Frank Powell
Born
8 May 1887 (138)
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Also known as
Francis William Powell
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 (40)
Film Fun
1955
Astray from the Steerage
1921
🎬 DirectorYou Never Know Your Luck
1919
🎬 Director
The Forfeit
1919
🎬 Director
Heart of the Sunset
1918
🎬 Director
Mary Moreland
1917
🎬 Director
The Dazzling Miss Davison
1917
🎬 Director
Hedda Gabler
1917
🎬 Director
The Debt
1917
🎬 Director
Mrs. Balfame
1917
🎬 Director
Motherhood
1917
🎬 Director
The Greater Woman
1917
🎬 Director
The Scarlet Oath
1916
🎬 Director
Charity
1916
🎬 Director
The Chain Invisible
1916
🎬 Director
The Witch
1916
🎬 Director
The Devil's Daughter
1915
🎬 Director
Princess Romanoff
1915
🎬 DirectorHer Grandparents
1915
🎬 Director
From the Valley of the Missing
1915
🎬 Director
A Fool There Was
1915
Officer 666
1914
🎬 Director
His Last Dollar
1914
🎬 DirectorMan's Enemy
1914
🎬 Director
The Stain
1914
🎬 Director
A Fair Rebel
1914
🎬 DirectorThe Second Generation
1914
For Her Government
1913
🎬 DirectorA Knight of the Road
1911
Paradise Lost
1911
🎬 DirectorAfter the Ball
1910
🎬 DirectorWhite Roses
1910
🎬 DirectorHis New Lid
1910
🎬 DirectorLove in Quarantine
1910
🎬 DirectorThe Troublesome Baby
1910
🎬 Director
A Lucky Toothache
1910
🎬 DirectorThe Masher
1910
🎬 Director
A Gold Necklace
1910
The Oath and the Man
1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910