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David Powell

David Powell

Known For Acting
Birthday Dec 17, 1883
Died Apr 16, 1925 (41)
Birthplace Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Apr 27, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 27, 2024
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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-Robe ... rtson. 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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Filmography

The Average Woman

The Average Woman

1924

as Rudolph Van Alten

The Glimpses of the Moon

The Glimpses of the Moon

1923

as Nick Lansing

Fog Bound

Fog Bound

1923

as Roger Wainright

The Green Goddess

The Green Goddess

1923

as Dr. Traherne

The Spanish Jade

The Spanish Jade

1922

as Gil Pérez

Missing Millions

Missing Millions

1922

as Boston Blackie

The Siren Call

The Siren Call

1922

as Ralph Stevens

Her Gilded Cage

Her Gilded Cage

1922

as Arnold Pell

Anna Ascends

Anna Ascends

1922

as The Baron

Dangerous Lies

Dangerous Lies

1921

as Sir Henry Bond

On with the Dance

On with the Dance

1920

as Peter Derwynt

Idols of Clay

Idols of Clay

1920

as Dion Holme

The Right to Love

The Right to Love

1920

as Colonel Richard Loring

Lady Rose's Daughter

Lady Rose's Daughter

1920

as Captain Warkworth

The Teeth of the Tiger

The Teeth of the Tiger

1919

as Paul Sernine (aka Arsene Lupin)

Counterfeit

Counterfeit

1919

as Stuart Kent

His Parisian Wife

His Parisian Wife

1919

as Martin Wesley

The Firing Line

The Firing Line

1919

as Louis Malcourt

The Woman Under Oath

The Woman Under Oath

1919

as Edward Knox

Her Husband's Honor

Her Husband's Honor

1918

as Richard Page

The Make-Believe Wife

The Make-Believe Wife

1918

as John Manning

The Unforseen

The Unforseen

1917

as Walter Maxwell

Less Than the Dust

Less Than the Dust

1916

as Capt. Richard Townsend

Gloria's Romance

Gloria's Romance

1916

as Richard Freneau - A Broker

The Dawn of a Tomorrow

The Dawn of a Tomorrow

1915

as Dandy

The Fatal Card

The Fatal Card

1915

as Gerald Austen

One of Our Girls

One of Our Girls

1914

as M. Henri De St. Hillaire

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