6.2
6.2
The Country Doctor
1909
as Doctor Harcourt
Frank Powell
Also known as: Francis William Powell
Acting
Born:May 8, 1887
Died:April 10, 1964(aged 76)
Birthplace:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Nationality:Canada
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (74 movies)
6.1
6.1
A Corner in Wheat
1909
as The Wheat King
5.6
5.6
The Son's Return
1909
as In Bank
5.5
5.5
A Gold Necklace
1910
Director
5.3
5.3
All on Account of the Milk
1910
Director
5.0
5.0
May and December
1910
Director
5.0
5.0
When We Were in Our 'Teens
1910
Director
5.0
5.0
The Man Without Desire
1923
Writer
5.0
5.0
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
Director
5.0
5.0
A Fool There Was
1915
Producer
4.7
4.7
Over Silent Paths
1910
4.7
4.7
The Voice of the Violin
1909
as Mr. Walker
4.6
4.6
The Mended Lute
1909
as Chief Great Elk Horn
4.5
4.5
Faithful
1910
as The Butler
4.5
4.5
The Oath and the Man
1910
4.5
4.5
A Sweet Revenge
1909
as Alice's Father
4.4
4.4
Fools of Fate
1909
as Ed Hilton
4.3
4.3
The Politician's Love Story
1909
4.3
4.3
A Strange Meeting
1909
as A Thief
4.2
4.2
Nursing a Viper
1909
as The Viper
4.1
4.1
The Light That Came
1909
as At the Ball
4.0
4.0
The Rocky Road
1910
as Ben
4.0
4.0
Film Fun
1955
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
4.0
4.0
The Necklace
1909
as Employer / Party Guest
4.0
4.0
The Way of Man
1909
as Wedding Guest
4.0
4.0
Never Again
1910
Director
3.9
3.9
His Duty
1909
Writer
3.7
3.7
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
as A Visiting Nobleman
3.5
3.5
The Broken Locket
1909
as George Peabody
3.2
3.2
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
as The Doctor
3.0
3.0
Tender Hearts
1909
as A Handsome Chap
3.0
3.0
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
as The Old Prospector
3.0
3.0
The Seventh Day
1909
as The Judge
2.5
2.5
An Affair of Hearts
1910
Director
2.2
2.2
The Faded Lilies
1909
as At Party
2.0
2.0
In the Watches of the Night
1909
as Henry Brainhard
1.5
1.5
The Honor of Thieves
1909
1.0
1.0
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909
as At Club
0.5
0.5
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
1909
as Oliver Cromwell
The Second Generation
1914
as Hugo Reid - the Son
The Impalement
1910
The Last Deal
1910
as At Card Game
In Old California
1910
as Governor Manuella
The Man
1910
The Stain
1914
Director
Heart of the Sunset
1918
Director
You Never Know Your Luck
1919
Director
The Devil's Daughter
1915
Director
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
1910
Director
The Chain Invisible
1916
Director
For Her Government
1913
Director
A Fair Rebel
1914
Director
Her Grandparents
1915
Director
The Scarlet Oath
1916
Director
The Greater Woman
1917
Producer
Motherhood
1917
Producer
Love in Quarantine
1910
Director
The Witch
1916
Writer
From the Valley of the Missing
1915
Producer
The Debt
1917
Director
Officer 666
1914
Director
In the Night
1920
Writer
Hedda Gabler
1917
Director
Charity
1916
Director
Mrs. Balfame
1917
Writer
Astray from the Steerage
1921
Director
His New Lid
1910
Director
The Smoker
1910
Director
A Lucky Toothache
1910
Director
White Roses
1910
Director
His Last Dollar
1914
Director
Man's Enemy
1914
Director
The Kid
1910
Director
The Masher
1910
Director
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