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David Powell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1883-12-17

Day of Death

1925-04-16

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

David Powell

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-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.

Filmography (43)

⭐ 10.0 Role: Norman Wright

Virtuous Liars

1924
⭐ 6.6 Role: Rudolph Van Alten

The Average Woman

1924
⭐ 8.0 Role: Edmund Hyde

The Man Without a Heart

1924
⭐ 7.0 Role: Dr. Traherne

The Green Goddess

1923
⭐ 8.0 Role: Roger Wainright

Fog Bound

1923
⭐ 9.0 Role: Nick Lansing

The Glimpses of the Moon

1923
⭐ 9.0 Role: The Baron

Anna Ascends

1922
⭐ 8.0 Role: Boston Blackie

Missing Millions

1922
⭐ 8.0 Role: Ralph Stevens

The Siren Call

1922
⭐ 8.0 Role: Gil Pérez

The Spanish Jade

1922
⭐ 10.0 Role: Arnold Pell

Her Gilded Cage

1922
⭐ 7.0 Role: Brian McCree

Love's Boomerang

1922
⭐ 7.0 Role: Gerald Dombey

The Mystery Road

1921
⭐ 8.0 Role: Sir Henry Bond

Dangerous Lies

1921
⭐ 7.0 Role: Geoffrey Kingsward

The Princess of New York

1921