Frank Powell
Birthday
1887/05/08
Day of death
1964/04/10 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Also know as
Francis William Powell
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.
Acting
(1915) A Fool There Was
as The Doctor
(1909) A Corner in Wheat
as The Wheat King
(1909) The Mended Lute
as Chief Great Elk Horn
(1909) The Son's Return
as In Bank
(1910) Over Silent Paths
as ---
(1909) The Country Doctor
as Doctor Harcourt
(1909) A Strange Meeting
as A Thief
(1909) Nursing a Viper
as The Viper
(1909) The Indian Runner's Romance
as The Old Prospector
(1909) The Broken Locket
as George Peabody
(1909) Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
as The Doctor
(1909) The Honor of Thieves
as ---
(1909) The Cardinal's Conspiracy
as A Visiting Nobleman
(1909) Fools of Fate
as Ed Hilton
(1910) The Rocky Road
as Ben
(1910) In Old California
as Governor Manuella
(1909) His Duty
as Jack Allen
(1909) Tender Hearts
as A Handsome Chap
(1909) In the Watches of the Night
as Henry Brainhard
(1910) The Impalement
as ---
(1910) The Man
as ---
(1955) Film Fun
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1909) A Sweet Revenge
as Alice's Father
(1909) The Voice of the Violin
as Mr. Walker
(1909) The Faded Lilies
as At Party
(1909) The Way of Man
as Wedding Guest
(1909) The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
as Oliver Cromwell
(1909) The Necklace
as Employer / Party Guest
(1910) The Last Deal
as At Card Game
(1910) Faithful
as The Butler
(1910) The Oath and the Man
as ---
(1909) The Light That Came
as At the Ball
(1914) The Second Generation
as Hugo Reid - the Son