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.
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Filmography
all 70
Movies 70
Director 32
Writer 2
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Film Fun (1955)
Movie
Writer
The Man Without Desire (1923)
Movie
Director
Astray from the Steerage (1921)
Movie
Director
You Never Know Your Luck (1919)
Movie
Director
Heart of the Sunset (1918)
Movie
Writer
Everybody's Business (1917)
Movie
Director
Hedda Gabler (1917)
Movie
Director
Mrs. Balfame (1917)
Movie
Director
Motherhood (1917)
Movie
Director
The Greater Woman (1917)
Movie
Director
The Scarlet Oath (1916)
Movie
Director
The Chain Invisible (1916)
Movie
Director
The Devil's Daughter (1915)
Movie
Director
Her Grandparents (1915)
Movie
Director
A Fool There Was (1915)
Movie
Director
His Last Dollar (1914)
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Director
Man's Enemy (1914)
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Director
The Stain (1914)
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Director
A Fair Rebel (1914)
Movie
Director
For Her Government (1913)
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Director
White Roses (1910)
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Director
His New Lid (1910)
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Director
Love in Quarantine (1910)
Movie
Director
The Masher (1910)
Movie
Director
A Lucky Toothache (1910)
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Director
A Gold Necklace (1910)
Movie
The Oath and the Man (1910)
Movie
Director
Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910)
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Director
When We Were in Our 'Teens (1910)
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Director
May and December (1910)
Movie
Director
Never Again (1910)
Movie
Director
An Affair of Hearts (1910)
Movie
Actor
Over Silent Paths (1910)
Movie
Mr. Avery
The Impalement (1910)
Movie
Director
The Tenderfoot's Triumph (1910)
Movie
Director
The Kid (1910)
Movie
Director
The Smoker (1910)
Movie
The Butler
Faithful (1910)
Movie
Governor Jose Manuella
In Old California (1910)
Movie
The Man (1910)
Movie
At Card Game
The Last Deal (1910)
Movie
Director
All on Account of the Milk (1910)
Movie
Ben Cook
The Rocky Road (1910)
Movie
The Wheat King
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
Movie
Oliver Cromwell
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909)
Movie
Alice's Father
A Sweet Revenge (1909)
Movie
At the Ball
The Light That Came (1909)
Movie
The Viper
Nursing a Viper (1909)
Movie
The Doctor
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
Movie
Henry Brainard
In the Watches of the Night (1909)
Movie
Actor
The Children's Friend (1909)
Movie
Ed Hilton
Fools of Fate (1909)
Movie
George Peabody
The Broken Locket (1909)
Movie
The Judge
The Seventh Day (1909)
Movie
The Old Prospector
The Indian Runner's Romance (1909)
Movie
A Friend of Harry's
His Wife's Visitor (1909)
Movie
Chief Great Elk Horn
The Mended Lute (1909)
Movie
2.5
Mary's Brother
A Strange Meeting (1909)
Movie
Deletius' Slave Master
The Slave (1909)
Movie
A Handsome Dressy Chap
Tender Hearts (1909)
Movie
The Prince
The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)
Movie
Doctor Harcourt
The Country Doctor (1909)
Movie
Employer / Party Guest
The Necklace (1909)
Movie
Wedding Guest
The Way of Man (1909)
Movie
At Party
The Faded Lilies (1909)
Movie
In Bank
The Son's Return (1909)
Movie
Jack Allen - the Older Brother
His Duty (1909)
Movie
Visitor
A Rude Hostess (1909)
Movie
Mr. Walker
The Voice of the Violin (1909)
Movie
The Honor of Thieves (1909)
Movie
Ratings
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1887-05-08
Deathday1964-04-10 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceHamilton, Canada
CitizenshipsCanada
Also Known AsFrancis William Powell
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