ACTOR · FROM HAMILTON, CANADA
Frank Powell
1887–196481 credits since 1909
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ABOUT FRANK
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born8 May 1887
Died10 April 1964
BirthplaceHamilton, Canada
Known forActing
On Cineora4 of 79 titles
Known for
The titles people know Frank from.
Career
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 4
- Average IMDb
- 5.8
- Highest rated
- A Corner in WheatIMDb 6.6
- Working since
- 1909
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 1950s
1 titleFilm Fun
Not on Cineoraas (archive footage) (uncredited)
The 1910s
11 titles · IMDb 5.7 on average
Movieas The Doctor
The Second Generation
Not on Cineoraas Hugo Reid - the Son
A Knight of the Road
Not on Cineora
The Impalement
Not on Cineora
as The Butler
as Governor Manuella
as A Friend / At Station Reception
The 1900s
21 titles · IMDb 5.9 on average
Movieas The Wheat King
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
Not on Cineoraas Oliver Cromwell
Sweet Revenge
Not on Cineoraas Alice's Father
as At the Ball
as The Viper
as The Doctor
In the Watches of the Night
Not on Cineoraas Henry Brainhard
as Ed Hilton
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Frank’s titles.
D.W. GriffithDirector · A Corner in Wheat, The Country Doctor and 1 more
Henry B. WalthallA Corner in Wheat and The Mended Lute
Kate BruceA Corner in Wheat and The Country Doctor
Billy BitzerCinematographer · A Corner in Wheat and The Country Doctor
Florence LawrenceThe Country Doctor and The Mended Lute
James KirkwoodA Corner in Wheat and The Mended Lute
Gladys EganA Corner in Wheat and The Country Doctor