← Back

Frank Powell

Frank Powell

Born: 1887-05-08 • 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.

Filmography
No Image
Film Fun
1955 • (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Fool There Was poster
A Fool There Was
1915 • The Doctor
No Image
The Second Generation
1914 • Hugo Reid - the Son
No Image
A Knight of the Road
1911
The Oath and the Man poster
The Oath and the Man
1910
Over Silent Paths poster
Over Silent Paths
1910
No Image
The Impalement
1910
Faithful poster
Faithful
1910 • The Butler
In Old California poster
In Old California
1910 • Governor Manuella
The Newlyweds poster
The Newlyweds
1910 • A Friend / At Station Reception
No Image
The Man
1910
The Last Deal poster
The Last Deal
1910 • At Card Game
The Rocky Road poster
The Rocky Road
1910 • Ben
A Corner in Wheat poster
A Corner in Wheat
1909 • The Wheat King
No Image
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
1909 • Oliver Cromwell
No Image
A Sweet Revenge
1909 • Alice's Father
The Light That Came poster
The Light That Came
1909 • At the Ball
Nursing a Viper poster
Nursing a Viper
1909 • The Viper
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea poster
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909 • The Doctor
No Image
In the Watches of the Night
1909 • Henry Brainhard
Fools of Fate poster
Fools of Fate
1909 • Ed Hilton
The Broken Locket poster
The Broken Locket
1909 • George Peabody
The Seventh Day poster
The Seventh Day
1909 • The Judge
The Indian Runner's Romance poster
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909 • The Old Prospector
Mr. Jones’ Burglar poster
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909 • At Club
The Mended Lute poster
The Mended Lute
1909 • Chief Great Elk Horn
A Strange Meeting poster
A Strange Meeting
1909 • A Thief
Tender Hearts poster
Tender Hearts
1909 • A Handsome Chap
The Cardinal's Conspiracy poster
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909 • A Visiting Nobleman
The Country Doctor poster
The Country Doctor
1909 • Doctor Harcourt
The Necklace poster
The Necklace
1909 • Employer / Party Guest
The Way of Man poster
The Way of Man
1909 • Wedding Guest
The Faded Lilies poster
The Faded Lilies
1909 • At Party
The Son's Return poster
The Son's Return
1909 • In Bank
His Duty poster
His Duty
1909 • Jack Allen
The Voice of the Violin poster
The Voice of the Violin
1909 • Mr. Walker
The Politician's Love Story poster
The Politician's Love Story
1909
No Image
The Honor of Thieves
1909