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.
Acting (29 movies)
A Fool There Was
1915
A Corner in Wheat
1909
The Mended Lute
1909
The Son's Return
1909
Over Silent Paths
1910
The Country Doctor
1909
A Strange Meeting
1909
Nursing a Viper
1909
The Broken Locket
1909
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
Fools of Fate
1909
The Rocky Road
1910
In Old California
1910
His Duty
1909
Tender Hearts
1909
The Voice of the Violin
1909
The Faded Lilies
1909
The Way of Man
1909
The Necklace
1909
The Last Deal
1910
The Oath and the Man
1910
Faithful
1910
The Light That Came
1909
The Politician's Love Story
1909
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909
The Newlyweds
1910
The Seventh Day
1909
Directing (37 movies)
For Her Government
1913
You Never Know Your Luck
1919
A Fool There Was
1915
Astray from the Steerage
1921
Mrs. Balfame
1917
A Fair Rebel
1914
His New Lid
1910
Her Grandparents
1915
The Scarlet Oath
1916
The Greater Woman
1917
Motherhood
1917
The Devil's Daughter
1915
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
1910
The Chain Invisible
1916
Love in Quarantine
1910
The Witch
1916
White Roses
1910
All on Account of the Milk
1910
The Smoker
1910
Never Again
1910
May and December
1910
When We Were in Our 'Teens
1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
A Gold Necklace
1910
A Lucky Toothache
1910
His Last Dollar
1914
From the Valley of the Missing
1915
Man's Enemy
1914
The Kid
1910
An Affair of Hearts
1910
The Masher
1910
The Stain
1914
Heart of the Sunset
1918
Hedda Gabler
1917
The Debt
1917
Officer 666
1914
Charity
1916
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| His Duty | 1909 | Writer |
| May and December | 1910 | Writer |
| A Fool There Was | 1915 | Producer |
| From the Valley of the Missing | 1915 | Producer |
| The Witch | 1916 | Writer |
| The Greater Woman | 1917 | Producer |
| Motherhood | 1917 | Producer |
| Mrs. Balfame | 1917 | Writer |
| In the Night | 1920 | Writer |
| The Man Without Desire | 1923 | Writer |