David Powell
David Powell (December 17, 1883 – April 16, 1925) was a Scottish stage and later film actor of the silent era.
David Powell
J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain
- Name
- David Powell
- Born
- 17 December 1883
- Birthplace
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Died
- 16 April 1925
- Place of death
- New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Spouse
- Violet E.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Honours
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Languages
- English
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• Name — David Powell • Born — 17 December 1883 • Birthplace — Glasgow, Scotland • Died — 16 April 1925 • Place of death — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1912–1925 • Spouse — Violet E. Powell
Background
Background
He was born in Glasgow. 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 New York City, New York, in April 1925, at the age of 41. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Partial filmography
Partial filmography
• Illustration — Powell and Marguerite Courtot in The Teeth of the Tiger (1919) • One of Our Girls (1914) • The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915) • The Fatal Card (1915) • Gloria's Romance (1916) • Less Than the Dust (1916) • Outcast (1917) • The Beautiful Adventure (1917) • The Unforeseen (1917) • The Price She Paid (1917) • Maternity (1917) • The Lie (1918) • Her Husband's Honor (1918) • The Better Half (1918) • Her Great Chance (1918) • His Parisian Wife (1919) • The Woman Under Oath (1919) • The Firing Line (1919) • The Teeth of the Tiger (1919) • Counterfeit (1919) • On with the Dance (1920) • Right to Love (1920) • Lady Rose's Daughter (1920) • Idols of Clay (1920) • Appearances (1921) • The Mystery Road (1921) • The Princess of New York (1921) • Dangerous Lies (1921) • Her Gilded Cage (1922) • Love's Boomerang (1922) • The Spanish Jade (1922) • The Siren Call (1922) • Missing Millions (1922) • Outcast (1922) • Fog Bound (1923) • The Green Goddess (1923) • The Truth About Women (1924) • The Man Without a Heart (1924) • The Average Woman (1924) • Lend Me Your Husband (1924) • Virtuous Liars (1924) • The Lost Chord (1925) • Back to Life (1925)
A scene from the American drama film Lady Rose's Daughter (1920) which played at the Coliseum Theater, Seattle. Includes Elsie Ferguson (left) with fellow actors Elsie Ferguson and David Powell. Date stamped Sept. 18, 1920.
J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs
David Powell (center) and Lillian Gish, with unidentified actors as police officers, in Anna Ascends
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation · Performing Arts Special Collections, UCLA Library Digital Collections
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