David Powell
Cunoscut Pentru
Acting
Born
December 17, 1883
Birth Place
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died
April 16, 1925
Biografie
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.
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.
Filmografie
Virtuous Liars
1924 — Norman Wright
The Average Woman
1924 — Rudolph Van Alten
The Man Without a Heart
1924 — Edmund Hyde
The Green Goddess
1923 — Dr. Traherne
Fog Bound
1923 — Roger Wainright
The Glimpses of the Moon
1923 — Nick Lansing
Anna Ascends
1922 — The Baron
Missing Millions
1922 — Boston Blackie
The Siren Call
1922 — Ralph Stevens
The Spanish Jade
1922 — Gil Pérez
Her Gilded Cage
1922 — Arnold Pell
Love's Boomerang
1922 — Brian McCree