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)
Hedda Gabler ... (Director)
The Dazzling Miss Davison ... (Director)
Reputation ... (Presenter)
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 ... (Director)

1915

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

1914

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

1913

For Her Government ... (Director)

1911

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

1910

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

1909

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