
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.

A Gold Necklace

All on Account of the Milk

A Fool There Was

May and December

Muggsy Becomes a Hero

When We Were in Our 'Teens

Astray from the Steerage

Mrs. Balfame

A Fair Rebel

The Scarlet Oath

The Greater Woman

Motherhood

The Devil's Daughter

The Tenderfoot's Triumph

The Chain Invisible

The Witch

A Lucky Toothache

His Last Dollar

From the Valley of the Missing

The Stain

Heart of the Sunset

Hedda Gabler

The Debt

Charity

The Forfeit

Princess Romanoff

The Dazzling Miss Davison

Mary Moreland

A Corner in Wheat

The Country Doctor

The Son's Return

A Fool There Was

The Newlyweds

Over Silent Paths

The Voice of the Violin

The Mended Lute

Faithful

The Oath and the Man

Fools of Fate

A Strange Meeting

The Politician's Love Story

Nursing a Viper

The Light That Came

The Rocky Road

The Way of Man

The Necklace

His Duty

The Cardinal's Conspiracy

The Broken Locket

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

The Indian Runner's Romance

Tender Hearts

The Seventh Day

The Faded Lilies

Mr. Jones’ Burglar

In Old California

The Last Deal