David Powell

Born: 1883-12-17

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.


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The Unforseen

as Walter Maxwell
Released: 1917-10-21

On the eve of her elopement with Henry Traquair, Margaret Fielding is accidentally discovered in...

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The Lie

as Gerald Forster
Released: 1918-04-08

Elinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her...

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Dangerous Lies

as Sir Henry Bond
Released: 1921-09-18

A widow's husband returns after her second marriage, and dies while assaulting her.

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Counterfeit

as Stuart Kent
Released: 1919-11-30

In order to secretly replenish the family's failing fortunes, Virginia Griswold secures a...

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The Glimpses of the Moon

as Nick Lansing
Released: 1923-03-25

The film is based upon the 1922 Edith Wharton novel The Glimpses of the Moon.

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The Average Woman

as Rudolph Van Alten
Released: 1924-03-01

Reporter Jimmy Munroe is writing an article on "the average woman". He meets Sally Whipple in...

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Idols of Clay

as Dion Holme
Released: 1920-11-28

A girl raised isolated from society in the South Seas falls in love with a visiting sculptor.

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Missing Millions

as Boston Blackie
Released: 1922-09-17

A girl seeks revenge after a Wall Street broker had falsely accused her father and sent him...

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Anna Ascends

as The Baron
Released: 1922-11-20

While working in Siad Coury’s coffeehouse in a Syrian neighborhood of New York City, Syrian...

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The Siren Call

as Ralph Stevens
Released: 1922-09-17

Love complicates the hunt for gold in 1890's Alaska.

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The Fatal Card

as Gerald Austen
Released: 1915-09-30

A notorious gambler and card cheat, George Forrester, rules a little western town with an iron...

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The Man Without a Heart

as uncredited
Released: 1924-01-01

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On with the Dance

as Peter Derwynt
Released: 1920-02-15

Sonia, a Russian dancer, comes to New York seeking her fortune. She marries Peter Derwynt, a...

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The Green Goddess

as Dr. Traherne
Released: 1923-08-13

The Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess...

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Fog Bound

as Roger Wainright
Released: 1923-05-27

Silent film directed by Irvin Willat

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The Spanish Jade

as Gil Pérez
Released: 1922-04-10

When a girl's lover kills her husband she offers herself to her father-in-law in exchange for...

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The Teeth of the Tiger

as Paul Sernine (aka Arsene Lupin)
Released: 1919-11-02

Living quietly under the assumed name Paul Sernine, reformed gentleman crook Arsene Lupin is...

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The Right to Love

as Colonel Richard Loring
Released: 1920-09-05

An adulterous aristocrat plans to murder his American wife.

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Her Husband's Honor

as Richard Page
Released: 1918-08-05

Nancy Page is a frivolous socialite until her husband Richard becomes entangled in his employer...

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A Romance of the Underworld

as uncredited
Released: 1918-06-30

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Less Than the Dust

as Capt. Richard Townsend
Released: 1916-11-04

Young Hindu woman Radha, becomes best friends with Captain Raymond Townsend during his service...

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His Parisian Wife

as Martin Wesley
Released: 1919-01-19

A beautiful young French girl falls in love with a handsome New Englander, but when they marry...

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The Woman Under Oath

as Edward Knox
Released: 1919-06-29

After a forward introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury...

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The Firing Line

as Louis Malcourt
Released: 1919-07-06

Sheila Cardross Malcourt shares only a loveless marriage with Louis Malcourt, but is unwilling...

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Lady Rose's Daughter

as Captain Warkworth
Released: 1920-08-29

Julie le Breton is the illegitimate daughter of Lady Rose, whose own background resembles that...

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One of Our Girls

as M. Henri De St. Hillaire
Released: 1914-06-10

The "girl" of the title was played by Hazel Dawn, a popular stage actress who briefly enjoyed a...

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Her Gilded Cage

as Arnold Pell
Released: 1922-04-05

A romance about a dancer seeking love and fame from Paris cabarets to New York society.

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The Dawn of a Tomorrow

as Dandy
Released: 1915-06-07

A young girl who lives in the slums of London, is in love with a thief. She persuades him to...

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The Make-Believe Wife

as John Manning
Released: 1918-11-17

Several young couples have gathered at a vacation home in the mountains. The group of friends go...

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Gloria's Romance

as Richard Freneau - A Broker
Released: 1916-05-22

An adventurous young girl in Florida gets herself lost in the Everglades and finds terror and...

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