Frank Powell

Frank Powell

aka. Francis William Powell

Birthday

1887-05-08

Deathday

1964-04-10

Place of Birth

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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.

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