Hartley Power
Hartley Power (14 March 1894 – 29 January 1966) was an American-born British film and television actor, who made his Broadway debut in Dolly Jordan in 1922. 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. Power died in a Brighton nursing home on 29 January 1966, at the age of 71. |
Birth and Death Data: Born New York City (most populous city in the United States), Died January 29, 1966 (Brighton (city of Brighton & Hove, in East Sussex, England) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926
Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-33669 | 10-in. | 1/18/1926 | Twilight | Margaret Keenan ; Hartley Power | Dramatic scene, with piano | speaker | |
| Victor | BVE-34449 | 10-in. | 2/3/1926 | Twilight | Margaret Keenan ; Hartley Power | Dramatic scene, with piano | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Power, Hartley," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112732.
Power, Hartley. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112732.
"Power, Hartley." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Power, Hartley, 1894-1966 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005049740
Wikidata: Hartley Power - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q730483
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