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David Powell

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.

Known for

Virtuous Liars
Virtuous Liars
1924 • Norman Wright
The Average Woman
The Average Woman
1924 • Rudolph Van Alten
The Man Without a Heart
The Man Without a Heart
1924 • Edmund Hyde
The Green Goddess
The Green Goddess
1923 • Dr. Traherne
Fog Bound
Fog Bound
1923 • Roger Wainright
The Glimpses of the Moon
The Glimpses of the Moon
1923 • Nick Lansing
Anna Ascends
Anna Ascends
1922 • The Baron
Missing Millions
Missing Millions
1922 • Boston Blackie

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Virtuous Liars
Virtuous Liars
1924 • Norman Wright
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The Average Woman
The Average Woman
1924 • Rudolph Van Alten
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The Green Goddess
The Green Goddess
1923 • Dr. Traherne
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Fog Bound
Fog Bound
1923 • Roger Wainright
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Anna Ascends
Anna Ascends
1922 • The Baron
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Missing Millions
Missing Millions
1922 • Boston Blackie
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The Siren Call
The Siren Call
1922 • Ralph Stevens
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The Spanish Jade
The Spanish Jade
1922 • Gil Pérez
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Her Gilded Cage
Her Gilded Cage
1922 • Arnold Pell
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Love's Boomerang
Love's Boomerang
1922 • Brian McCree
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The Mystery Road
The Mystery Road
1921 • Gerald Dombey
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Dangerous Lies
Dangerous Lies
1921 • Sir Henry Bond
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The Princess of New York
The Princess of New York
1921 • Geoffrey Kingsward
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Idols of Clay
Idols of Clay
1920 • Dion Holme
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The Right to Love
The Right to Love
1920 • Colonel Richard Loring
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Lady Rose's Daughter
Lady Rose's Daughter
1920 • Captain Warkworth
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On with the Dance
On with the Dance
1920 • Peter Derwynt
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Counterfeit
Counterfeit
1919 • Stuart Kent
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The Teeth of the Tiger
The Teeth of the Tiger
1919 • Paul Sernine (aka Arsene Lupin)
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The Firing Line
The Firing Line
1919 • Louis Malcourt
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The Woman Under Oath
The Woman Under Oath
1919 • Edward Knox
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His Parisian Wife
His Parisian Wife
1919 • Martin Wesley
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Marriage
Marriage
1918 • Jack Spencer
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The Make-Believe Wife
The Make-Believe Wife
1918 • John Manning
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Her Great Chance
Her Great Chance
1918 • Charles Cox
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Her Husband's Honor
Her Husband's Honor
1918 • Richard Page
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The Richest Girl
The Richest Girl
1918 • Paul Normand
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The Lie
The Lie
1918 • Gerald Forster
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The Impostor
The Impostor
1918 • Blake Walford
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The Unforseen
The Unforseen
1917 • Walter Maxwell
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Outcast
Outcast
1917 • Geoffrey Sherwood
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Maternity
Maternity
1917 • John Locke
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The Price She Paid
The Price She Paid
1917 • Donald Keith
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Less Than the Dust
Less Than the Dust
1916 • Capt. Richard Townsend
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Gloria's Romance
Gloria's Romance
1916 • Richard Freneau - A Broker
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The Fatal Card
The Fatal Card
1915 • Gerald Austen
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One of Our Girls
One of Our Girls
1914 • M. Henri De St. Hillaire
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David Powell – Biography, Known For & Filmography