Actor
Frank Powell
Born 1887 · Hamilton, 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.
Directed
You Never Know Your Luck
Director · 1919
Astray from the Steerage
Director · 1921
The Kid
Director · 1910
The Troublesome Baby
Director · 1910
Hedda Gabler
Director · 1917
Man's Enemy
Director · 1914
For Her Government
Director · 1913
The Stain
Director · 1914
Charity
Director · 1916
The Chain Invisible
Director · 1916
Love in Quarantine
Director · 1910
Heart of the Sunset
Director · 1918
A Fool There Was
Director · 1915
The Forfeit
Director · 1919
A Gold Necklace
Director · 1910
All on Account of the Milk
Director · 1910
When We Were in Our 'Teens
Director · 1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Director · 1910
Acting
A Corner in Wheat
The Wheat King · 1909
The Country Doctor
Doctor Harcourt · 1909
A Fool There Was
The Doctor · 1915
The Son's Return
In Bank · 1909
The Mended Lute
Chief Great Elk Horn · 1909
Film Fun
(archive footage) (uncredited) · 1955
The Voice of the Violin
Mr. Walker · 1909
The Newlyweds
A Friend / At Station Reception · 1910
Faithful
The Butler · 1910
Fools of Fate
Ed Hilton · 1909
Nursing a Viper
The Viper · 1909
A Strange Meeting
A Thief · 1909
The Light That Came
At the Ball · 1909
A Sweet Revenge
Alice's Father · 1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
The Doctor · 1909
His Duty
Jack Allen · 1909
The Necklace
Employer / Party Guest · 1909
The Way of Man
Wedding Guest · 1909
The Rocky Road
Ben · 1910
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
A Visiting Nobleman · 1909
The Broken Locket
George Peabody · 1909
The Indian Runner's Romance
The Old Prospector · 1909
The Seventh Day
The Judge · 1909
Tender Hearts
A Handsome Chap · 1909
