Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 29, 1900
Died
Dec 23, 1998
Place of Birth
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Credits
43 titles
David Manners
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Many Faces of Dracula
John Harker (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
John Harker (archive footage)
Dracula
John (archive footage)
A Woman Rebels
Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
Hearts in Bondage
Raymond Jordan
Lucky Fugitives
Jack Wycoff / Cy King
Jalna
Eden Whiteoaks
The Perfect Clue
David Mannering
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Edwin Drood
The Moonstone
Franklin Blake
The Great Flirtation
Larry Kenyon
The Black Cat
Peter Alison
The Luck of a Sailor
Captain Colin
Roman Scandals
Josephus
Torch Singer
Michael 'Mike' Gardner
The Devil's in Love
Captain Jean Fabien
The Girl in 419
Dr. Martin Nichols
The Warrior's Husband
Theseus
From Hell to Heaven
Wesley Burt
The Mummy
Frank Whemple
The Death Kiss
Franklyn Drew
They Call It Sin
James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
A Bill of Divorcement
Kit Humphreys
Crooner
Ted 'Teddy' Taylor
Man Wanted
Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
Beauty and the Boss
Baron Paul von Ullrich
Lady with a Past
Donnie Wainwright
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Dey Emery
The Ruling Voice
Dick Cheney
The Last Flight
Shep Lambert
Stranger in Town
Jerry Fleming
The Miracle Woman
John Carson
The Millionaire
Bill Merrick
Dracula
John Harker
The Right to Love
Joe Copeland
Mothers Cry
Arthur 'Artie' Williams
The Truth About Youth
Richard Dane 'The Imp'
Kismet
Caliph Abdallah
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
Sweet Mama
Jimmy
He Knew Women
Austin Lowe
Journey's End
James Raleigh