Acting
Frank Powell
1887 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
30 films
Bio
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
The Forfeit
Director
White Roses1910
White Roses
Director
Mary Moreland
Director
Princess Romanoff
Director
The Man1910
The Man
Steve Clark
Charity
Director
Paradise Lost1911
Paradise Lost
Director
Hedda Gabler
Director
A Lucky Toothache
Director
Film Fun1955
Film Fun
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Sweet Revenge1909
Sweet Revenge
Alice's Father
Her Grandparents1915
Her Grandparents
Director