David Powell
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.
The Teeth of the Tiger
as Paul Sernine (aka Arsene Lupin)Living quietly under the assumed name Paul Sernine, reformed gentleman crook Arsene Lupin is...
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The Average Woman
as Rudolph Van AltenReporter Jimmy Munroe is writing an article on "the average woman". He meets Sally Whipple in...
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The Right to Love
as Colonel Richard LoringAn adulterous aristocrat plans to murder his American wife.
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The Green Goddess
as Dr. TraherneThe Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess...
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Idols of Clay
as Dion HolmeA girl raised isolated from society in the South Seas falls in love with a visiting sculptor.
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The Woman Under Oath
as Edward KnoxAfter a forward introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury...
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Less Than the Dust
as Capt. Richard TownsendYoung Hindu woman Radha, becomes best friends with Captain Raymond Townsend during his service...
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Her Gilded Cage
as Arnold PellA romance about a dancer seeking love and fame from Paris cabarets to New York society.
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Gloria's Romance
as Richard Freneau - A BrokerAn adventurous young girl in Florida gets herself lost in the Everglades and finds terror and...
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The Unforseen
as Walter MaxwellOn the eve of her elopement with Henry Traquair, Margaret Fielding is accidentally discovered in...
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The Man Without a Heart
as Edmund HydeWhen Rufus Asher suspects that Barbara Wier is plotting with his sister's husband, Edmund Hyde,...
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The Beautiful Adventure
as AndreHelene De Travillac, a sweat little French girl, loves her handsome cousin, Andre D'Eguzon, but...
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The Glimpses of the Moon
as Nick LansingThe film is based upon the 1922 Edith Wharton novel The Glimpses of the Moon.
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The Princess of New York
as Geoffrey KingswardA US steel king pawns the gems of his daughter who is loved by a student and a crook.
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The Dawn of a Tomorrow
as DandyA young girl who lives in the slums of London, is in love with a thief. She persuades him to...
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Missing Millions
as Boston BlackieA girl seeks revenge after a Wall Street broker had falsely accused her father and sent him...
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On with the Dance
as Peter DerwyntSonia, a Russian dancer, comes to New York seeking her fortune. She marries Peter Derwynt, a...
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Anna Ascends
as The BaronWhile working in Siad Coury’s coffeehouse in a Syrian neighborhood of New York City, Syrian...
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The Firing Line
as Louis MalcourtSheila Cardross Malcourt shares only a loveless marriage with Louis Malcourt, but is unwilling...
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Dangerous Lies
as Sir Henry BondA widow's husband returns after her second marriage, and dies while assaulting her.
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The Spanish Jade
as Gil PérezWhen a girl's lover kills her husband she offers herself to her father-in-law in exchange for...
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One of Our Girls
as M. Henri De St. HillaireThe "girl" of the title was played by Hazel Dawn, a popular stage actress who briefly enjoyed a...
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Counterfeit
as Stuart KentIn order to secretly replenish the family's failing fortunes, Virginia Griswold secures a...
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The Siren Call
as Ralph StevensLove complicates the hunt for gold in 1890's Alaska.
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The Lie
as Gerald ForsterElinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her...
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The Make-Believe Wife
as John ManningSeveral young couples have gathered at a vacation home in the mountains. The group of friends go...
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The Fatal Card
as Gerald AustenA notorious gambler and card cheat, George Forrester, rules a little western town with an iron...
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His Parisian Wife
as Martin WesleyA beautiful young French girl falls in love with a handsome New Englander, but when they marry...
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Lady Rose's Daughter
as Captain WarkworthJulie le Breton is the illegitimate daughter of Lady Rose, whose own background resembles that...
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Maternity
as John LockeBecause of the loss of three generations of women in her family during childbirth Ellen Locke is...
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Her Husband's Honor
as Richard PageNancy Page is a frivolous socialite until her husband Richard becomes entangled in his employer...
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The Richest Girl
as Paul NormandA girl needs to marry by a year to get her aunt's money but her fiancé has left. After getting...
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