Actor
Frank Powell
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. ...

Known For
Acting
1955 -- Film Fun | (archive footage) (uncredited)
1915 -- A Fool There Was | The Doctor
1914 -- The Second Generation | Hugo Reid - the Son
1910 -- The Oath and the Man |
1910 -- Over Silent Paths |
1910 -- The Impalement |
1910 -- Faithful | The Butler
1910 -- In Old California | Governor Manuella
1910 -- The Man |
1910 -- The Last Deal | At Card Game
1910 -- The Rocky Road | Ben
1909 -- A Corner in Wheat | The Wheat King
1909 -- The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period | Oliver Cromwell
1909 -- A Sweet Revenge | Alice's Father
1909 -- The Light That Came | At the Ball
1909 -- Nursing a Viper | The Viper
1909 -- Lines of White on a Sullen Sea | The Doctor
1909 -- In the Watches of the Night | Henry Brainhard
1909 -- Fools of Fate | Ed Hilton
1909 -- The Broken Locket | George Peabody
1909 -- The Indian Runner's Romance | The Old Prospector
1909 -- The Mended Lute | Chief Great Elk Horn
1909 -- A Strange Meeting | A Thief
1909 -- Tender Hearts | A Handsome Chap
1909 -- The Cardinal's Conspiracy | A Visiting Nobleman
1909 -- The Country Doctor | Doctor Harcourt
1909 -- The Necklace | Employer / Party Guest
1909 -- The Way of Man | Wedding Guest
1909 -- The Faded Lilies | At Party
1909 -- The Son's Return | In Bank
1909 -- His Duty | Jack Allen
1909 -- The Voice of the Violin | Mr. Walker
1909 -- The Honor of Thieves |
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