Frank Powell
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.
38 acting credits · 44 directing credits
Acting · 38
A Fool There Was
1915
A Corner in Wheat
1909
The Newlyweds
1910
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
1909
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
The Man
1910
Nursing a Viper
1909
His Duty
1909
The Impalement
1910
The Country Doctor
1909
The Voice of the Violin
1909
The Necklace
1909
The Oath and the Man
1910
The Seventh Day
1909
The Last Deal
1910
A Knight of the Road
1911
Tender Hearts
1909
The Broken Locket
1909
Faithful
1910
The Rocky Road
1910
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909
The Mended Lute
1909
The Faded Lilies
1909
Film Fun
1955
The Light That Came
1909
A Sweet Revenge
1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
Fools of Fate
1909
A Strange Meeting
1909
The Son's Return
1909
In Old California
1910
The Way of Man
1909
Over Silent Paths
1910
The Honor of Thieves
1909
The Politician's Love Story
1909
The Second Generation
1914
In the Watches of the Night
1909
Directing · 44
A Fool There Was
1915
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
White Roses
1910
A Gold Necklace
1910
A Lucky Toothache
1910
The Troublesome Baby
1910
The Dazzling Miss Davison
1917
The Witch
1916
Man's Enemy
1914
Astray from the Steerage
1921
The Stain
1914
All on Account of the Milk
1910
Paradise Lost
1911
When We Were in Our 'Teens
1910
Mary Moreland
1917
May and December
1910
Mrs. Balfame
1917
The Greater Woman
1917
Charity
1916
Her Grandparents
1915
Love in Quarantine
1910
Never Again
1910
After the Ball
1910
The Debt
1917
Princess Romanoff
1915
The Smoker
1910
The Kid
1910
Motherhood
1917
Officer 666
1914
You Never Know Your Luck
1919
Hedda Gabler
1917
The Devil's Daughter
1915
From the Valley of the Missing
1915
The Scarlet Oath
1916
Heart of the Sunset
1918
For Her Government
1913
A Fair Rebel
1914
His Last Dollar
1914
The Masher
1910
An Affair of Hearts
1910
The Chain Invisible
1916
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
1910
The Forfeit
1919
His New Lid
1910