Frank Powell

Frank Powell

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday8 May 1887
Died10 April 1964 (age 76)
Place of birthHamilton, Ontario, Canada
Known credits81

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.

Film Fun
1955 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man Without Desire
The Man Without Desire
1923 · Writer
A Soul's Awakening
1922 · Story
Astray from the Steerage
Astray from the Steerage
1921 · Director
In the Night
In the Night
1920 · Writer
You Never Know Your Luck
1919 · Director
The Forfeit
The Forfeit
1919 · Director
The Forfeit
The Forfeit
1919 · Writer
Heart of the Sunset
Heart of the Sunset
1918 · Director
Reputation
Reputation
1917 · Presenter
Mary Moreland
Mary Moreland
1917 · Director
Mary Moreland
Mary Moreland
1917 · Presenter
The Dazzling Miss Davison
The Dazzling Miss Davison
1917 · Director
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
1917 · Director
The Debt
The Debt
1917 · Director
Mrs. Balfame
Mrs. Balfame
1917 · Director
Mrs. Balfame
Mrs. Balfame
1917 · Writer
Motherhood
Motherhood
1917 · Director
Motherhood
Motherhood
1917 · Producer
The Greater Woman
The Greater Woman
1917 · Director
The Greater Woman
The Greater Woman
1917 · Producer
The Scarlet Oath
The Scarlet Oath
1916 · Director
Charity
Charity
1916 · Director
Charity
Charity
1916 · Supervisor of Production Resources
The Chain Invisible
The Chain Invisible
1916 · Director
The Witch
The Witch
1916 · Director
The Witch
The Witch
1916 · Writer
The Devil's Daughter
The Devil's Daughter
1915 · Director
Princess Romanoff
Princess Romanoff
1915 · Director
Princess Romanoff
Princess Romanoff
1915 · Producer
Her Grandparents
1915 · Director
From the Valley of the Missing
From the Valley of the Missing
1915 · Director
From the Valley of the Missing
From the Valley of the Missing
1915 · Producer
A Fool There Was
A Fool There Was
1915 · The Doctor
A Fool There Was
A Fool There Was
1915 · Scenario Writer
A Fool There Was
A Fool There Was
1915 · Director
A Fool There Was
A Fool There Was
1915 · Producer
Officer 666
1914 · Director
His Last Dollar
His Last Dollar
1914 · Director
Man's Enemy
1914 · Director
The Stain
The Stain
1914 · Director
A Fair Rebel
A Fair Rebel
1914 · Director
The Second Generation
1914 · Hugo Reid - the Son
For Her Government
1913 · Director
A Knight of the Road
1911
Paradise Lost
1911 · Director
After the Ball
1910 · Director
White Roses
1910 · Director
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