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

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

1918

Heart of the Sunset ... (Director)

1917

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

1916

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

1915

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

1914

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

1913

For Her Government ... (Director)

1911

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

1910

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

1909

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