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Frank Powell
Born 1887-05-08Hamilton, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Film Fun(archive footage) (uncredited)A Fool There WasThe DoctorThe Second GenerationHugo Reid - the SonA Knight of the RoadRoleThe Oath and the ManRoleOver Silent PathsRoleThe ImpalementRoleFaithfulThe ButlerIn Old CaliforniaGovernor ManuellaThe NewlywedsA Friend / At Station ReceptionThe ManRoleThe Last DealAt Card GameThe Rocky RoadBenA Corner in WheatThe Wheat KingThe Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian PeriodOliver CromwellSweet RevengeAlice's FatherThe Light That CameAt the BallNursing a ViperThe ViperLines of White on a Sullen SeaThe DoctorIn the Watches of the NightHenry BrainhardFools of FateEd HiltonThe Broken LocketGeorge PeabodyThe Seventh DayThe JudgeThe Indian Runner's RomanceThe Old Prospector