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Frank Powell

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Credits
Born May 8, 1887Died April 10, 1964 (76 years)
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
  • A Fool There Was

Filmography

1915
A Fool There Was · as The Doctor
1913
Rose of Surrey · as Edmund Grey
1913
The Lucky Stone · as Harry Hopper
1912
His Day · as Cast
1909
A Corner in Wheat · as The Wheat King
1909
The Country Doctor · as Doctor Harcourt
1909
The Lonely Villa · as Cast

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