David Powell
Known For
Acting
Born
1883-12-17 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died
1925-04-16
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.
Most Known For
Virtuous Liars
as Norman Wright
The Princess of New York
as Geoffrey Kingsward
Fine Feathers
Gloria's Romance
as Richard Freneau - A Broker
Her Husband's Honor
as Richard Page
Love's Boomerang
as Brian McCree
Missing Millions
as Boston Blackie
Maternity
as John Locke
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
as Dandy
Idols of Clay
as Dion Holme
The Spanish Jade
as Gil Pérez
The Green Goddess
as Dr. Traherne
Anna Ascends
as The Baron
Her Great Chance
as Charles Cox
Lady Rose's Daughter
as Captain Warkworth
The Richest Girl
as Paul Normand
On with the Dance
as Peter Derwynt
The Fatal Card
as Gerald Austen
Dangerous Lies
as Sir Henry Bond
The Glimpses of the Moon
as Nick Lansing