Hartley Power (14 March 1894 – 29 January 1966) was an American-born British film and

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, who made his

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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" (

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) as a rival for his dummy's "affections" in ''

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'' and Mr. Hennessy, the chief of the news agency that Gregory Peck worked for in '' Roman Holiday''. He died in a Brighton nursing home on 29 January 1966 aged 71.

Filmography

Film

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Power, Hartley 1894 births 1966 deaths 20th-century American male actors American emigrants to the United Kingdom