David Powell

Acting

David Powell

Born
Died
(aged 41)
Birthplace
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Credits
43 titles

Biography

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 43

YearTitleRole
1924 Virtuous Liars Film Norman Wright
1924 The Average Woman Film Rudolph Van Alten
1924 The Man Without a Heart Film Edmund Hyde
1923 The Green Goddess Film Dr. Traherne
1923 Fog Bound Film Roger Wainright
1923 The Glimpses of the Moon Film Nick Lansing
1922 Anna Ascends Film The Baron
1922 Missing Millions Film Boston Blackie
1922 The Siren Call Film Ralph Stevens
1922 The Spanish Jade Film Gil Pérez
1922 Her Gilded Cage Film Arnold Pell
1922 Love's Boomerang Film Brian McCree
1921 The Mystery Road Film Gerald Dombey
1921 Dangerous Lies Film Sir Henry Bond
1921 The Princess of New York Film Geoffrey Kingsward
1920 Idols of Clay Film Dion Holme
1920 The Right to Love Film Colonel Richard Loring
1920 Lady Rose's Daughter Film Captain Warkworth
1920 On with the Dance Film Peter Derwynt
1919 Counterfeit Film Stuart Kent
1919 The Teeth of the Tiger Film Paul Sernine (aka Arsene Lupin)
1919 The Firing Line Film Louis Malcourt
1919 The Woman Under Oath Film Edward Knox
1919 His Parisian Wife Film Martin Wesley
1918 Marriage Film Jack Spencer
1918 The Make-Believe Wife Film John Manning
1918 Her Great Chance Film Charles Cox
1918 Her Husband's Honor Film Richard Page
1918 A Romance of the Underworld Film Richard Elliott
1918 The Lie Film Gerald Forster
1918 The Richest Girl Film Paul Normand
1918 The Impostor Film Blake Walford
1917 The Unforseen Film Walter Maxwell
1917 The Beautiful Adventure Film Andre
1917 Outcast Film Geoffrey Sherwood
1917 Maternity Film John Locke
1917 The Price She Paid Film Donald Keith
1916 Less Than the Dust Film Capt. Richard Townsend
1916 Gloria's Romance Film Richard Freneau - A Broker
1915 The Fatal Card Film Gerald Austen
1915 Fine Feathers Film
1915 The Dawn of a Tomorrow Film Dandy
1914 One of Our Girls Film M. Henri De St. Hillaire
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