Frank Powell

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.

Frank Powell, nascut Francis William Powell (Hamilton, Canadà, 8 de maig de 1887 - 10 d'abril de 1964) va ser un actor, director, productor i guionista de cinema mut i escènic canadenc que va treballar principalment als Estats Units. També se li atribueix el "descobriment" de Theda Bara i la seva elecció per a un paper protagonista a l'estrena de 1915 A Fool There Was.