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Frank Powell

Frank Powell

Actor · 1887–1964 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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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.

Acted in 24

1910s

  1. 1915

    A Fool There Was

    The Doctor

  2. 1910

    The Oath and the Man

    Movie

  3. Faithful

    The Butler

  4. In Old California

    Governor Manuella

  5. The Newlyweds

    A Friend / At Station Reception

  6. The Rocky Road

    Ben

1900s

  1. 1909

    A Corner in Wheat

    The Wheat King

  2. The Light That Came

    At the Ball

  3. Nursing a Viper

    The Viper

  4. Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

    The Doctor

  5. Fools of Fate

    Ed Hilton

  6. The Broken Locket

    George Peabody

  7. The Seventh Day

    The Judge

  8. The Indian Runner's Romance

    The Old Prospector

  9. Mr. Jones' Burglar

    At Club

  10. The Mended Lute

    Chief Great Elk Horn

  11. A Strange Meeting

    A Thief

  12. Tender Hearts

    A Handsome Chap

  13. The Cardinal's Conspiracy

    A Visiting Nobleman

  14. The Country Doctor

    Doctor Harcourt

  15. The Necklace

    Employer / Party Guest

  16. The Way of Man

    Wedding Guest

  17. The Faded Lilies

    At Party

  18. His Duty

    Jack Allen

Directed 28

1920s

  1. 1921

    Astray from the Steerage

    Director

1910s

  1. 1919

    The Forfeit

    Director

  2. 1918

    Heart of the Sunset

    Director

  3. 1917

    Mary Moreland

    Director

  4. The Dazzling Miss Davison

    Director

  5. Hedda Gabler

    Director

  6. The Debt

    Director

  7. Mrs. Balfame

    Director

  8. Motherhood

    Director

  9. The Greater Woman

    Director

  10. 1916

    The Scarlet Oath

    Director

  11. Charity

    Director

  12. The Chain Invisible

    Director

  13. The Witch

    Director

  14. 1915

    The Devil's Daughter

    Director

  15. Princess Romanoff

    Director

  16. From the Valley of the Missing

    Director

  17. A Fool There Was

    Director

  18. 1914

    His Last Dollar

    Director

  19. The Stain

    Director

  20. A Fair Rebel

    Director

  21. 1910

    A Lucky Toothache

    Director

  22. A Gold Necklace

    Director

  23. Muggsy Becomes a Hero

    Director

  24. When We Were in Our 'Teens

    Director

  25. May and December

    Director

  26. The Tenderfoot's Triumph

    Director

  27. All on Account of the Milk

    Director

Wrote 7

1920s

  1. 1923

    The Man Without Desire

    Writer

  2. 1920

    In the Night

    Writer

1910s

  1. 1919

    The Forfeit

    Writer

  2. 1917

    Mrs. Balfame

    Writer

  3. 1916

    The Witch

    Writer

  4. 1915

    A Fool There Was

    Scenario Writer

1900s

  1. 1909

    His Duty

    Writer

Produced 5

1910s

  1. 1917

    Motherhood

    Producer

  2. The Greater Woman

    Producer

  3. 1915

    Princess Romanoff

    Producer

  4. From the Valley of the Missing

    Producer

  5. A Fool There Was

    Producer

Other crew 3

1910s

  1. 1917

    Reputation

    Presenter

  2. Mary Moreland

    Presenter

  3. 1916

    Charity

    Supervisor of Production Resources