Frank Powell

AKA: Francis William Powell
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1887-05-08

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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.

Crew Roles

For Her Government
Director
You Never Know Your Luck
Director
A Fool There Was
Director
A Fool There Was
Scenario Writer
Astray from the Steerage
Director
Mrs. Balfame
Director
Mrs. Balfame
Writer
The Man Without Desire
Writer
A Fair Rebel
Director
His New Lid
Director
Her Grandparents
Director
The Scarlet Oath
Director
The Greater Woman
Director
Motherhood
Director
The Devil's Daughter
Director
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
Director
The Chain Invisible
Director
Love in Quarantine
Director
A Fool There Was
Producer
The Witch
Writer
The Witch
Director
White Roses
Director
All on Account of the Milk
Director
The Smoker
Director
May and December
Director
Never Again
Director
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Director
When We Were in Our 'Teens
Director
A Gold Necklace
Director
A Lucky Toothache
Director
His Last Dollar
Director
From the Valley of the Missing
Producer
From the Valley of the Missing
Director
Man's Enemy
Director
An Affair of Hearts
Director
The Masher
Director
The Kid
Director
The Stain
Director
Heart of the Sunset
Director
Hedda Gabler
Director
The Greater Woman
Producer
Motherhood
Producer
Reputation
Presenter
The Debt
Director
Officer 666
Director
In the Night
Writer
A Soul's Awakening
Story
Charity
Director
Charity
Supervisor of Production Resources
His Duty
Writer
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