- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1887
- Place of Birth
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- April 10, 1964
Frank Powell
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.
Filmography
Film Fun
movieFilm Fun
1955 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Man Without Desire
1923 · Writer
A Soul's Awakening
movieA Soul's Awakening
1922 · Story
movieAstray from the Steerage
1921 · Director
movieIn the Night
1920 · Writer
You Never Know Your Luck
movieYou Never Know Your Luck
1919 · Director
movieThe Forfeit
1919 · Director, Writer
movieHeart of the Sunset
1918 · Director
movieReputation
1917 · Presenter
movieMary Moreland
1917 · Director, Presenter
movieThe Dazzling Miss Davison
1917 · Director
movieHedda Gabler
1917 · Director
movieThe Debt
1917 · Director
movieMrs. Balfame
1917 · Director, Writer
movieMotherhood
1917 · Director, Producer
movieThe Greater Woman
1917 · Director, Producer
movieThe Scarlet Oath
1916 · Director
movieCharity
1916 · Director, Supervisor of Production Resources
movieThe Chain Invisible
1916 · Director
movieThe Witch
1916 · Director, Writer
movieThe Devil's Daughter
1915 · Director
moviePrincess Romanoff
1915 · Director, Producer
Her Grandparents
movieHer Grandparents
1915 · Director
movieFrom the Valley of the Missing
1915 · Director, Producer
movieA Fool There Was
1915 · The Doctor, Director, Scenario Writer, Producer
Officer 666
movieOfficer 666
1914 · Director
movieHis Last Dollar
1914 · Director
Man's Enemy
movieMan's Enemy
1914 · Director
movieThe Stain
1914 · Director
movieA Fair Rebel
1914 · Director
The Second Generation
movieThe Second Generation
1914 · Hugo Reid - the Son
For Her Government
movieFor Her Government
1913 · Director
A Knight of the Road
movieA Knight of the Road
1911
Paradise Lost
movieParadise Lost
1911 · Director
After the Ball
movieAfter the Ball
1910 · Director
White Roses
movieWhite Roses
1910 · Director
His New Lid
movieHis New Lid
1910 · Director
Love in Quarantine
movieLove in Quarantine
1910 · Director
The Troublesome Baby
movieThe Troublesome Baby
1910 · Director
movieA Lucky Toothache
1910 · Director
The Masher
movieThe Masher
1910 · Director
movieA Gold Necklace
1910 · Director
movieThe Oath and the Man
1910
movieMuggsy Becomes a Hero
1910 · Director
movieWhen We Were in Our 'Teens
1910 · Director
Never Again
movieNever Again
1910 · Director
movieMay and December
1910 · Director, Writer
An Affair of Hearts
movieAn Affair of Hearts
1910 · Director
movieOver Silent Paths
1910
The Impalement
movieThe Impalement
1910
movieThe Tenderfoot's Triumph
1910 · Director
The Kid
movieThe Kid
1910 · Director
The Smoker
movieThe Smoker
1910 · Director
movieFaithful
1910 · The Butler
movieIn Old California
1910 · Governor Manuella
movieThe Newlyweds
1910 · A Friend / At Station Reception
The Man
movieThe Man
1910
The Last Deal
movieThe Last Deal
1910 · At Card Game
movieAll on Account of the Milk
1910 · Director
movieThe Rocky Road
1910 · Ben
movieA Corner in Wheat
1909 · The Wheat King
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
movieThe Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
1909 · Oliver Cromwell
A Sweet Revenge
movieA Sweet Revenge
1909 · Alice's Father
movieThe Light That Came
1909 · At the Ball
movieNursing a Viper
1909 · The Viper
movieLines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909 · The Doctor
In the Watches of the Night
movieIn the Watches of the Night
1909 · Henry Brainhard
movieFools of Fate
1909 · Ed Hilton
movieThe Broken Locket
1909 · George Peabody
movieThe Seventh Day
1909 · The Judge
movieThe Indian Runner's Romance
1909 · The Old Prospector
movieMr. Jones’ Burglar
1909 · At Club
movieThe Mended Lute
1909 · Chief Great Elk Horn
movieA Strange Meeting
1909 · A Thief
movieTender Hearts
1909 · A Handsome Chap
movieThe Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909 · A Visiting Nobleman
movieThe Country Doctor
1909 · Doctor Harcourt
movieThe Necklace
1909 · Employer / Party Guest
movieThe Way of Man
1909 · Wedding Guest
movieThe Faded Lilies
1909 · At Party
movieThe Son's Return
1909 · In Bank
movieHis Duty
1909 · Jack Allen, Writer
movieThe Voice of the Violin
1909 · Mr. Walker
movieThe Politician's Love Story
1909
The Honor of Thieves
movieThe Honor of Thieves
1909