As of August 2026, Frank Powell is best known for A Fool There Was. Find every show and movie Frank Powell has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Frank Powell

Frank Powell

Actor Born 1887 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 4 Movies

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.

Alongside acting, Frank Powell is also known as a director, producer, writer. His screen credits lean toward Drama.

Frank Powell's most notable role to date came in A Corner in Wheat (1909), where he played The Wheat King. He also appeared in The Country Doctor (1909) as Doctor Harcourt. Most recently appeared in A Fool There Was (1915) as The Doctor.

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🎬 Frank Powell's Movies

A Fool There Was
The Doctor
1915
A Corner in Wheat
The Wheat King
1909
The Mended Lute
Chief Great Elk Horn
1909
The Country Doctor
Doctor Harcourt
1909

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