Acting
David Manners
Also Known As: David Joseph Manners, David J. Manners, Dave Manners
Birth Date
April 29, 1900
Death Date
December 23, 1998
(passed away at 98)
Place of Birth
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Biography
David Joseph Manners (born Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom, April 30, 1900 – December 23, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor who played John Harker in Todd Browning's 1931 horror classic Dracula. The following year he portrayed the archaeologist Frank Whemple in another pre-Code thriller by Universal Pictures, The Mummy. Manners abandoned his film career in 1936, and his theatrical career seventeen years later.
Photos
Dracula
John Harker
1931
The Mummy
Frank Whemple
1932
The Black Cat
Peter Alison
1934
The Miracle Woman
John Carson
1931
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
1997
A Bill of Divorcement
Kit Humphreys
1932
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Edwin Drood
1935
The Millionaire
Bill Merrick
1931
Torch Singer
Michael 'Mike' Gardner
1933
Sweet Mama
Jimmy
1930
A Woman Rebels
Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
1936
The Girl in 419
Dr. Martin Nichols
1933
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
John Harker (archive footage)
1991
Roman Scandals
Josephus
1933
The Devil's in Love
Captain Jean Fabien
1933
The Many Faces of Dracula
John Harker (archive footage)
2000
Lady with a Past
Donnie Wainwright
1932
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
1930
The Truth About Youth
Richard Dane 'The Imp'
1930
From Hell to Heaven
Wesley Burt
1933