Actor
Frank Powell
Born May 8, 1887 in Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDied April 10, 196432 films
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.
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First watchA Corner in Wheat19096.2as The Wheat KingOn a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty.View filmFilmography
32 films as actor- 1915A Fool There WasThe Doctor
- 1914The Second GenerationHugo Reid - the Son
- 1911A Knight of the Road
- 1910The Oath and the Man
- 1910The Impalement
- 1910FaithfulThe Butler
- 1910In Old CaliforniaGovernor Manuella
- 1910The NewlywedsA Friend / At Station Reception
- 1910The ManSteve Clark
- 1910The Last DealAt Card Game
- 1910The Rocky RoadBen
- 1909A Corner in WheatThe Wheat King
- 1909The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian PeriodOliver Cromwell
- 1909Sweet RevengeAlice's Father
- 1909The Light That CameAt the Ball
- 1909Nursing a ViperThe Viper
- 1909Lines of White on a Sullen SeaThe Doctor
- 1909In the Watches of the NightHenry Brainhard
- 1909Fools of FateEd Hilton
- 1909The Broken LocketGeorge Peabody
- 1909The Seventh DayThe Judge
- 1909The Indian Runner's RomanceThe Old Prospector
- 1909Mr. Jones' BurglarAt Club
- 1909The Mended LuteChief Great Elk Horn
- 1909A Strange MeetingA Thief
- 1909Tender HeartsA Handsome Chap
- 1909The Cardinal's ConspiracyA Visiting Nobleman
- 1909The Country DoctorDoctor Harcourt
- 1909The NecklaceEmployer / Party Guest
- 1909The Way of ManWedding Guest
- 1909The Faded LiliesAt Party
- 1909His DutyJack Allen