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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.
Born
Monday, 17 December 1883
Died
Thursday, 16 April 1925
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Lost Chord | Arnold Grahme | 1925 |
Virtuous Liars | Norman Wright | 1924 |
The Average Woman | Rudolph Van Alten | 1924 |
The Man Without a Heart | Edmund Hyde | 1924 |
The Green Goddess | Dr. Traherne | 1923 |
The Glimpses of the Moon | Nick Lansing | 1923 |
Anna Ascends | The Baron | 1922 |
The Siren Call | Ralph Stevens, a prospector / Ralph Stevens | 1922 |
Her Great Chance | Charles Cox | 1922 |
A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
The Lost Chord | Arnold Grahme | 1925 |
Virtuous Liars | Norman Wright | 1924 |
The Average Woman | Rudolph Van Alten | 1924 |
The Man Without a Heart | Edmund Hyde | 1924 |
The Green Goddess | Dr. Traherne | 1923 |
The Glimpses of the Moon | Nick Lansing | 1923 |
Anna Ascends | The Baron | 1922 |
The Siren Call | Ralph Stevens, a prospector / Ralph Stevens | 1922 |
Her Great Chance | Charles Cox | 1922 |
A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922 |
The Spanish Jade | Gil Pérez | 1922 |
Her Gilded Cage | Arnold Pell | 1922 |
Love's Boomerang | Brian McCree | 1922 |
Dangerous Lies | Sir Henry Bond | 1921 |
The Princess of New York | Geoffrey Kingsward | 1921 |
The Mystery Road | Gerald Dombey | 1921 |
Appearances | Herbert Seaton | 1921 |
Idols of Clay | Dion Holme | 1920 |
Lady Rose's Daughter | Captain Warkworth | 1920 |
On with the Dance | Peter Derwynt | 1920 |
Counterfeit | Stuart Kent | 1919 |
The Teeth of the Tiger | Paul Sernine (aka Arsene Lupin) | 1919 |
The Woman Under Oath | Edward Knox | 1919 |
His Parisian Wife | Martin Wesley | 1919 |
The Make-Believe Wife | John Manning | 1918 |
Her Husband's Honor | Richard Page | 1918 |
The Lie | Gerald Forster | 1918 |
The Richest Girl | Paul Normand | 1918 |
The Girl and the Judge | George Chartris | 1918 |
Her Sister | Ernest Bickley | 1917 |
The Unforseen | Walter Maxwell | 1917 |
Maternity | John Locke | 1917 |
Less Than the Dust | Capt. Richard Townsend | 1916 |
Gloria's Romance | Richard Freneau - A Broker | 1916 |
The Dawn of a Tomorrow | Dandy | 1915 |
One of Our Girls | M. Henri De St. Hillaire | 1914 |