Frank Powell

Born: 1887-05-08 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Died: 1964-04-10

Known For: Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography

1955

Film Fun as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1920

In the Night ... (Writer)

1919

The Forfeit ... (Director)
You Never Know Your Luck ... (Director)

1918

Heart of the Sunset ... (Director)

1917

Motherhood ... (Director)
The Debt ... (Director)
Reputation ... (Presenter)
Hedda Gabler ... (Director)
The Greater Woman ... (Director)
Mrs. Balfame ... (Director)

1916

The Witch ... (Director)
Charity ... (Director)
The Scarlet Oath ... (Director)
The Chain Invisible ... (Director)

1915

Princess Romanoff ... (Director)
The Devil's Daughter ... (Director)
A Fool There Was as The Doctor
Her Grandparents ... (Director)
From the Valley of the Missing ... (Director)

1914

Officer 666 ... (Director)
A Fair Rebel ... (Director)
The Stain ... (Director)
His Last Dollar ... (Director)
The Second Generation as Hugo Reid - the Son
Man's Enemy ... (Director)

1913

For Her Government ... (Director)

1910

The Oath and the Man
Faithful as The Butler
The Last Deal as At Card Game
The Man
When We Were in Our 'Teens ... (Director)
A Lucky Toothache ... (Director)
Love in Quarantine ... (Director)
The Rocky Road as Ben
In Old California as Governor Manuella
White Roses ... (Director)
The Impalement
Muggsy Becomes a Hero ... (Director)
The Tenderfoot's Triumph ... (Director)
The Kid ... (Director)
An Affair of Hearts ... (Director)
All on Account of the Milk ... (Director)
The Masher ... (Director)
A Gold Necklace ... (Director)
Never Again ... (Director)
Over Silent Paths
His New Lid ... (Director)
May and December ... (Director)
The Newlyweds as A Friend / At Station Reception
The Smoker ... (Director)

1909

The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period as Oliver Cromwell
The Necklace as Employer / Party Guest
Tender Hearts as A Handsome Chap
The Way of Man as Wedding Guest
A Corner in Wheat as The Wheat King
A Strange Meeting as A Thief
The Voice of the Violin as Mr. Walker
The Son's Return as In Bank
The Mended Lute as Chief Great Elk Horn
The Country Doctor as Doctor Harcourt
Nursing a Viper as The Viper
The Light That Came as At the Ball
The Cardinal's Conspiracy as A Visiting Nobleman
The Broken Locket as George Peabody
Mr. Jones’ Burglar as At Club
The Honor of Thieves
The Seventh Day as The Judge
The Indian Runner's Romance as The Old Prospector
A Sweet Revenge as Alice's Father
In the Watches of the Night as Henry Brainhard
The Faded Lilies as At Party
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea as The Doctor
His Duty as Jack Allen
The Politician's Love Story
Fools of Fate as Ed Hilton