Place of Birth:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth:
5/8/1887
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.
A Fool There Was
A Corner in Wheat
The Mended Lute
The Son's Return
Over Silent Paths
The Country Doctor
A Strange Meeting
Nursing a Viper
The Broken Locket
The Indian Runner's Romance
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
The Honor of Thieves
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
Fools of Fate
The Rocky Road
In Old California
His Duty
Tender Hearts
In the Watches of the Night
The Man
The Impalement
Film Fun
A Sweet Revenge
The Voice of the Violin
The Faded Lilies
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
The Way of Man
The Necklace
The Last Deal
The Oath and the Man
Faithful
The Light That Came
The Second Generation