David Powell
Actor
- Born
- December 17, 1883 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Died
- April 16, 1925 (age 41)
From Wikipedia
David Powell (December 17, 1883 in Glasgow, Scotland – April
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16, 1925 in New York City, New York) was a Scottish-born stage and later film
actor of the silent era. In his twenties Powell appeared in stage companies of
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Ellen Terry and Johnston Forbes-Robertson. In 1907
he appeared with Terry on Broadway in the first American presentation of Shaw's
Captain Brassbound's Conversion.
In 1912 Powell started his film career in one to three reel
shorts. At the beginning of the 1920s he starred in several Paramount-produced
English films. Extant films that feature Powell are The Dawn of A Tomorrow
(1916), Less Than Dust (1916), Idols of Clay (1920), The Virtuous Liar (1924),
The Green Goddess (1923 version), and The Average Woman (1924).
Powell died of pneumonia in April 1925 at the age of 42. He
has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known for
The Average Woman
March 1, 1924
The Spanish Jade
April 10, 1922
On with the Dance
February 15, 1920
The Green Goddess
August 13, 1923
Less Than the Dust
November 4, 1916
The Woman Under Oath
June 29, 1919
Dangerous Lies
September 18, 1921
The Mystery Road
November 7, 1921
The Princess of New York
June 1, 1921
Virtuous Liars
May 18, 1924
His Parisian Wife
January 19, 1919
Counterfeit
November 30, 1919
Acting43
- 1924Virtuous Liars as Norman Wright
- 1924The Average Woman as Rudolph Van Alten
- 1924The Man Without a Heart as Edmund Hyde
- 1923The Green Goddess as Dr. Traherne
- 1923Fog Bound as Roger Wainright
- 1923The Glimpses of the Moon as Nick Lansing
- 1922Anna Ascends as The Baron
- 1922Missing Millions as Boston Blackie
- 1922The Siren Call as Ralph Stevens
- 1922The Spanish Jade