Frank Powell
🎭 Actor

Frank Powell

🎂 Born 8 May 1887 (age 76)✝ 10 April 1964📍 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Popularity Score
28
Acting Credits
28
Directed

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

A Fool There Was
★ 5.0
A Fool There Was
1915
The Doctor
The Oath and the Man
★ 4.5
The Oath and the Man
1910
The Son's Return
★ 5.6
The Son's Return
1909
In Bank
A Corner in Wheat
★ 6.2
A Corner in Wheat
1909
The Wheat King

Directed Films(28)

A Fool There Was
★ 5.0
A Fool There Was
1915
Director
Hedda Gabler
★ 10.0
Hedda Gabler
1917
Director
The Stain
★ 9.0
The Stain
1914
Director
Mary Moreland
Mary Moreland
1917
Director
The Devil's Daughter
The Devil's Daughter
1915
Director
Charity
★ 9.0
Charity
1916
Director
Princess Romanoff
Princess Romanoff
1915
Director
Motherhood
Motherhood
1917
Director
Mrs. Balfame
Mrs. Balfame
1917
Director
From the Valley of the Missing
From the Valley of the Missing
1915
Director
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
1910
Director
Astray from the Steerage
★ 10.0
Astray from the Steerage
1921
Director
All on Account of the Milk
★ 5.3
All on Account of the Milk
1910
Director
The Dazzling Miss Davison
The Dazzling Miss Davison
1917
Director
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
★ 5.0
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
Director
May and December
★ 5.0
May and December
1910
Director
A Fair Rebel
A Fair Rebel
1914
Director
Heart of the Sunset
★ 8.0
Heart of the Sunset
1918
Director
A Lucky Toothache
A Lucky Toothache
1910
Director
The Chain Invisible
★ 9.0
The Chain Invisible
1916
Director
His Last Dollar
His Last Dollar
1914
Director
The Scarlet Oath
The Scarlet Oath
1916
Director
The Greater Woman
The Greater Woman
1917
Director
When We Were in Our 'Teens
★ 5.0
When We Were in Our 'Teens
1910
Director
The Forfeit
★ 7.0
The Forfeit
1919
Director
A Gold Necklace
★ 5.5
A Gold Necklace
1910
Director
The Debt
The Debt
1917
Director
The Witch
The Witch
1916
Director

Full Filmography(28 films)

YearTitleRating
1915A Fool There Was★ 5.01910The Oath and the Man★ 4.51909The Son's Return★ 5.61909A Corner in Wheat★ 6.21909The Voice of the Violin★ 4.71909The Mended Lute★ 4.61909The Broken Locket★ 3.51909His Duty★ 3.91909The Necklace★ 4.01910The Newlyweds★ 5.01909The Way of Man★ 4.01910Over Silent Paths★ 4.71909Nursing a Viper★ 4.21909The Light That Came★ 4.11909A Strange Meeting★ 4.31909The Cardinal's Conspiracy★ 3.71910The Rocky Road★ 4.01909The Country Doctor★ 6.21910In Old California—1909The Faded Lilies★ 2.21910Faithful★ 4.51909Lines of White on a Sullen Sea★ 4.21909Tender Hearts★ 3.01909The Indian Runner's Romance★ 3.01909The Politician's Love Story★ 4.31909Fools of Fate★ 4.41909The Seventh Day★ 3.01909Mr. Jones’ Burglar★ 1.0
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