Acting
Frank Powell
Also Known As: Francis William Powell
Birth Date
May 8, 1887
Death Date
April 10, 1964
(passed away at 76)
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Biography
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.
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A Fool There Was
The Doctor
1915
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Film Fun
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
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The Man
1910
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A Knight of the Road
1911
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The Impalement
1910
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A Corner in Wheat
The Wheat King
1909
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The Second Generation
Hugo Reid - the Son
1914
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The Rocky Road
Ben
1910
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The Voice of the Violin
Mr. Walker
1909
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The Indian Runner's Romance
The Old Prospector
1909
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The Necklace
Employer / Party Guest
1909
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In Old California
Governor Manuella
1910
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Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
The Doctor
1909
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The Oath and the Man
1910
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In the Watches of the Night
Henry Brainhard
1909
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A Sweet Revenge
Alice's Father
1909
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A Strange Meeting
A Thief
1909
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The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
Oliver Cromwell
1909
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The Seventh Day
The Judge
1909
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The Cardinal's Conspiracy
A Visiting Nobleman
1909