David Powell (actor)


David Powell was a Scottish stage and later film actor of the silent era.

Background

He was born in Glasgow. 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, Less Than Dust, Idols of Clay, The Virtuous Liar, The Green Goddess, and The Average Woman.
Powell died of pneumonia in New York City, New York, in April 1925, at the age of 41. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Partial filmography

One of Our Girls The Dawn of a Tomorrow The Fatal Card Gloria's Romance Less Than the Dust Outcast The Beautiful Adventure The Unforseen The Price She Paid Maternity The Lie Her Husband's Honor