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

Mary Moreland ... (Director)
The Dazzling Miss Davison ... (Director)
Hedda Gabler ... (Director)
Reputation ... (Presenter)
The Greater Woman ... (Director)
The Debt ... (Director)
Motherhood ... (Director)
Mrs. Balfame ... (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)
From the Valley of the Missing ... (Producer)
The Devil's Daughter ... (Director)

1914

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

1913

For Her Government ... (Director)

1911

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

1910

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

1909

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