Paul Power
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.
105 acting credits
Acting · 105
Perry Mason
1957
Maverick
1957
Get Smart
1965
The Twilight Zone
1959
I Love Lucy
1951
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Adventures of Superman
1952
Bob
1992
The Apartment
1960
Harbor Command
1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
All About Eve
1950
How the West Was Won
1962
The Philadelphia Story
1940
High Society
1956
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
Marnie
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
An Affair to Remember
1957
Inherit the Wind
1960
Valley of the Dolls
1967
Top Hat
1935
Written on the Wind
1956
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
On the Town
1949
The Heiress
1949
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
Mr. Lucky
1943
Easter Parade
1948
My Man Godfrey
1957
Viva Las Vegas
1964
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
Fate Is the Hunter
1964
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
Love Crazy
1941
It Should Happen to You
1954
The Notorious Landlady
1962
Nazi Agent
1942
Party Girl
1958
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
The Climax
1944
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
Advise & Consent
1962
Dangerous When Wet
1953
Johnny Eager
1941
The Last Hurrah
1958
Body and Soul
1947
Move Over, Darling
1963
It Started with a Kiss
1959
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
Experiment Perilous
1944
Crime, Inc.
1945
Zenobia
1939
Remember the Night
1940
Caught
1949
Railroaded!
1947
Romance on the High Seas
1948
Bombshell
1933
The Garment Jungle
1957
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
Iron Man
1951
Period of Adjustment
1962
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
Dishonored Lady
1947
Race Street
1948
Peggy
1950
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
Phantom Lady
1944
Cult of the Cobra
1955
Million Dollar Baby
1941
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Silver Queen
1942
Fight for Your Lady
1937
Holiday
1930
Ten North Frederick
1958
Woman Against Woman
1938
The Phantom of 42nd Street
1945
Youngblood Hawke
1964
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
I Accuse My Parents
1944
A Night to Remember
1942
Under California Stars
1948
Women of Glamour
1937
She Couldn't Take It
1935
A Ticklish Affair
1963
The House on 56th Street
1933
The Power of the Whistler
1945
Let's Do It Again
1953
The Tunnel of Love
1958
Hard, Fast and Beautiful!
1951
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
1960
They Dare Not Love
1941
Jet Attack
1958
Lady in the Death House
1944
The Underwater City
1962
The Last Round-up
1947
The Young Stranger
1957
A Stranger in My Arms
1959
The Personality Kid
1934
Oiltown, U.S.A.
1953
The Thief Trapper
1927