Actor
Frank Powell
May 8, 1887 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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.
Often works with
Arthur V. Johnson
15 titles together
A Corner in Wheat, The Mended Lute, Nursing a Viper
Mack Sennett
13 titles together
The Mended Lute, Nursing a Viper, Faithful
Kate Bruce
12 titles together
A Corner in Wheat, The Country Doctor, Faithful
Owen Moore
12 titles together
A Corner in Wheat, The Mended Lute, Nursing a Viper
James Kirkwood
11 titles together
A Corner in Wheat, The Mended Lute, Nursing a Viper
Mary Pickford
11 titles together
The Country Doctor, The Light That Came, His Duty
Full filmography · 66
Film Fun
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
The Man Without Desire
Writer
1923
Astray from the Steerage
Director
1921
In the Night
Writer
1920You Never Know Your Luck
Director
1919
The Forfeit
Director and Writer
1919
Heart of the Sunset
Director
1918
Mary Moreland
Director
1917
The Dazzling Miss Davison
Director
1917
Hedda Gabler
Director
1917
The Debt
Director
1917
Mrs. Balfame
Director and Writer
1917