David Powell
Born December 17, 1883 (Age: 142)
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Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Love's Boomerang
1922
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as Brian McCree
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Age: 38
Marriage
1918
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as Jack Spencer
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Age: 34
The Make-Believe Wife
1918
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as John Manning
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Age: 34
Her Great Chance
1918
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as Charles Cox
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Age: 34
Her Husband's Honor
1918
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as Richard Page
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Age: 34
A Romance of the Underworld
1918
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as Richard Elliott
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Age: 34
The Lie
1918
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as Gerald Forster
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Age: 34
The Richest Girl
1918
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as Paul Normand
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Age: 34
Fine Feathers
1915
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as
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Age: 31