Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 8, 1887
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Francis William Powell
Frank Powell
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.
Known For - Movies
A Fool There Was
as The Doctor
🎬
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
as Oliver Cromwell
A Corner in Wheat
as The Wheat King
The Son's Return
as In Bank
The Country Doctor
as Doctor Harcourt
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
as The Doctor
The Newlyweds
as A Friend / At Station Reception
🎬
Film Fun
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
In Old California
as Governor Manuella
His Duty
as Jack Allen