Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1887-05-08 00:00:00
Birth Place:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Known For:Acting
Death Date:1964-04-10 00:00:00
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Frank Powell
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.
Filmography (40)
Princess Romanoff
producer1915
The Witch
writer1916
His Last Dollar
director1914
Charity
director1916
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Paradise Lost
director1911
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After the Ball
director1910
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The Troublesome Baby
director1910
The Dazzling Miss Davison
director1917
Mary Moreland
presenter1917
Mary Moreland
director1917
The Witch
director1916
Princess Romanoff
director1915
⭐ 7
The Forfeit
writer1919
⭐ 7
The Forfeit
director1919
Charity
supervisor of production resources1916
⭐ 2.5
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An Affair of Hearts
director1910
Hedda Gabler
director1917
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The Masher
director1910
The Greater Woman
producer1917
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Man's Enemy
director1914
Mrs. Balfame
writer1917
In Old California
Role: Governor Manuella1910
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The Man
actor1910
⭐ 3.7
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
Role: A Visiting Nobleman1909
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The Second Generation
Role: Hugo Reid - the Son1914
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For Her Government
director1913
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You Never Know Your Luck
director1919
⭐ 5
A Fool There Was
director1915
⭐ 5
A Fool There Was
scenario writer1915
Mrs. Balfame
director1917
From the Valley of the Missing
director1915
⭐ 5
The Man Without Desire
writer1923
A Fair Rebel
director1914
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His New Lid
director1910
The Scarlet Oath
director1916
The Greater Woman
director1917
The Devil's Daughter
director1915
The Chain Invisible
director1916
⭐ 8
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Love in Quarantine
director1910
⭐ 5
A Fool There Was
producer1915