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

Reputation ... (Presenter)
Hedda Gabler ... (Director)
Mary Moreland ... (Director)
The Dazzling Miss Davison ... (Director)
The Greater Woman ... (Director)
Motherhood ... (Director)
Mrs. Balfame ... (Director)
The Debt ... (Director)

1916

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

1915

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

1914

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

1913

For Her Government ... (Director)

1911

A Knight of the Road
Paradise Lost ... (Director)

1910

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

1909

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