Frank Powell
Acting1887Hamilton, 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
Acting History
1955
Film Fun
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1923
The Man Without Desire
Writer
1921
Astray from the Steerage
Director
1919
You Never Know Your Luck
Director
1918
Heart of the Sunset
Director
1917
1916
Charity
Director
Charity
Supervisor of Production Resources
The Witch
Director
The Witch
Writer
The Chain Invisible
Director
1915
A Fool There Was
as The Doctor
A Fool There Was
Director
A Fool There Was
Scenario Writer
A Fool There Was
Producer
The Devil's Daughter
Director
1914
1913
For Her Government
Director
1910
The Rocky Road
as Ben
Faithful
as The Butler
In Old California
as Governor Manuella
The Newlyweds
as A Friend / At Station Reception
The Last Deal
as At Card Game
Never Again
Director
A Lucky Toothache
Director
A Gold Necklace
Director
Love in Quarantine
Director
His New Lid
Director
The Smoker
Director
All on Account of the Milk
Director
May and December
Director
May and December
Writer
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Director
When We Were in Our 'Teens
Director
White Roses
Director
The Kid
Director
An Affair of Hearts
Director
The Masher
Director
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
Director
1909
A Corner in Wheat
as The Wheat King
Nursing a Viper
as The Viper
A Strange Meeting
as A Thief
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
as A Visiting Nobleman
The Voice of the Violin
as Mr. Walker
The Country Doctor
as Doctor Harcourt
The Son's Return
as In Bank
The Mended Lute
as Chief Great Elk Horn
The Light That Came
as At the Ball
The Indian Runner's Romance
as The Old Prospector
The Broken Locket
as George Peabody
The Way of Man
as Wedding Guest
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
as The Doctor
Fools of Fate
as Ed Hilton
The Seventh Day
as The Judge
His Duty
as Jack Allen
In the Watches of the Night
as Henry Brainhard
Tender Hearts
as A Handsome Chap
The Faded Lilies
as At Party
The Necklace
as Employer / Party Guest
A Sweet Revenge
as Alice's Father
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
as At Club
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
as Oliver Cromwell
His Duty
Writer