Frank Powell
80 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1887
- Died
- Apr 10, 1964 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Francis William Powell
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Frank Powell: movies and TV shows
Acting (33)
- 1955 Film Fun
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1915 A Fool There Was
as The Doctor
- 1914 The Second Generation
as Hugo Reid - the Son
- 1911
- 1910
- 1910
- 1910 Faithful
as The Butler
- 1910 In Old California
as Governor Manuella
- 1910 The Newlyweds
as A Friend / At Station Reception
- 1910 The Man
as Steve Clark
- 1910 The Last Deal
as At Card Game
- 1910 The Rocky Road
as Ben
- 1909 A Corner in Wheat
as The Wheat King
- 1909 The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
as Oliver Cromwell
- 1909 Sweet Revenge
as Alice's Father
- 1909 The Light That Came
as At the Ball
- 1909 Nursing a Viper
as The Viper
- 1909 Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
as The Doctor
- 1909 In the Watches of the Night
as Henry Brainhard
- 1909 Fools of Fate
as Ed Hilton
- 1909 The Broken Locket
as George Peabody
- 1909 The Seventh Day
as The Judge
- 1909 The Indian Runner's Romance
as The Old Prospector
- 1909 Mr. Jones' Burglar
as At Club
- 1909 The Mended Lute
as Chief Great Elk Horn
- 1909 A Strange Meeting
as A Thief
- 1909 Tender Hearts
as A Handsome Chap
- 1909 The Cardinal's Conspiracy
as A Visiting Nobleman
- 1909 The Country Doctor
as Doctor Harcourt
- 1909 The Necklace
as Employer / Party Guest
- 1909 The Way of Man
as Wedding Guest
- 1909 The Faded Lilies
as At Party
- 1909 His Duty
as Jack Allen
Behind the camera (49)
- 1923 The Man Without Desire
Writer
- 1922 A Soul's Awakening
Story
- 1921 Astray from the Steerage
Director
- 1920 In the Night
Writer
- 1919 You Never Know Your Luck
Director
- 1919 The Forfeit
Director, Writer
- 1918 Heart of the Sunset
Director
- 1917 Reputation
Presenter
- 1917 Mary Moreland
Director, Presenter
- 1917 The Dazzling Miss Davison
Director
- 1917 Hedda Gabler
Director
- 1917 The Debt
Director
- 1917 Mrs. Balfame
Director, Writer
- 1917 Motherhood
Director, Producer
- 1917 The Greater Woman
Director, Producer
- 1916 The Scarlet Oath
Director
- 1916 Charity
Director, Supervisor of Production Resources
- 1916 The Chain Invisible
Director
- 1916 The Witch
Director, Writer
- 1915 The Devil's Daughter
Director
- 1915 Princess Romanoff
Director, Producer
- 1915 Her Grandparents
Director
- 1915 From the Valley of the Missing
Director, Producer
- 1915 A Fool There Was
Director, Scenario Writer, Producer
- 1914 Officer 666
Director
- 1914 His Last Dollar
Director
- 1914 Man's Enemy
Director
- 1914 The Stain
Director
- 1914 A Fair Rebel
Director
- 1913 For Her Government
Director
- 1911 Paradise Lost
Director
- 1910 After the Ball
Director
- 1910 White Roses
Director
- 1910 His New Lid
Director
- 1910 Love in Quarantine
Director
- 1910 The Troublesome Baby
Director
- 1910 A Lucky Toothache
Director
- 1910 The Masher
Director
- 1910 A Gold Necklace
Director
- 1910 Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Director
- 1910 When We Were in Our 'Teens
Director
- 1910 Never Again
Director
- 1910 May and December
Director
- 1910 An Affair of Hearts
Director
- 1910 The Tenderfoot's Triumph
Director
- 1910 The Kid
Director
- 1910 The Smoker
Director
- 1910 All on Account of the Milk
Director
- 1909 His Duty
Writer