As Director
A Gold Necklace
1910
5.5
Frank Powell
Acting
Birth Date
May 8, 1887
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death
April 10, 1964
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
5.0
As Director, As Writer
May and December
1910
5.0
As Actor
Over Silent Paths
1910
4.7
As Actor
Faithful
1910
4.5
As Director
All on Account of the Milk
1910
5.3
As Actor
The Rocky Road
1910
4.0
As Actor
A Corner in Wheat
1909
6.1
As Actor
Nursing a Viper
1909
4.2
As Actor
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
3.2
As Actor
Fools of Fate
1909
4.4
As Actor
The Broken Locket
1909
3.5
As Actor
The Seventh Day
1909
3.0
As Actor
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
3.0
As Actor
The Mended Lute
1909
4.6
As Actor
A Strange Meeting
1909
4.3
As Actor
Tender Hearts
1909
3.0
As Actor
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
3.7
As Actor
The Country Doctor
1909
6.2
As Actor
The Necklace
1909
4.0