Frank Powell

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Frank Powell

Acting May 8, 1887

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…

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A Corner in Wheat

A Corner in Wheat

6.2 1909 Movie
A Fool There Was

A Fool There Was

5.1 1915 Movie
The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor

6.1 1909 Movie
The Mended Lute

The Mended Lute

4.6 1909 Movie
Mary Moreland

Mary Moreland

1.0 1917 Movie
The Broken Locket

The Broken Locket

3.5 1909 Movie
Princess Romanoff

Princess Romanoff

1.0 1915 Movie
Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

10.0 1917 Movie
Charity

Charity

9.0 1916 Movie
The Light That Came

The Light That Came

4.1 1909 Movie
The Oath and the Man

The Oath and the Man

4.5 1910 Movie
The Forfeit

The Forfeit

7.0 1919 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1955
    Film Fun

    Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 1923
    The Man Without Desire

    Movie Writer

  3. 1922
    A Soul's Awakening

    Movie Story

  4. 1921
    Astray from the Steerage

    Movie Director

  5. 1920
    In the Night

    Movie Writer

  6. 1919
    You Never Know Your Luck

    Movie Director

  7. 1919
    The Forfeit

    Movie Director

  8. 1918
    Heart of the Sunset

    Movie Director

  9. 1917
    Reputation

    Movie Presenter

  10. 1917
    Mary Moreland

    Movie Director

  11. 1917
    The Dazzling Miss Davison

    Movie Director

  12. 1917
    Hedda Gabler

    Movie Director

  13. 1917
    The Debt

    Movie Director

  14. 1917
    Mrs. Balfame

    Movie Director

  15. 1917
    Motherhood

    Movie Director

  16. 1917
    The Greater Woman

    Movie Director

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  1. 1916
    The Scarlet Oath

    Movie Director

  2. 1916
    Charity

    Movie Director

  3. 1916
    The Chain Invisible

    Movie Director

  4. 1916
    The Witch

    Movie Writer

  5. 1915
    The Devil's Daughter

    Movie Director

  6. 1915
    Princess Romanoff

    Movie Director

  7. 1915
    Her Grandparents

    Movie Director

  8. 1915
    From the Valley of the Missing

    Movie Producer

  9. 1915
    A Fool There Was

    Movie The Doctor

  10. 1914
    Officer 666

    Movie Director

  11. 1914
    His Last Dollar

    Movie Director

  12. 1914
    Man's Enemy

    Movie Director

  13. 1914
    The Stain

    Movie Director

  14. 1914
    A Fair Rebel

    Movie Director

  15. 1914
    The Second Generation

    Movie Hugo Reid - the Son

  16. 1913
    For Her Government

    Movie Director

  17. 1911
    A Knight of the Road

    Movie

  18. 1911
    Paradise Lost

    Movie Director

  19. 1910
    After the Ball

    Movie Director

  20. 1910
    White Roses

    Movie Director

  21. 1910
    His New Lid

    Movie Director

  22. 1910
    The Troublesome Baby

    Movie Director

  23. 1910
    Love in Quarantine

    Movie Director

  24. 1910
    A Lucky Toothache

    Movie Director