Frank Powell
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
(The Doctor)
A Corner in Wheat
(The Wheat King)
The Mended Lute
(Chief Great Elk Horn)
The Son's Return
(In Bank)
Over Silent Paths
The Country Doctor
(Doctor Harcourt)
A Strange Meeting
(A Thief)
Nursing a Viper
(The Viper)
The Indian Runner's Romance
(The Old Prospector)
The Broken Locket
(George Peabody)
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
(The Doctor)
The Honor of Thieves
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
(A Visiting Nobleman)
Fools of Fate
(Ed Hilton)
The Rocky Road
(Ben)
In Old California
(Governor Manuella)
His Duty
(Jack Allen)
Tender Hearts
(A Handsome Chap)
In the Watches of the Night
(Henry Brainhard)
The Man
The Impalement
Film Fun
((archive footage) (uncredited))
A Sweet Revenge
(Alice's Father)
The Voice of the Violin
(Mr. Walker)
The Faded Lilies
(At Party)
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
(Oliver Cromwell)
The Necklace
(Employer / Party Guest)
The Way of Man
(Wedding Guest)
The Last Deal
(At Card Game)
The Oath and the Man
Faithful
(The Butler)
The Light That Came
(At the Ball)
The Second Generation
(Hugo Reid - the Son)
For Her Government
(Director)
You Never Know Your Luck
(Director)
A Fool There Was
(Scenario Writer)
A Fool There Was
(Director)
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
(Director)
The Witch
(Writer)
White Roses
(Director)
All on Account of the Milk
(Director)
The Smoker
(Director)
Never Again
(Director)
May and December
(Director)
When We Were in Our 'Teens
(Director)
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
(Director)
A Lucky Toothache
(Director)
A Gold Necklace
(Director)
His Last Dollar
(Director)
From the Valley of the Missing
(Director)
From the Valley of the Missing
(Producer)
Man's Enemy
(Director)
An Affair of Hearts
(Director)
The Kid
(Director)
The Masher
(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)