Frank Powell
Known for: Acting
Born: May 8, 1887
Died: April 10, 1964
Place of birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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
81 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
5.3
Film Fun
1955
7.5
The Man Without Desire
19238.0
A Soul's Awakening
1922
10.0
Astray from the Steerage
1921
8.0
In the Night
192010.0
You Never Know Your Luck
1919
7.0
The Forfeit
1919
8.0
Heart of the Sunset
1918
5.5
Reputation
1917
1.0
Mary Moreland
1917
NR
The Dazzling Miss Davison
1917
10.0
Hedda Gabler
1917
NR
The Debt
1917
NR
Mrs. Balfame
1917
NR
Motherhood
1917
NR
The Greater Woman
1917
NR
The Scarlet Oath
1916
9.0
Charity
1916
9.0
The Chain Invisible
1916
NR
The Witch
1916
NR
The Devil's Daughter
1915
1.0
Princess Romanoff
1915NR
Her Grandparents
1915
NR
From the Valley of the Missing
1915
5.0
A Fool There Was
1915NR
Officer 666
1914
NR
His Last Dollar
19149.0
Man's Enemy
1914
9.0
The Stain
1914
NR
A Fair Rebel
1914NR
The Second Generation
19149.0
For Her Government
1913NR
A Knight of the Road
1911NR
Paradise Lost
1911NR
After the Ball
1910NR
White Roses
1910NR
His New Lid
19108.0
Love in Quarantine
191010.0
The Troublesome Baby
1910
NR
A Lucky Toothache
1910NR
The Masher
1910
5.5
A Gold Necklace
1910
4.5
The Oath and the Man
1910
5.0
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
5.0
When We Were in Our 'Teens
19104.0
Never Again
1910
5.0
May and December
19102.5
An Affair of Hearts
1910
4.7
Over Silent Paths
1910NR
The Impalement
1910
NR
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
191010.0
The Kid
1910NR
The Smoker
1910
4.5
Faithful
1910
NR
In Old California
1910
5.0
The Newlyweds
1910NR
The Man
1910NR
The Last Deal
1910
5.3
All on Account of the Milk
1910
4.0
The Rocky Road
1910
6.2
A Corner in Wheat
19090.5
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
19094.5
Sweet Revenge
1909
4.1
The Light That Came
1909
4.2
Nursing a Viper
1909
4.2
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
19092.0
In the Watches of the Night
1909
4.4
Fools of Fate
1909
3.5
The Broken Locket
1909
3.0
The Seventh Day
1909
3.0
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
1.0
Mr. Jones' Burglar
1909
4.6
The Mended Lute
1909
4.3
A Strange Meeting
1909
3.0
Tender Hearts
1909
3.7
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
6.1
The Country Doctor
1909
4.0
The Necklace
1909
4.0
The Way of Man
1909
2.2
The Faded Lilies
1909
3.9
His Duty
1909