Frank Powell
Actor
- Born
- May 8, 1887 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- April 10, 1964 (age 76)
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
A Corner in Wheat
December 13, 1909
The Country Doctor
July 8, 1909
A Fool There Was
January 12, 1915
The Mended Lute
August 5, 1909
Nursing a Viper
November 3, 1909
Fools of Fate
October 7, 1909
His Duty
June 3, 1909
Faithful
March 21, 1910
The Light That Came
November 11, 1909
A Strange Meeting
August 2, 1909
The Indian Runner's Romance
August 22, 1909
The Broken Locket
September 16, 1909
Acting33
- 1955Film Fun as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1915A Fool There Was as The Doctor
- 1914The Second Generation as Hugo Reid - the Son
- 1911A Knight of the Road
- 1910The Oath and the Man
- 1910The Impalement
- 1910Faithful as The Butler
- 1910In Old California as Governor Manuella
- 1910The Newlyweds as A Friend / At Station Reception
- 1910The Man as Steve Clark