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 ing 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 ed the Hollywood Christian Group after it was organized in 1949.
Luther ed away 5 April 1968 at the Hollywood West Hospital.
Filmography
all 94
Movies 87
TV Shows 7
Director 1

Bob (1992)

How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968)

Valley of the Dolls (1967)

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

The Ugly Dachshund (1966)

Fate Is the Hunter (1964)

Youngblood Hawke (1964)

Good Neighbor Sam (1964)

Marnie (1964)

Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)

Viva Las Vegas (1964)

Move Over, Darling (1963)

A Ticklish Affair (1963)

How the West Was Won (1962)

Period of Adjustment (1962)

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

Advise & Consent (1962)

The Notorious Landlady (1962)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)

Inherit the Wind (1960)

The Apartment (1960)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)

A Stranger in My Arms (1959)

The Last Hurrah (1958)

The Tunnel of Love (1958)

Party Girl (1958)

Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957)

My Man Godfrey (1957)

Perry Mason (1957)

An Affair to (1957)

The Garment Jungle (1957)

The Young Stranger (1957)

Written on the Wind (1956)

High Society (1956)

I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

It Should Happen to You (1954)

Dangerous When Wet (1953)

Let's Do It Again (1953)

Oiltown, U.S.A. (1953)

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

I Love Lucy (1951)

Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951)

All About Eve (1950)

Peggy (1950)

The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

On the Town (1949)

Caught (1949)

Race Street (1948)

Easter Parade (1948)

Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Under California Stars (1948)

Body and Soul (1947)

Railroaded! (1947)

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)

Dishonored Lady (1947)

The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945)

Circumstantial Evidence (1945)

The Power of the Whistler (1945)

Crime, Inc. (1945)

Experiment Perilous (1944)

I Accuse My Parents (1944)

The Climax (1944)

Lady in the Death House (1944)

Phantom Lady (1944)

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Mr. Lucky (1943)

A Night to (1942)

Silver Queen (1942)

Nazi Agent (1942)

Johnny Eager (1941)

Love Crazy (1941)

They Dare Not Love (1941)

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

the Night (1940)

Zenobia (1939)

Woman Against Woman (1938)

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

Women of Glamour (1937)

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

She Couldn't Take It (1935)

Top Hat (1935)

The Personality Kid (1934)

The House on 56th Street (1933)

Bombshell (1933)

Holiday (1930)

The Thief Trapper (1927)
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Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-12-07
Deathday
1968-04-05 (65 years old)
Birth Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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