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.
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Movies (50)
Film Fun
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
The Man Without Desire
Writer (Writing)
1923
A Soul's Awakening
Story (Writing)
1922
Astray from the Steerage
Director (Directing)
1921
In the Night
Writer (Writing)
1920
You Never Know Your Luck
Director (Directing)
1919
The Forfeit
Director (Directing)
1919
Heart of the Sunset
Director (Directing)
1918
Reputation
Presenter (Crew)
1917
Mary Moreland
Director (Directing)
1917
The Dazzling Miss Davison
Director (Directing)
1917
Hedda Gabler
Director (Directing)
1917
The Debt
Director (Directing)
1917
Mrs. Balfame
Director (Directing)
1917
Motherhood
Director (Directing)
1917
The Greater Woman
Director (Directing)
1917
The Scarlet Oath
Director (Directing)
1916
Charity
Director (Directing)
1916
The Chain Invisible
Director (Directing)
1916
The Witch
Director (Directing)
1916
The Devil's Daughter
Director (Directing)
1915
Princess Romanoff
Director (Directing)
1915
Her Grandparents
Director (Directing)
1915
From the Valley of the Missing
Director (Directing)
1915
A Fool There Was
as The Doctor
1915
Officer 666
Director (Directing)
1914
His Last Dollar
Director (Directing)
1914
Man's Enemy
Director (Directing)
1914
The Stain
Director (Directing)
1914
A Fair Rebel
Director (Directing)
1914
The Second Generation
as Hugo Reid - the Son
1914
For Her Government
Director (Directing)
1913
White Roses
Director (Directing)
1910
His New Lid
Director (Directing)
1910
Love in Quarantine
Director (Directing)
1910
A Lucky Toothache
Director (Directing)
1910
The Masher
Director (Directing)
1910
A Gold Necklace
Director (Directing)
1910
The Oath and the Man
1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Director (Directing)
1910
When We Were in Our 'Teens
Director (Directing)
1910
Never Again
Director (Directing)
1910
May and December
Director (Directing)
1910
An Affair of Hearts
Director (Directing)
1910
Over Silent Paths
1910
The Impalement
1910
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
Director (Directing)
1910
The Kid
Director (Directing)
1910
The Smoker
Director (Directing)
1910
Faithful
as The Butler
1910