Acting
Frank Powell
Born May 8, 1887 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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.
Directed Films
10.0
Astray from the Steerage
1921·Comedy
7.0
The Forfeit
1919·Drama
8.0
Heart of the Sunset
1918·Drama
1.0
Mary Moreland
1917·Drama
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The Dazzling Miss Davison
1917·Mystery
10.0
Hedda Gabler
1917
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The Debt
1917·Drama
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Mrs. Balfame
1917·Mystery
—
Motherhood
1917·Drama
—
The Greater Woman
1917·Drama
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The Scarlet Oath
1916·Drama
9.0
Charity
1916·Drama
9.0
The Chain Invisible
1916·Drama
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The Witch
1916·Horror
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The Devil's Daughter
1915·Drama
1.0
Princess Romanoff
1915·Adventure
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From the Valley of the Missing
1915·Adventure
5.0
A Fool There Was
1915·Drama
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His Last Dollar
1914·Comedy
9.0
The Stain
1914·Drama
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A Fair Rebel
1914·War
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A Lucky Toothache
1910
5.5
A Gold Necklace
1910·Comedy
5.0
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910·Comedy
Also Appeared In
5.0
A Fool There Was
1915·Drama
4.5
The Oath and the Man
1910·History
4.7
Over Silent Paths
1910·Western
4.5
Faithful
1910·Comedy
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In Old California
1910·Drama
5.0
The Newlyweds
1910·Comedy
4.0
The Rocky Road
1910·Drama
6.1
A Corner in Wheat
1909·Drama
4.1
The Light That Came
1909·Drama
4.2
Nursing a Viper
1909·Drama
4.2
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909·Drama
4.4
Fools of Fate
1909·Drama