Frank Powell
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 8, 1887 (139 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 1955 | Film Fun(archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1915 | A Fool There WasThe Doctor | |
| 1914 | The Second GenerationHugo Reid - the Son | |
| 1911 | A Knight of the Road | |
| 1910 | Over Silent Paths | |
| 1910 | The Rocky RoadBen | |
| 1910 | In Old CaliforniaGovernor Manuella | |
| 1910 | The Man | |
| 1910 | The Impalement | |
| 1910 | The Last DealAt Card Game | |
| 1910 | The Oath and the Man | |
| 1910 | FaithfulThe Butler | |
| 1910 | The NewlywedsA Friend / At Station Reception | |
| 1909 | A Corner in WheatThe Wheat King | |
| 1909 | The Mended LuteChief Great Elk Horn | |
| 1909 | The Son's ReturnIn Bank | |
| 1909 | The Country DoctorDoctor Harcourt | |
| 1909 | A Strange MeetingA Thief | |
| 1909 | Nursing a ViperThe Viper | |
| 1909 | The Broken LocketGeorge Peabody | |
| 1909 | The Indian Runner's RomanceThe Old Prospector | |
| 1909 | Lines of White on a Sullen SeaThe Doctor | |
| 1909 | The Honor of Thieves | |
| 1909 | The Cardinal's ConspiracyA Visiting Nobleman | |
| 1909 | Fools of FateEd Hilton | |
| 1909 | His DutyJack Allen | |
| 1909 | Tender HeartsA Handsome Chap | |
| 1909 | In the Watches of the NightHenry Brainhard | |
| 1909 | A Sweet RevengeAlice's Father | |
| 1909 | The Voice of the ViolinMr. Walker | |
| 1909 | The Faded LiliesAt Party | |
| 1909 | The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian PeriodOliver Cromwell | |
| 1909 | The Way of ManWedding Guest | |
| 1909 | The NecklaceEmployer / Party Guest | |
| 1909 | The Light That CameAt the Ball | |
| 1909 | The Politician's Love Story | |
| 1909 | Mr. Jones’ BurglarAt Club | |
| 1909 | The Seventh DayThe Judge |
| 1917 | The Greater WomanProducer | |
| 1917 | MotherhoodProducer | |
| 1915 | A Fool There WasProducer | |
| 1915 | From the Valley of the MissingProducer | |
| 1915 | Princess RomanoffProducer |
| 1921 | Astray from the SteerageDirector | |
| 1919 | You Never Know Your LuckDirector | |
| 1919 | The ForfeitDirector | |
| 1918 | Heart of the SunsetDirector | |
| 1917 | Mrs. BalfameDirector | |
| 1917 | The Greater WomanDirector | |
| 1917 | MotherhoodDirector | |
| 1917 | Hedda GablerDirector | |
| 1917 | The DebtDirector | |
| 1917 | The Dazzling Miss DavisonDirector | |
| 1917 | Mary MorelandDirector | |
| 1916 | The Scarlet OathDirector | |
| 1916 | The Chain InvisibleDirector | |
| 1916 | The WitchDirector | |
| 1916 | CharityDirector | |
| 1915 | A Fool There WasDirector | |
| 1915 | Her GrandparentsDirector | |
| 1915 | The Devil's DaughterDirector | |
| 1915 | From the Valley of the MissingDirector | |
| 1915 | Princess RomanoffDirector | |
| 1914 | A Fair RebelDirector | |
| 1914 | His Last DollarDirector | |
| 1914 | Man's EnemyDirector | |
| 1914 | The StainDirector | |
| 1914 | Officer 666Director | |
| 1913 | For Her GovernmentDirector | |
| 1911 | Paradise LostDirector | |
| 1910 | His New LidDirector | |
| 1910 | The Tenderfoot's TriumphDirector | |
| 1910 | Love in QuarantineDirector | |
| 1910 | White RosesDirector | |
| 1910 | All on Account of the MilkDirector | |
| 1910 | The SmokerDirector | |
| 1910 | Never AgainDirector | |
| 1910 | May and DecemberDirector | |
| 1910 | When We Were in Our 'TeensDirector | |
| 1910 | Muggsy Becomes a HeroDirector | |
| 1910 | A Gold NecklaceDirector | |
| 1910 | A Lucky ToothacheDirector | |
| 1910 | The KidDirector | |
| 1910 | An Affair of HeartsDirector | |
| 1910 | The MasherDirector | |
| 1910 | The Troublesome BabyDirector | |
| 1910 | After the BallDirector |
| 1923 | The Man Without DesireWriter | |
| 1922 | A Soul's AwakeningStory | |
| 1920 | In the NightWriter | |
| 1919 | The ForfeitWriter | |
| 1917 | Mrs. BalfameWriter | |
| 1916 | The WitchWriter | |
| 1915 | A Fool There WasScenario Writer | |
| 1910 | May and DecemberWriter | |
| 1909 | His DutyWriter |
| 1917 | ReputationPresenter | |
| 1917 | Mary MorelandPresenter | |
| 1916 | CharitySupervisor of Production Resources |