
Acting
Born 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 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.

Astray from the Steerage
1921
You Never Know Your Luck
1919

The Forfeit
1919

Heart of the Sunset
1918

Mary Moreland
1917

The Dazzling Miss Davison
1917

Hedda Gabler
1917

The Debt
1917

Mrs. Balfame
1917

Motherhood
1917

The Greater Woman
1917

The Scarlet Oath
1916

Charity
1916

The Chain Invisible
1916

The Witch
1916

The Devil's Daughter
1915

Princess Romanoff
1915
Her Grandparents
1915

From the Valley of the Missing
1915

A Fool There Was
1915
Officer 666
1914

His Last Dollar
1914
Man's Enemy
1914

The Stain
1914

A Fair Rebel
1914
For Her Government
1913
Paradise Lost
1911
After the Ball
1910
White Roses
1910
His New Lid
1910
Love in Quarantine
1910
The Troublesome Baby
1910

A Lucky Toothache
1910
The Masher
1910

A Gold Necklace
1910

Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910

When We Were in Our 'Teens
1910
Never Again
1910

May and December
1910
An Affair of Hearts
1910

The Tenderfoot's Triumph
1910
The Kid
1910
The Smoker
1910

All on Account of the Milk
1910
Film Fun
1955

A Fool There Was
1915
The Second Generation
1914
A Knight of the Road
1911

The Oath and the Man
1910

Over Silent Paths
1910
The Impalement
1910

Faithful
1910

In Old California
1910

The Newlyweds
1910
The Man
1910

The Last Deal
1910

The Rocky Road
1910

A Corner in Wheat
1909
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
1909
A Sweet Revenge
1909

The Light That Came
1909

Nursing a Viper
1909

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
In the Watches of the Night
1909

Fools of Fate
1909

The Broken Locket
1909

The Seventh Day
1909

The Indian Runner's Romance
1909

Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909

The Mended Lute
1909

A Strange Meeting
1909

Tender Hearts
1909

The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909

The Country Doctor
1909

The Necklace
1909

The Way of Man
1909