Paul Power

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Age

123

Movies

Born: December 7, 1902 – April 5, 1968
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Luther Raymond Vestergard was born 2 December 1902 in Chicago, Illinois to Christian Vestergard and Maytha Heckel. Growing up in Chicago, Luther attended local schools. Upon graduating, Luther moved to Los Angeles California where he attended the University of Southern California. At the same time he worked as an assistant deputy probation officer so he could pay his way through college. Luther would move on to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts to study law. Luther was only able to complete 2 years before running out of money. Returning to Los Angeles in 1926, Luther started acting, working under the stage name of Paul Power. Initially he appeared in 2 reel silent comedies based on the "Winnie Winkle, the Bread Winner" comic strip. The vast majority of his appearances during his career were in a number of supporting and minor roles that extended the rest of his life (over 40 years) taking his career from the days of silent films through the golden age of movies to television. His largest role was in Christian movie "Oil Town U.S.A." where he worked with his friend Billy Graham. Luther was married twice and divorced twice with no record of having any children. He also took care of his mother(who was bed ridden from a traffic accident) during the last four years of her life. Luther was also a lay minister serving at different times as assistant pastor and interim pastor for Saint Matthews Lutheran Church. He occasionally conducted services at the local movie studios and funeral services for the Motion Pictures Home in Calabasas, California. He joined the Hollywood Christian Group after it was organized in 1949. Luther passed away 5 April 1968 at the Hollywood West Hospital.

Works

98 films

The Apartment

19608.2

All About Eve

19508.1

How the West Was Won

19627.0

High Society

19566.8

Marnie

19647.1

The Philadelphia Story

19407.5

An Affair to Remember

19577.4

Inherit the Wind

19607.7

On the Town

19497.0

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

19615.7

Robin and the 7 Hoods

19646.2

Top Hat

19357.3

Valley of the Dolls

19676.0

The Bad and the Beautiful

19527.3

Party Girl

19586.8

Viva Las Vegas

19646.1

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

19606.2

The Heiress

19497.8

Easter Parade

19487.0

Caught

19496.6

Mr. Lucky

19437.0

Remember the Night

19407.3

Cult of the Cobra

19556.0

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

19477.5

The Ugly Dachshund

19666.7

Written on the Wind

19567.0

Body and Soul

19476.7

Good Neighbor Sam

19646.6

Move Over, Darling

19636.7

Make Way for Tomorrow

19377.5

My Man Godfrey

19576.5

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

19626.5

Advise & Consent

19627.2

The Notorious Landlady

19626.8

Crime, Inc.

19454.8

Du Barry Was a Lady

19436.5

Romance on the High Seas

19486.7

The Last Hurrah

19587.2

It Should Happen to You

19547.1

Phantom Lady

19447.0

The Climax

19445.5

Zenobia

19395.0

Iron Man

19516.2

It Started with a Kiss

19595.5

Johnny Eager

19416.2

A Ticklish Affair

19635.9

I Died a Thousand Times

19556.2

The Damned Don't Cry

19507.0

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

19676.7

Nazi Agent

19426.6

Experiment Perilous

19445.8

Love Crazy

19416.8

Fate Is the Hunter

19646.5

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life

19685.7

Bombshell

19336.5

Period of Adjustment

19626.0

Dishonored Lady

19475.8

Fight for Your Lady

19375.6

Marjorie Morningstar

19586.3

Race Street

19486.0

Dangerous When Wet

19536.0

The Conspirators

19446.3

A Night to Remember

19426.7

Million Dollar Baby

19416.3

Youngblood Hawke

19646.3

She Couldn't Take It

19355.3

The Garment Jungle

19576.5

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

19616.4

I Accuse My Parents

19442.9

They Dare Not Love

19417.5

Holiday

19306.2

The Tunnel of Love

19585.9

The Star

19527.2

Railroaded!

19476.7

Ten North Frederick

19587.1

Theodora Goes Wild

19366.6

The Personality Kid

19344.4

Circumstantial Evidence

19455.2

A Stranger in My Arms

19594.2

Tennessee's Partner

19556.5

Let's Do It Again

19534.2

Hard, Fast and Beautiful!

19516.3

The Power of the Whistler

19455.9

Under California Stars

19485.3

The House on 56th Street

19335.3

The Phantom of 42nd Street

19454.8

Jet Attack

19585.4

Silver Queen

19426.0

Woman Against Woman

19387.0

Peggy

19506.0

The Young Stranger

19575.9

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

19606.2

Lady in the Death House

19445.7

The Underwater City

19625.3

The Last Round-up

19477.3

The Thief Trapper

1927

Women of Glamour

19375.7

Oiltown, U.S.A.

19535.0