Frank 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.
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Filmography
Acting (38)
Movies (38)
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1955as (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Fool There Was
1915as The Doctor
The Second Generation
1914as Hugo Reid - the Son
A Knight of the Road
1911
The Rocky Road
1910as Ben
Faithful
1910as The Butler
The Man
1910
In Old California
1910as Governor Manuella
The Impalement
1910
The Last Deal
1910as At Card Game
Over Silent Paths
1910
The Newlyweds
1910as A Friend / At Station Reception
The Oath and the Man
1910
A Strange Meeting
1909as A Thief
The Voice of the Violin
1909as Mr. Walker
The Son's Return
1909as In Bank
The Mended Lute
1909as Chief Great Elk Horn
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909as At Club
Nursing a Viper
1909as The Viper
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909as The Old Prospector
A Sweet Revenge
1909as Alice's Father
The Broken Locket
1909as George Peabody
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
1909as Oliver Cromwell
Tender Hearts
1909as A Handsome Chap
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909as A Visiting Nobleman
The Necklace
1909as Employer / Party Guest
A Corner in Wheat
1909as The Wheat King
The Light That Came
1909as At the Ball
The Country Doctor
1909as Doctor Harcourt
His Duty
1909as Jack Allen
The Honor of Thieves
1909
The Seventh Day
1909as The Judge
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909as The Doctor
In the Watches of the Night
1909as Henry Brainhard
The Way of Man
1909as Wedding Guest
The Faded Lilies
1909as At Party
Fools of Fate
1909as Ed Hilton
The Politician's Love Story
1909Crew (61)
Movies (61)
The Man Without Desire
1923Writer
A Soul's Awakening
1922Story
Astray from the Steerage
1921Director
In the Night
1920Writer
The Forfeit
1919Director
The Forfeit
1919Writer
You Never Know Your Luck
1919Director
Heart of the Sunset
1918Director
Mrs. Balfame
1917Director
Mrs. Balfame
1917Writer
The Greater Woman
1917Director
The Greater Woman
1917Producer
Reputation
1917Presenter
Hedda Gabler
1917Director
The Debt
1917Director
Motherhood
1917Director
Motherhood
1917Producer
The Dazzling Miss Davison
1917Director
Mary Moreland
1917Director
Mary Moreland
1917Presenter
The Chain Invisible
1916Director
The Witch
1916Director
The Witch
1916Writer
Charity
1916Director
Charity
1916Supervisor of Production Resources
The Scarlet Oath
1916Director
The Devil's Daughter
1915Director
A Fool There Was
1915Director
A Fool There Was
1915Producer
A Fool There Was
1915Scenario Writer
Princess Romanoff
1915Director
Princess Romanoff
1915Producer
Her Grandparents
1915Director
From the Valley of the Missing
1915Director
From the Valley of the Missing
1915Producer
Officer 666
1914Director
The Stain
1914Director
A Fair Rebel
1914Director
His Last Dollar
1914Director
Man's Enemy
1914Director
For Her Government
1913Director
Paradise Lost
1911Director
A Lucky Toothache
1910Director
An Affair of Hearts
1910Director
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910Director
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
1910Director
The Kid
1910Director
Love in Quarantine
1910Director
White Roses
1910Director
A Gold Necklace
1910Director
His New Lid
1910Director
The Masher
1910Director
May and December
1910Director
May and December
1910Writer
Never Again
1910Director
The Smoker
1910Director
The Troublesome Baby
1910Director
All on Account of the Milk
1910Director
When We Were in Our 'Teens
1910Director
After the Ball
1910Director
His Duty
1909Writer
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