Portrait of Hartley Power

Hartley Power

Acting

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.

Born: March 14, 1894

Place of Birth: New York City, New York

Filmography

1957
1954
To Dorothy, a Son

as Cy Daniel

1954
The Million Pound Note

as Lloyd Hastings

1953
Roman Holiday

as Mr. Hennessy

1953
The Net

as General Adams (uncredited)

1946
A Girl in a Million

as Colonel Sultzman

1945
Dead of Night

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

1945
The Way to the Stars

as Colonel Page

1945
The Man from Morocco

as Col. Bagley

1942
Alibi

as Gordon

1941
Atlantic Ferry

as Samuel 'Sam' Cunard

1940
A Window in London

as Max Preston

1938
The Return of the Frog

as 'Chicago Dale' Sandford

1936
Where There's a Will

as Duke Wilson

1936
Living Dangerously

as District Attorney Garrett Gale

1934
1934
Aunt Sally

as 'Gloves' Clark

1934
Evergreen

as Treadwell

1933
Friday the Thirteenth

as American #1

1931
Down River

as Lingard