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.
Filmography
all 81
Movies 81
Director 33
Writer 3
Producer 2
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Film Fun (1955)
Movie
Writer
In the Night (1920)
Movie
Director
Heart of the Sunset (1918)
Movie
Presenter
Reputation (1917)
Movie
Director
Hedda Gabler (1917)
Movie
Director
The Debt (1917)
Movie
Director
Mrs. Balfame (1917)
Movie
Director / Producer
Motherhood (1917)
Movie
Director
The Greater Woman (1917)
Movie
Director
The Scarlet Oath (1916)
Movie
Director
The Chain Invisible (1916)
Movie
Director / Writer
The Witch (1916)
Movie
Director
The Devil's Daughter (1915)
Movie
Director
Her Grandparents (1915)
Movie
Producer / Director
From the Valley of the Missing (1915)
Movie
The Doctor
A Fool There Was (1915)
Movie
Director
Officer 666 (1914)
Movie
Director
His Last Dollar (1914)
Movie
Director
Man's Enemy (1914)
Movie
Director
The Stain (1914)
Movie
Director
A Fair Rebel (1914)
Movie
Hugo Reid - the Son
The Second Generation (1914)
Movie
Director
For Her Government (1913)
Movie
Director
White Roses (1910)
Movie
Director
His New Lid (1910)
Movie
Director
Love in Quarantine (1910)
Movie
Director
A Lucky Toothache (1910)
Movie
Director
The Masher (1910)
Movie
Director
A Gold Necklace (1910)
Movie
Director
May and December (1910)
Movie
Director
Never Again (1910)
Movie
Director
An Affair of Hearts (1910)
Movie
Mr. Avery
The Impalement (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
At Card Game
The Last Deal (1910)
Movie
Ben Cook
The Rocky Road (1910)
Movie
Outlaw Gang
The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)
Movie
The Wheat King
A Corner in Wheat (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
Henry Brainard
In the Watches of the Night (1909)
Movie
Ed Hilton
Fools of Fate (1909)
Movie
George Peabody
The Broken Locket (1909)
Movie
In Editor's Office
The Mills of the Gods (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 Chap
Tender Hearts (1909)
Movie
The Prince
The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)
Movie
Doctor Harcourt
The Country Doctor (1909)
Movie
Employer
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
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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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