David Powell

Actor
BirthdayDec 17, 1883 (42 years old)
DeathdayApr 16, 1925
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland, UK
GenderMale

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

Rudolph Van Alten

Mar 1, 1924

Capt. Richard Townsend

Nov 4, 1916

Gil Pérez

Apr 10, 1922

Dr. Traherne

Aug 13, 1923

Peter Derwynt

Feb 15, 1920

Dandy

Jun 7, 1915

Edward Knox

Jun 29, 1919

Richard Freneau - A Broker

May 22, 1916

Jul 10, 1921

Sir Henry Bond

Sep 18, 1921

Geoffrey Kingsward

Jun 1, 1921

M. Henri De St. Hillaire

Jun 10, 1914

John Manning

Nov 17, 1918

Gerald Forster

Apr 8, 1918

Martin Wesley

Jan 19, 1919

Stuart Kent

Nov 30, 1919

Captain Warkworth

Aug 29, 1920

Gerald Austen

Sep 30, 1915

Louis Malcourt

Jul 6, 1919

Richard Elliott

Jun 30, 1918

Rudolph Van Alten

Mar 1, 1924

Capt. Richard Townsend

Nov 4, 1916

Gil Pérez

Apr 10, 1922

Dr. Traherne

Aug 13, 1923

Peter Derwynt

Feb 15, 1920

Dandy

Jun 7, 1915

Acting


Participated in 38 movies, 0 TV series

1924

Rudolph Van Alten


1924


1923

Dr. Traherne


1923

Roger Wainright


1923


1922

The Baron


1922

Boston Blackie


1922

Ralph Stevens


1922

Gil Pérez


1922

Arnold Pell


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