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

A Corner in Wheat

as The Wheat King

The Country Doctor

as Doctor Harcourt

A Fool There Was

as The Doctor

The Mended Lute

as Chief Great Elk Horn

The Son's Return

as In Bank

The Voice of the Violin

as Mr. Walker

Nursing a Viper

as The Viper

Fools of Fate

as Ed Hilton

Faithful

as The Butler

The Light That Came

as At the Ball