Frank Powell
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.
Directed (44)
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
Acting (38)
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
