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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. A Corner in Wheat (1909) — The Wheat King
2. The Country Doctor (1909) — Doctor Harcourt
3. A Fool There Was (1915) — The Doctor
4. The Mended Lute (1909) — Chief Great Elk Horn
5. The Son's Return (1909) — In Bank
6. The Voice of the Violin (1909) — Mr. Walker
7. Nursing a Viper (1909) — The Viper
8. Fools of Fate (1909) — Ed Hilton
9. His Duty (1909) — Jack Allen
10. Faithful (1910) — The Butler
11. The Light That Came (1909) — At the Ball
12. Over Silent Paths (1910)
13. A Strange Meeting (1909) — A Thief
14. The Broken Locket (1909) — George Peabody
15. The Indian Runner's Romance (1909) — The Old Prospector
16. Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909) — The Doctor
17. The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909) — A Visiting Nobleman
18. Film Fun (1955) — (archive footage) (uncredited)
19. The Necklace (1909) — Employer / Party Guest
20. The Politician's Love Story (1909)
21. The Faded Lilies (1909) — At Party
22. The Way of Man (1909) — Wedding Guest
23. The Oath and the Man (1910)
24. The Honor of Thieves (1909)
25. The Rocky Road (1910) — Ben
26. Tender Hearts (1909) — A Handsome Chap
27. In the Watches of the Night (1909) — Henry Brainhard
28. A Sweet Revenge (1909) — Alice's Father
29. The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909) — Oliver Cromwell
30. Mr. Jones' Burglar (1909) — At Club
31. The Newlyweds (1910) — A Friend / At Station Reception
32. The Seventh Day (1909) — The Judge
33. In Old California (1910) — Governor Manuella
34. The Man (1910)
35. The Impalement (1910)
36. The Last Deal (1910) — At Card Game
37. The Second Generation (1914) — Hugo Reid - the Son
38. A Knight of the Road (1911)

Directed

1. A Fool There Was (1915) — Director
2. All on Account of the Milk (1910) — Director
3. A Gold Necklace (1910) — Director
4. For Her Government (1913) — Director
5. You Never Know Your Luck (1919) — Director
6. Astray from the Steerage (1921) — Director
7. The Chain Invisible (1916) — Director
8. Love in Quarantine (1910) — Director
9. Never Again (1910) — Director
10. May and December (1910) — Director
11. When We Were in Our 'Teens (1910) — Director
12. Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910) — Director
13. Man's Enemy (1914) — Director
14. The Kid (1910) — Director
15. An Affair of Hearts (1910) — Director
16. The Stain (1914) — Director
17. Heart of the Sunset (1918) — Director
18. Hedda Gabler (1917) — Director
19. Charity (1916) — Director
20. The Forfeit (1919) — Director
21. Princess Romanoff (1915) — Director
22. Mary Moreland (1917) — Director
23. The Troublesome Baby (1910) — Director
24. Mrs. Balfame (1917) — Director
25. A Fair Rebel (1914) — Director
26. His New Lid (1910) — Director
27. Her Grandparents (1915) — Director
28. The Scarlet Oath (1916) — Director
29. The Greater Woman (1917) — Director
30. Motherhood (1917) — Director
31. The Devil's Daughter (1915) — Director
32. The Tenderfoot's Triumph (1910) — Director
33. The Witch (1916) — Director
34. White Roses (1910) — Director
35. The Smoker (1910) — Director
36. A Lucky Toothache (1910) — Director
37. His Last Dollar (1914) — Director
38. From the Valley of the Missing (1915) — Director
39. The Masher (1910) — Director
40. The Debt (1917) — Director