Frank Powell

Canadian actor, screenwriter, and director (1886–1957)

Francis William Powell was a Canadian-born American stage and silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who worked predominantly in the United States. He is also credited with "discovering" Theda Bara and casting her in a starring role in the 1915 release A Fool There Was. Her performance in that production, under Powell's direction, quickly earned Bara widespread fame as the film industry's most popular evil seductress or on-screen "vamp".

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 19 films (1909–1919) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 16 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1909	A Corner in Wheat	Arvidson Linda	14 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1909	The Country Doctor	Biograph Company	15	16mm	B&W	silent
1909	The Lonely Villa	D. W. Griffith	19		B&W
1909	The Voice of the Violin	Arthur V. Johnson; Marion Leonard; Frank Powell; David Miles; D.W. Griffith
1910	A Gold Necklace	Biograph Co		16mm	B&W	sound
1910	Faithful	D. W. Griffith	17		B&W
1910	Happy Jack, a hero.	Frank Powell	2:21	16mm
1910	Over Silent Paths	D. W. Griffith	16 min	16mm	B&W
1910	Up A Tree	Disney	7 7 min	16mm	Color	sound
1914	MAN'S ENEMY	Frank Powell	1186	16mm	B&W	silent
1914	THE STAIN.	Eclectic Film Co.			B&W
1915	A Fool There Was	Frank Powell
1915	CHILDREN OF THE GHETTO.	William Fox	5 reels		B&W	silent
1915	The devil's daughter.	William Fox	5 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1916	CHARITY.	Frank Powell Productions Inc.			B&W	silent
1917	MOTHERHOOD.	Frank Powell Producing Corp.	5 reels		B&W
1917	MRS. BALFAME. Frank Powell Producing Corp.	Frank Powell Producing Corp. and Frank Powell Productions.	6 reels
1917	THE GREATER WOMAN.	Frank Powell Producing Corp.	5 reels		B&W
1919	THE DEBT.	Haworth Pictures Corp	5 reels		B&W