Acting

Frank Powell

Born 1887-05-08

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Department: Acting

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.

1917

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (95 titles)

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