Hartley Power

Born: 1894-03-14

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.


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Roman Holiday

as Mr. Hennessy
Released: 1953-08-26

Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night...

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Dead of Night

as Sylvester Kee (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
Released: 1945-09-09

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds...

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The Million Pound Note

as Lloyd Hastings
Released: 1954-01-07

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich...

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The Way to the Stars

as Colonel Page
Released: 1945-06-16

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of...

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Island in the Sun

as Bradshaw
Released: 1957-06-12

On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office...

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A Window in London

as Max Preston
Released: 1940-06-15

A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his...

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Atlantic Ferry

as Samuel 'Sam' Cunard
Released: 1941-09-06

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the...

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The Net

as General Adams (uncredited)
Released: 1953-02-09

A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by...

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Friday the Thirteenth

as American #1
Released: 1933-11-01

It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a...

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Aunt Sally

as 'Gloves' Clark
Released: 1934-06-13

An ambitious girl who wants to be a cabaret star poses as "Zaza", a French chanteuse, to get a...

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Return to Yesterday

as Regan
Released: 1940-03-09

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small...

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Down River

as Lingard
Released: 1931-05-08

A murderous skipper involved in dope trafficking.

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The Man from Morocco

as Col. Bagley
Released: 1945-04-17

With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International...

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Evergreen

as Treadwell
Released: 1934-04-01

Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, mysteriously...

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Living Dangerously

as District Attorney Garrett Gale
Released: 1936-03-08

The dramatic story of a normal, intelligent man of good principles driven to contemplate...

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The Return of the Frog

as 'Chicago Dale' Sandford
Released: 1938-11-24

The film concerns a police hunt for the criminal known as The Frog.

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Alibi

as Gordon
Released: 1942-08-10

In 1930s France a bar hostess helps a man prove himself innocent of murder.

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The Camels Are Coming

as Nicholas
Released: 1934-10-08

A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug...

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Where There's a Will

as Duke Wilson
Released: 1936-08-10

Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to...

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Jury's Evidence

as Edgar Trent
Released: 1936-01-01

'Foreman of Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder...

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