Frank Powell

Actor

Born: May 8, 1887
Died: April 10, 1964 (age 76)
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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…

Filmography (81)

Film Fun
Film Fun (1955)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Astray from the Steerage (1921)
Director
You Never Know Your Luck
You 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)
Director
Her Grandparents
Her Grandparents (1915)
Director
From the Valley of the Missing (1915)
Director
A Fool There Was (1915)
Director
Officer 666
Officer 666 (1914)
Director
His Last Dollar (1914)
Director
Man's Enemy
Man's Enemy (1914)
Director
The Stain (1914)
Director
A Fair Rebel (1914)
Director
The Second Generation
The Second Generation (1914)
Hugo Reid - the Son
For Her Government
For Her Government (1913)
Director
A Knight of the Road
A Knight of the Road (1911)
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost (1911)
Director