David Powell

Known for ActingBorn 1883-12-17Died 1925-04-16Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Virtuous Liars

Her Gilded Cage

Lady Rose's Daughter

His Parisian Wife

The Richest Girl

The Unforseen

The Glimpses of the Moon

Anna Ascends

The Right to Love

Idols of Clay

Counterfeit

The Teeth of the Tiger

Outcast

The Man Without a Heart

Fog Bound

The Spanish Jade

Missing Millions

The Siren Call

Dangerous Lies

The Green Goddess

Love's Boomerang

The Mystery Road

The Princess of New York

The Firing Line

Her Husband's Honor

The Beautiful Adventure

The Dawn of a Tomorrow

The Average Woman

The Woman Under Oath

Gloria's Romance

On with the Dance

Less Than the Dust

The Make-Believe Wife

The Lie

A Romance of the Underworld

Marriage

The Impostor

Her Great Chance

Maternity

The Price She Paid

The Fatal Card

Fine Feathers

One of Our Girls