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
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Film Fun
1955
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Fool There Was
1915
as The Doctor
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The Second Generation
1914
as Hugo Reid - the Son
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A Knight of the Road
1911
The Oath and the Man
1910
Over Silent Paths
1910
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The Impalement
1910
Faithful
1910
as The Butler
In Old California
1910
as Governor Manuella
The Newlyweds
1910
as A Friend / At Station Reception
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The Man
1910
as Steve Clark
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The Last Deal
1910
as At Card Game
The Rocky Road
1910
as Ben
A Corner in Wheat
1909
as The Wheat King
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The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
1909
as Oliver Cromwell
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Sweet Revenge
1909
as Alice's Father
The Light That Came
1909
as At the Ball
Nursing a Viper
1909
as The Viper
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
as The Doctor
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In the Watches of the Night
1909
as Henry Brainhard
Fools of Fate
1909
as Ed Hilton
The Broken Locket
1909
as George Peabody
The Seventh Day
1909
as The Judge
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
as The Old Prospector