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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
December 17, 1883Deathday
April 16, 1925Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
31Place of birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/6WjpHQwgTc9ZzKrkmQeJxesudOn.jpg)
Cast credits
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zdGhofjR12jItx4ZY9qNJmmiZyo.jpg)
The Right to Love
Colonel Richard Loring![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rxEYo4BHVsxTXos7UNG0GUwP5Dg.jpg)
The Unforseen
Walter Maxwell![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8P6elEPjumemS3dSy40BwhAMo4z.jpg)
Fog Bound
Roger Wainright![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5nGnX92Xki8ZdXBDcoGQLAlkGO.jpg)
The Green Goddess
Dr. Traherne![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/vnCIUbHEdXv3ib0mzW8hOo5wgDO.jpg)
Less Than the Dust
Capt. Richard Townsend![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/r6KthuAs6dWKqM2BnZpmVxSSjn0.jpg)
On with the Dance
Peter Derwynt![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/7ttUQRNjiua7zyz0ohRwODzwuFW.jpg)
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
Dandy![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pFx79pBko59F2dlWRpaOYnhlkub.jpg)
The Woman Under Oath
Edward Knox![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/vvSIMgP9nta2S0mOliIHoO5copn.jpg)
The Average Woman
Rudolph Van Alten![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8xlBE2TXzI8Y4PqdFKiNDXoBBXW.jpg)
Idols of Clay
Dion Holme![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1a9GosKTPYropEQZpPeXGawQVRv.jpg)
The Siren Call
Ralph Stevens![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zUcDbLUYjzsWTt1fgUU2YLPTsgd.jpg)
The Glimpses of the Moon
Nick Lansing![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/kjhtkFKItA2cmWoFzNXnkPdYbO.jpg)
Gloria's Romance
Richard Freneau - A Broker![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/iSq5yxP7wxOmiVqXk7b7YwBI5Sk.jpg)
Her Gilded Cage
Arnold Pell![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9NUpEaW69NBasRm2TmnTRte6pCY.jpg)
Dangerous Lies
Sir Henry Bond![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yhn28urmDNXGbUvotl1NrgU05Ez.jpg)
Her Husband's Honor
Richard Page![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/Ac2GAG6j5mxGb3qrSXx4YfHADzf.jpg)
One of Our Girls
M. Henri De St. Hillaire![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wp4X2GXEOQmeB4OM8mE50Ieb4li.jpg)
The Make-Believe Wife
John Manning![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/d2GFfWJvmmaRjuWsOBzqyCQfML0.jpg)
The Lie
Gerald Forster![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hdxYqFecXlzsf8fFT2G1bvIkIdK.jpg)
His Parisian Wife
Martin Wesley