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.

  • Title: David Powell
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  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1883-12-17
  • Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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David Powell Movies

  • 1914
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    One of Our Girls

    One of Our Girls

    1 1914 HD

    The "girl" of the title was played by Hazel Dawn, a popular stage actress who briefly enjoyed a flourishing film career. Dawn plays Miss Shipley, an...

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  • 1918
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    The Make-Believe Wife

    The Make-Believe Wife

    1 1918 HD

    Several young couples have gathered at a vacation home in the mountains. The group of friends go climbing, but Phyllis Ashbrook and John Manning...

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  • 1918
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    The Lie

    The Lie

    1 1918 HD

    Elinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her sister Lucy, who confesses that she will soon give...

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  • 1919
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    His Parisian Wife

    His Parisian Wife

    1 1919 HD

    A beautiful young French girl falls in love with a handsome New Englander, but when they marry and return to his family home, she finds that she does...

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  • 1919
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    Counterfeit

    Counterfeit

    1 1919 HD

    In order to secretly replenish the family's failing fortunes, Virginia Griswold secures a position in the Secret Service to apprehend a group of...

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  • 1920
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    Lady Rose's Daughter

    Lady Rose's Daughter

    1 1920 HD

    Julie le Breton is the illegitimate daughter of Lady Rose, whose own background resembles that of her daughter. Julie is buffeted by the ill...

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  • 1915
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    The Fatal Card

    The Fatal Card

    1 1915 HD

    A notorious gambler and card cheat, George Forrester, rules a little western town with an iron hand. The men of the town plot to catch him cheating...

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  • 1919
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    The Firing Line

    The Firing Line

    1 1919 HD

    Sheila Cardross Malcourt shares only a loveless marriage with Louis Malcourt, but is unwilling to divorce him even to marry the man she really loves,...

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  • 1918
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    A Romance of the Underworld

    A Romance of the Underworld

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Spanish Jade

    The Spanish Jade

    6 1922 HD

    When a girl's lover kills her husband she offers herself to her father-in-law in exchange for his freedom.

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  • 1922
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    Missing Millions

    Missing Millions

    1 1922 HD

    A girl seeks revenge after a Wall Street broker had falsely accused her father and sent him unjustly to prison.

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  • 1917
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    The Unforseen

    The Unforseen

    1 1917 HD

    On the eve of her elopement with Henry Traquair, Margaret Fielding is accidentally discovered in Traquair's apartments by his friends, Captain...

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  • 1920
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    The Right to Love

    The Right to Love

    1 1920 HD

    An adulterous aristocrat plans to murder his American wife.

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  • 1924
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    The Man Without a Heart

    The Man Without a Heart

    1 1924 HD

    When Rufus Asher suspects that Barbara Wier is plotting with his sister's husband, Edmund Hyde, he abducts Barbara and takes her to a lonely mountain...

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  • 1919
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    The Teeth of the Tiger

    The Teeth of the Tiger

    1 1919 HD

    Living quietly under the assumed name Paul Sernine, reformed gentleman crook Arsene Lupin is summoned to protect his invalid, wealthy friend Henry...

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  • 1922
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    Anna Ascends

    Anna Ascends

    1 1922 HD

    While working in Siad Coury’s coffeehouse in a Syrian neighborhood of New York City, Syrian immigrant Anna Ayyob falls in love with reporter,...

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  • 1923
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    The Green Goddess

    The Green Goddess

    5 1923 HD

    The Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess by William Archer. Set during the British Raj, it...

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  • 1923
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    Fog Bound

    Fog Bound

    1 1923 HD

    Silent film directed by Irvin Willat

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  • 1916
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    Less Than the Dust

    Less Than the Dust

    3 1916 HD

    Young Hindu woman Radha, becomes best friends with Captain Raymond Townsend during his service in India, but he soon goes back to England to tend to...

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  • 1920
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    On with the Dance

    On with the Dance

    1 1920 HD

    Sonia, a Russian dancer, comes to New York seeking her fortune. She marries Peter Derwynt, a young architect, but their marriage is not a good one....

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  • 1915
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    The Dawn of a Tomorrow

    The Dawn of a Tomorrow

    7 1915 HD

    A young girl who lives in the slums of London, is in love with a thief. She persuades him to give up his life of crime. Meanwhile, an eccentric...

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  • 1919
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    The Woman Under Oath

    The Woman Under Oath

    5 1919 HD

    After a forward introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, Jim O'Neil, a young shipping clerk, is found...

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  • 1924
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    The Average Woman

    The Average Woman

    6.2 1924 HD

    Reporter Jimmy Munroe is writing an article on "the average woman". He meets Sally Whipple in the library and chooses her as a likely subject,...

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  • 1920
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    Idols of Clay

    Idols of Clay

    1 1920 HD

    A girl raised isolated from society in the South Seas falls in love with a visiting sculptor.

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  • 1922
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    The Siren Call

    The Siren Call

    1 1922 HD

    Love complicates the hunt for gold in 1890's Alaska.

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  • 1923
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    The Glimpses of the Moon

    The Glimpses of the Moon

    1 1923 HD

    The film is based upon the 1922 Edith Wharton novel The Glimpses of the Moon.

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  • 1916
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    Gloria's Romance

    Gloria's Romance

    6 1916 HD

    An adventurous young girl in Florida gets herself lost in the Everglades and finds terror and excitement, as well as the rivalry of two men in love...

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  • 1922
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    Her Gilded Cage

    Her Gilded Cage

    1 1922 HD

    A romance about a dancer seeking love and fame from Paris cabarets to New York society.

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  • 1921
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    Dangerous Lies

    Dangerous Lies

    6 1921 HD

    A widow's husband returns after her second marriage, and dies while assaulting her.

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  • 1921
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    The Mystery Road

    The Mystery Road

    6 1921 HD

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  • 1918
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    Her Husband's Honor

    Her Husband's Honor

    1 1918 HD

    Nancy Page is a frivolous socialite until her husband Richard becomes entangled in his employer David Davenport's shady business dealings.

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  • 1917
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    The Beautiful Adventure

    The Beautiful Adventure

    1 1917 HD

    Helene De Travillac, a sweat little French girl, loves her handsome cousin, Andre D'Eguzon, but a scheming aunt has engaged her to Valentin...

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  • 1917
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    Outcast

    Outcast

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1918
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    Marriage

    Marriage

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Impostor

    The Impostor

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Richest Girl

    The Richest Girl

    1 1918 HD

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