Frank Powell
Acting · 76 years old
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.
Known For
A Corner in Wheat
The Wheat King
The Country Doctor
Doctor Harcourt
The Son's Return
In Bank
A Fool There Was
The Doctor
The Newlyweds
A Friend / At Station Reception
Over Silent Paths
The Voice of the Violin
Mr. Walker
The Mended Lute
Chief Great Elk Horn
The Oath and the Man
Faithful
The Butler
Fools of Fate
Ed Hilton
A Strange Meeting
A Thief
The Politician's Love Story
Nursing a Viper
The Viper
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
The Doctor
The Light That Came
At the Ball
The Rocky Road
Ben
The Necklace
Employer / Party Guest
The Way of Man
Wedding Guest
His Duty
Jack Allen
Behind the Scenes
A Gold Necklace
Director
All on Account of the Milk
Director
A Fool There Was
Director
The Man Without Desire
Writer
A Fool There Was
Producer
May and December
Director
When We Were in Our 'Teens
Director
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Director
May and December
Writer
His Duty
Writer
Astray from the Steerage
Director
Mrs. Balfame
Director