Frank Powell

Known for: Acting
Born: May 8, 1887, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died: April 10, 1964
Movies: 80

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.2

A Corner in Wheat

1909

6.1

The Country Doctor

1909

5.1

A Fool There Was

1915

4.6

The Mended Lute

1909

4.2

Nursing a Viper

1909

4.4

Fools of Fate

1909

3.9

His Duty

1909

4.5

Faithful

1910

4.1

The Light That Came

1909

4.3

A Strange Meeting

1909

Filmography

1955	Film Fun	(archive footage) (uncredited)
1915	A Fool There Was	The Doctor
1914	The Second Generation	Hugo Reid - the Son
1911	A Knight of the Road
1910	The Oath and the Man
1910	The Impalement
1910	Faithful	The Butler
1910	In Old California	Governor Manuella
1910	The Newlyweds	A Friend / At Station Reception
1910	The Man	Steve Clark
1910	The Last Deal	At Card Game
1910	The Rocky Road	Ben
1909	A Corner in Wheat	The Wheat King
1909	The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period	Oliver Cromwell
1909	Sweet Revenge	Alice's Father
1909	The Light That Came	At the Ball
1909	Nursing a Viper	The Viper
1909	Lines of White on a Sullen Sea	The Doctor
1909	In the Watches of the Night	Henry Brainhard
1909	Fools of Fate	Ed Hilton
1909	The Broken Locket	George Peabody
1909	The Seventh Day	The Judge
1909	The Indian Runner's Romance	The Old Prospector
1909	Mr. Jones' Burglar	At Club
1909	The Mended Lute	Chief Great Elk Horn
1909	A Strange Meeting	A Thief
1909	Tender Hearts	A Handsome Chap
1909	The Cardinal's Conspiracy	A Visiting Nobleman
1909	The Country Doctor	Doctor Harcourt
1909	The Necklace	Employer / Party Guest
1909	The Way of Man	Wedding Guest
1909	The Faded Lilies	At Party
1909	His Duty	Jack Allen

Directing, Writing & Producing

1923	The Man Without Desire	Writer
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	Mary Moreland	Director
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
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, 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

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