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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Film Fun
Character: (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1955
A Fool There Was
Character: The Doctor
MOVIE • 1915
The Second Generation
Character: Hugo Reid - the Son
MOVIE • 1914
The Oath and the Man
Character:
MOVIE • 1910
Over Silent Paths
Character:
MOVIE • 1910
The Impalement
Character:
MOVIE • 1910
Faithful
Character: The Butler
MOVIE • 1910
In Old California
Character: Governor Manuella
MOVIE • 1910
The Newlyweds
Character: A Friend / At Station Reception
MOVIE • 1910
The Man
Character:
MOVIE • 1910
The Last Deal
Character: At Card Game
MOVIE • 1910
The Rocky Road
Character: Ben
MOVIE • 1910
A Corner in Wheat
Character: The Wheat King
MOVIE • 1909
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
Character: Oliver Cromwell
MOVIE • 1909
A Sweet Revenge
Character: Alice's Father
MOVIE • 1909
The Light That Came
Character: At the Ball
MOVIE • 1909
Nursing a Viper
Character: The Viper
MOVIE • 1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Character: The Doctor
MOVIE • 1909
In the Watches of the Night
Character: Henry Brainhard
MOVIE • 1909
Fools of Fate
Character: Ed Hilton
MOVIE • 1909
Crew
Crew Credits
The Man Without Desire
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1923
A Soul's Awakening
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1922
Astray from the Steerage
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1921
In the Night
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1920
You Never Know Your Luck
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1919
Heart of the Sunset
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1918
Reputation
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 1917
Hedda Gabler
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1917
The Debt
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1917
Mrs. Balfame
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1917
Mrs. Balfame
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1917
Motherhood
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1917
Motherhood
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1917
The Greater Woman
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1917
The Greater Woman
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1917
The Scarlet Oath
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1916
Charity
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1916
Charity
Role: Supervisor of Production Resources
MOVIE • 1916
The Chain Invisible
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1916
The Witch
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1916