# Tyrone Power was the handsomest actor of old Hollywood **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270 "2019-08-06T19:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/1 "2019-08-06T19:53:46Z")
This thread is a companion piece to the thread talking about the most beautiful actresses of old Hollywood. IMO, [Tyrone Power](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41hOZUSqizL.jpg) tops the list. I don’t think anyone else could quite compete with him, unless maybe a young Cary Grant. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/2 "2019-08-06T20:12:55Z")
I know right. He was a beautiful man. I’ve just recently paid attention. I watch many old movies, not sure how I missed him. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/3 "2019-08-06T20:29:48Z")
I don’t think I’d ever really looked at a picture of Power before. [Very handsome man](https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/actor-tyrone-power-picture-id526886038?s=612x612). But, daaaaaang, [Cary Grant](https://www.sundaypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/07/CARY_GRANT_ctv852861.jpg-e1467887862730.jpg). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/4 "2019-08-06T20:40:34Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I know right. He was a beautiful man. I’ve just recently paid attention. I watch many old movies, not sure how I missed him. Check him out in _Blood and Sand_. There are a trio of Hollywood’s most gorgeous in that movie: Tyrone Power, Rita Hayworth, and Linda Darnell. Tyrone Power in matador pants is a sight to see. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/5 "2019-08-06T20:44:13Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Tyrone Power in matador pants is a sight to see. [Like so?](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BKNMC1/blood-sand-1941-blood-and-sand-alt-tyrone-power-rouben-mamoulian-dir-BKNMC1.jpg) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/6 "2019-08-06T21:22:37Z")
Errol Flynn had his issues but gee whiz, he was a good-lookin’ man. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/7 "2019-08-06T21:36:28Z")
[Yup.](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/51/ab/3651ab7c390c240e39bd6eb7783005da.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/8 "2019-08-06T22:03:26Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Check him out in _Blood and Sand_. There are a trio of Hollywood’s most gorgeous in that movie: Tyrone Power, Rita Hayworth, and Linda Darnell. Power and Darnell are like a master class in good looks in [MARK OF ZORRO,](https://onceuponascreen.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/couple-zorro.jpg?w=798) where, what, _either_ of them is going to have eyes for anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/9 "2019-08-06T22:48:01Z")
If your ever in a lifeboat with him you better row! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HxVxN_29f0g/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGQgZChkMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCIh-dUOHQ4ernPTtbqs-DxYJhTqA "Abandon Ship! 1957 Disaster At Sea Drama Starring Tyrone Power Mai Zetterling") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxVxN_29f0g) ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/10 "2019-08-06T23:12:38Z")
[Keaton](http://riotandfrolic.typepad.com/.a/6a015431fc4e55970c017eea24421f970d-800wi) ---
**Author:** ![Rayks\_Marcial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Rayks\_Marcial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayks_Marcial)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/11 "2019-08-06T23:42:06Z")
Well… too pretty for me. I’m basing this on how I’d feel if I were to put on his face. Mine’s a toss up between Darren Macgavin and Telly Savalas. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/12 "2019-08-07T19:40:07Z")
I forgot - I only recently saw Gary Cooper in a silent film. I didn’t realize he started acting so young, and he was pretty jaw-dropping. This [image](https://media.gq.com/photos/55833d1509f0bee564416acc/master/w_400%2Cc_limit/copilot-style-201505-1431012380028_garycooper_0002_160166897.jpg) is from about the same era, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/13 "2019-08-07T19:55:11Z")
There’s a pic of Paul Newman shirtless and smoking a cigarette. It’s how I learned I was gay. I once saw a still from an old western of a hunk in a tub that I dreamed about for years. I regret never reverse image searching it to see if I could find out who that guy was. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/14 "2019-08-07T20:28:25Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > There’s a pic of Paul Newman shirtless and smoking a cigarette. It’s how I learned I was gay. [This one?](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/15/28/3a/15283aa880b70a22dc99705661d8e961.jpg) Yeah, he’s verra handsome. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/15 "2019-08-08T02:11:56Z")
How about Boris Karloff smoking? [http://www.moviepostersetc.com/MoviePostersEtc/boris-karloff-print-frankenstein-tea-32x26-fine-art-reproduction-40288bca61d1745a01639e67019d062d-p.html](http://www.moviepostersetc.com/MoviePostersEtc/boris-karloff-print-frankenstein-tea-32x26-fine-art-reproduction-40288bca61d1745a01639e67019d062d-p.html) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/16 "2019-08-08T02:23:11Z")
[Montgomery Clift](https://www.google.com/search?q=montgomery+clift&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRlKeHm_LjAhXuFjQIHRQtAQwQ_AUIECgB&biw=1749&bih=871#imgrc=NdjYIFpx22Nt6M:) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/17 "2019-08-08T02:48:53Z")
[townspeople] [Randolph Scott!](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Randolph_Scott-publicity.JPG) [/townspeople] ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/18 "2019-08-08T03:59:38Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > [This one?](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/15/28/3a/15283aa880b70a22dc99705661d8e961.jpg) Yeah, he’s verra handsome. I like him, sorta:D ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/19 "2019-08-08T04:13:12Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > [Keaton](http://riotandfrolic.typepad.com/.a/6a015431fc4e55970c017eea24421f970d-800wi) Keaton’s handsomeness has always been underrated, probably because he wasn’t a leading man. But he sure was gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270/20 "2019-08-08T04:51:10Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Keaton’s handsomeness has always been underrated, probably because he wasn’t a leading man. But he sure was gorgeous. There are some pictures of him as a young man where I do think he looks quite handsome. Unfortunately, a lot of pictures of him feature his [trademark deadpan expression](https://cortex.persona.co/w/720/q/67/i/a9df1141b7120e3062d8be7ad7819d717296ea721736270da0c9e05de64208ec/buster1.jpg), which may, to some, make him look less attractive. Also, he reminds me more than a little of how my father looked when he was young. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrone-power-was-the-handsomest-actor-of-old-hollywood/838270.md?page=2)