Frank Powell
Acting
Born: 1887-05-08 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1964-04-10
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.
🎬 Movies (30)
Film Fun
1955
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man Without Desire
1923
Writer
A Soul's Awakening
1922
Story
Astray from the Steerage
1921
Director
In the Night
1920
Writer
You Never Know Your Luck
1919
Director
The Forfeit
1919
Director
Heart of the Sunset
1918
Director
Mrs. Balfame
1917
Director
The Greater Woman
1917
Director
Motherhood
1917
Director
Hedda Gabler
1917
Director
Reputation
1917
Presenter
The Debt
1917
Director
The Dazzling Miss Davison
1917
Director
Mary Moreland
1917
Director
The Scarlet Oath
1916
Director
The Chain Invisible
1916
Director
The Witch
1916
Director
Charity
1916
Director
A Fool There Was
1915
The Doctor
Her Grandparents
1915
Director
The Devil's Daughter
1915
Director
From the Valley of the Missing
1915
Director
Princess Romanoff
1915
Director
The Second Generation
1914
Hugo Reid - the Son
A Fair Rebel
1914
Director
His Last Dollar
1914
Director
Man's Enemy
1914
Director
The Stain
1914
Director