morocco

as

Col. Bagley

Yes, Mr. Brown

1933

Yes, Mr. Brown

as

Mr Brown

The Camels Are Coming

1934

The Camels Are Coming

as

Nicholas

Road House

1934

Road House

as

Dick D'Arcy

Evergreen

1934

Evergreen

as

Treadwell

Leave It to Smith

1933

Leave It to Smith

as

John Mortimer

The Million Pound Note

1954

The Million Pound Note

as

Lloyd Hastings

Alibi

1942

Alibi

as

Gordon

Aunt Sally

1934

Aunt Sally

as

'Gloves' Clark

Living Dangerously

1936

Living Dangerously

as

District Attorney Garrett Gale

Down River

1931

Down River

as

Lingard

The Way to the Stars

1945

The Way to the Stars

as

Colonel Page

To Dorothy, a Son

1954

To Dorothy, a Son

as

Cy Daniel

The Return of the Frog

1938

The Return of the Frog

as

'Chicago Dale' Sandford

The Net

1953

The Net

as

General Adams (uncredited)

Island in the Sun

1957

Island in the Sun

as

Bradshaw

Friday the Thirteenth

1933

Friday the Thirteenth

as

American #1

A Girl in a Million

1946

A Girl in a Million

as

Colonel Sultzman

Production

Crew

Directing