Frank Powell
Known for
Acting
Born
May 8, 1887
Birthplace
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died
April 10, 1964 (aged 76)
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.
Best known work
A Corner in Wheat
1909
The Country Doctor
1909
A Fool There Was
1915
The Mended Lute
1909
Nursing a Viper
1909
Fools of Fate
1909
His Duty
1909
Faithful
1910
The Light That Came
1909
A Strange Meeting
1909Filmography
1955
Film Funas (archive footage) (uncredited)
1923
The Man Without DesireWriter
1922
A Soul's AwakeningStory
1921
Astray from the SteerageDirector
1920
In the NightWriter
1919
You Never Know Your LuckDirector
1919
The ForfeitDirector, Writer
1918
Heart of the SunsetDirector
1917
ReputationPresenter
1917
Mary MorelandDirector, Presenter
1917
The Dazzling Miss DavisonDirector
1917
Hedda GablerDirector
1917
The DebtDirector
1917
Mrs. BalfameDirector, Writer
1917
MotherhoodDirector, Producer
1917
The Greater WomanDirector, Producer
1916
The Scarlet OathDirector
1916
CharityDirector, Supervisor of Production Resources
1916
The Chain InvisibleDirector
1916
The WitchDirector, Writer
1915
The Devil's DaughterDirector
1915
Princess RomanoffDirector, Producer
1915
Her GrandparentsDirector
1915
From the Valley of the MissingDirector, Producer
1915
A Fool There Wasas The Doctor, Scenario Writer, Director, Producer