Person
Frank Powell
Acting · 1887–1964 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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.
Known for
Film Fun
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Charity
Director
A Fool There Was
The Doctor
In the Watches of the Night
Henry Brainhard
After the Ball
Director
A Knight of the Road
1911
The Man
1910
The Impalement
1910
White Roses
Director
Paradise Lost
Director
Filmography
- 1955Film Fun(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1923The Man Without DesireWriter
- 1922A Soul's AwakeningStory
- 1921Astray from the SteerageDirector
- 1920In the NightWriter
- 1919You Never Know Your LuckDirector
- 1919The ForfeitDirector
- 1918Heart of the SunsetDirector
- 1917ReputationPresenter
- 1917Mary MorelandDirector
- 1917The Dazzling Miss DavisonDirector
- 1917Hedda GablerDirector
- 1917The DebtDirector
- 1917Mrs. BalfameDirector
- 1917MotherhoodDirector
- 1917The Greater WomanDirector
- 1916The Scarlet OathDirector
- 1916CharityDirector
- 1916The Chain InvisibleDirector
- 1916The WitchWriter
- 1915The Devil's DaughterDirector
- 1915Princess RomanoffDirector
- 1915Her GrandparentsDirector
- 1915From the Valley of the MissingProducer
- 1915A Fool There WasThe Doctor
- 1914Officer 666Director
- 1914His Last DollarDirector
- 1914Man's EnemyDirector
- 1914The StainDirector
- 1914A Fair RebelDirector
- 1914The Second GenerationHugo Reid - the Son
- 1913For Her GovernmentDirector
- 1911A Knight of the Road
- 1911Paradise LostDirector
- 1910After the BallDirector
- 1910White RosesDirector
- 1910His New LidDirector
- 1910Love in QuarantineDirector
- 1910The Troublesome BabyDirector
- 1910A Lucky ToothacheDirector
- 1910The MasherDirector
- 1910A Gold NecklaceDirector
- 1910The Oath and the Man
- 1910Muggsy Becomes a HeroDirector
- 1910When We Were in Our 'TeensDirector
- 1910May and DecemberDirector
- 1910Never AgainDirector
- 1910An Affair of HeartsDirector
- 1910Over Silent Paths
- 1910The Impalement
- 1910The Tenderfoot's TriumphDirector
- 1910The KidDirector
- 1910The SmokerDirector
- 1910FaithfulThe Butler
- 1910In Old CaliforniaGovernor Manuella
- 1910The NewlywedsA Friend / At Station Reception
- 1910The Man
- 1910The Last DealAt Card Game
- 1910All on Account of the MilkDirector
- 1910The Rocky RoadBen
- 1909A Corner in WheatThe Wheat King
- 1909The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian PeriodOliver Cromwell
- 1909A Sweet RevengeAlice's Father
- 1909The Light That CameAt the Ball
- 1909Nursing a ViperThe Viper
- 1909Lines of White on a Sullen SeaThe Doctor
- 1909In the Watches of the NightHenry Brainhard
- 1909Fools of FateEd Hilton
- 1909The Broken LocketGeorge Peabody
- 1909The Seventh DayThe Judge
- 1909The Indian Runner's RomanceThe Old Prospector
- 1909Mr. Jones’ BurglarAt Club
- 1909The Mended LuteChief Great Elk Horn
- 1909A Strange MeetingA Thief
- 1909Tender HeartsA Handsome Chap
- 1909The Cardinal's ConspiracyA Visiting Nobleman
- 1909The Country DoctorDoctor Harcourt
- 1909The NecklaceEmployer / Party Guest
- 1909The Way of ManWedding Guest
- 1909The Faded LiliesAt Party
- 1909The Son's ReturnIn Bank
- 1909His DutyJack Allen
- 1909The Voice of the ViolinMr. Walker
- 1909The Politician's Love Story
- 1909The Honor of Thieves
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