Frank Powell
Acting
Born 1887-05-08 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada · Died 1964-04-10
Frank Powell was a Canadian-born stage and silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who worked predominantly in the United States. After getting his start acting in D.W. Griffith films, he cast Theda Bara in her breakout role in the 1915 release A Fool There Was. Powell would continue to direct Bara at Fox while she became an international star as the film industry's most popular vamp.
Acting
Film Fun
(archive footage) (uncredited)
A Fool There Was
The Doctor
The Second Generation
Hugo Reid - the Son
A Knight of the Road
The Oath and the Man
Over Silent Paths
The Impalement
Faithful
The Butler
In Old California
Governor Manuella
The Newlyweds
A Friend / At Station Reception
The Man
The Last Deal
At Card Game
The Rocky Road
Ben
A Corner in Wheat
The Wheat King
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
Oliver Cromwell
A Sweet Revenge
Alice's Father
The Light That Came
At the Ball
Nursing a Viper
The Viper
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
The Doctor
In the Watches of the Night
Henry Brainhard
Fools of Fate
Ed Hilton
The Broken Locket
George Peabody
The Seventh Day
The Judge
The Indian Runner's Romance
The Old Prospector
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
At Club
The Mended Lute
Chief Great Elk Horn
A Strange Meeting
A Thief
Tender Hearts
A Handsome Chap
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
A Visiting Nobleman
The Country Doctor
Doctor Harcourt
Crew
The Man Without Desire
Writer
A Soul's Awakening
Story
Astray from the Steerage
Director
In the Night
Writer
You Never Know Your Luck
Director
The Forfeit
Director
The Forfeit
Writer
Heart of the Sunset
Director
Reputation
Presenter
Mary Moreland
Director
Mary Moreland
Presenter
The Dazzling Miss Davison
Director
Hedda Gabler
Director
The Debt
Director
Mrs. Balfame
Director
Mrs. Balfame
Writer
Motherhood
Director
Motherhood
Producer
The Greater Woman
Director
The Greater Woman
Producer