Actor
Frank Powell
139 years · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada · 53 films
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 for
Filmography 53
The Man Without Desire
1923 · Writer
Astray from the Steerage
1921 · Director
In the Night
1920 · Writer
The Forfeit
1919 · Director, Writer
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, Writer
Motherhood
1917 · Director, Producer
The Greater Woman
1917 · Director, Producer
The Scarlet Oath
1916 · Director
Charity
1916 · Director
The Chain Invisible
1916 · Director
The Witch
1916 · Director, Writer
The Devil's Daughter
1915 · Director
Princess Romanoff
1915 · Director, Producer
From the Valley of the Missing
1915 · Director, Producer
A Fool There Was
1915 · The Doctor, Director
On Philo
His Last Dollar
1914 · Director
The Stain
1914 · Director
A Fair Rebel
1914 · Director
A Lucky Toothache
1910 · Director