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David Powell

David Powell

Known for: Acting

Born 17/12/1883
Died 1925-04-16
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland, UK

From Wikipedia David Powell (December 17, 1883 in Glasgow, Scotland – April 16, 1925 in New York City, New York) was a Scottish-born stage and later film actor of the silent era. In his twenties Powell appeared in stage companies of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Ellen Terry and Johnston Forbes-Robertson. In 1907 he appeared with Terry on Broadway in the first American presentation of Shaw's Captain Brassbound's Conversion. In 1912 Powell started his film career in one to three reel shorts. At the beginning of the 1920s he starred in several Paramount-produced English films. Extant films that feature Powell are The Dawn of A Tomorrow (1916), Less Than Dust (1916), Idols of Clay (1920), The Virtuous Liar (1924), The Green Goddess (1923 version), and The Average Woman (1924). Powell died of pneumonia in April 1925 at the age of 42. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Filmography

Virtuous Liars Film ★ 5,5

Virtuous Liars

Norman Wright

1924

Fine Feathers Film

Fine Feathers

1915

Love's Boomerang Film ★ 7,0

Love's Boomerang

Brian McCree

1922

The Right to Love Film ★ 9,0

The Right to Love

Colonel Richard Loring

1920

Her Great Chance Film

Her Great Chance

Charles Cox

1918

Her Husband's Honor Film ★ 7,0

Her Husband's Honor

Richard Page

1918

Missing Millions Film ★ 8,0

Missing Millions

Boston Blackie

1922

The Price She Paid Film

The Price She Paid

Donald Keith

1917

One of Our Girls Film

One of Our Girls

M. Henri De St. Hillaire

1914

Gloria's Romance Film ★ 6,0

Gloria's Romance

Richard Freneau - A Broker

1916

Anna Ascends Film ★ 9,0

Anna Ascends

The Baron

1922

The Average Woman Film ★ 6,6

The Average Woman

Rudolph Van Alten

1924

Dangerous Lies Film ★ 8,0

Dangerous Lies

Sir Henry Bond

1921

The Make-Believe Wife Film

The Make-Believe Wife

John Manning

1918

Idols of Clay Film ★ 9,0

Idols of Clay

Dion Holme

1920

Less Than the Dust Film ★ 3,0

Less Than the Dust

Capt. Richard Townsend

1916

The Princess of New York Film ★ 7,0

The Princess of New York

Geoffrey Kingsward

1921

The Dawn of a Tomorrow Film ★ 7,0

The Dawn of a Tomorrow

Dandy

1915

On with the Dance Film ★ 4,0

On with the Dance

Peter Derwynt

1920

Her Gilded Cage Film ★ 10,0

Her Gilded Cage

Arnold Pell

1922

The Siren Call Film ★ 8,0

The Siren Call

Ralph Stevens

1922

Outcast Film ★ 9,0

Outcast

Geoffrey Sherwood

1917

Fog Bound Film ★ 8,0

Fog Bound

Roger Wainright

1923

The Teeth of the Tiger Film ★ 9,0

The Teeth of the Tiger

Paul Sernine (aka Arsene Lupin)

1919

The Green Goddess Film ★ 7,0

The Green Goddess

Dr. Traherne

1923

Counterfeit Film ★ 9,0

Counterfeit

Stuart Kent

1919

The Woman Under Oath Film ★ 6,5

The Woman Under Oath

Edward Knox

1919

Lady Rose's Daughter Film ★ 10,0

Lady Rose's Daughter

Captain Warkworth

1920

Marriage Film

Marriage

Jack Spencer

1918

The Glimpses of the Moon Film ★ 9,0

The Glimpses of the Moon

Nick Lansing

1923

The Mystery Road Film ★ 7,0

The Mystery Road

Gerald Dombey

1921

The Spanish Jade Film ★ 6,3

The Spanish Jade

Gil Pérez

1922

The Unforseen Film ★ 10,0

The Unforseen

Walter Maxwell

1917

The Impostor Film

The Impostor

Blake Walford

1918

The Firing Line Film ★ 7,0

The Firing Line

Louis Malcourt

1919

Maternity Film

Maternity

John Locke

1917

The Fatal Card Film

The Fatal Card

Gerald Austen

1915

The Richest Girl Film ★ 10,0

The Richest Girl

Paul Normand

1918

The Man Without a Heart Film ★ 8,0

The Man Without a Heart

Edmund Hyde

1924

A Romance of the Underworld Film

A Romance of the Underworld

Richard Elliott

1918

The Beautiful Adventure Film ★ 7,0

The Beautiful Adventure

Andre

1917

His Parisian Wife Film ★ 10,0

His Parisian Wife

Martin Wesley

1919

The Lie Film

The Lie

Gerald Forster

1918