As Actor, As Writer
His Duty
1909
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Frank Powell
Acting
Birth date
May 8, 1887
Birth place
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Death date
April 10, 1964
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.
