Frank Powell
Known for: Acting
Born: May 7, 1887 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - Died: April 9, 1964
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.
Known for
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A Fool There Was
The Doctor
A Corner in Wheat
The Wheat King
The Mended Lute
Chief Great Elk Horn
The Son's Return
In Bank
Over Silent Paths
The Country Doctor
Doctor Harcourt
A Strange Meeting
A Thief
Nursing a Viper
The Viper
The Broken Locket
George Peabody
The Indian Runner's Romance
The Old Prospector
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
The Doctor
The Honor of Thieves
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
A Visiting Nobleman
Fools of Fate
Ed Hilton
The Rocky Road
Ben
In Old California
Governor Manuella
His Duty
Jack Allen
Tender Hearts
A Handsome Chap
In the Watches of the Night
Henry Brainhard
The Man
The Impalement
Film Fun
(archive footage) (uncredited)
A Sweet Revenge
Alice's Father
The Voice of the Violin
Mr. Walker