Person file · Acting
David Manners
Born 1900-04-29Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
The Many Faces of DraculaJohn Harker (archive footage)The Silver Screen: Color Me LavenderSelf (archive footage)Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookJohn Harker (archive footage)DraculaJohn (archive footage)A Woman RebelsLieutenant Alan Craig FreelandHearts in BondageRaymond JordanLucky FugitivesJack Wycoff / Cy KingJalnaEden WhiteoaksThe Perfect ClueDavid ManneringThe Mystery of Edwin DroodEdwin DroodThe MoonstoneFranklin BlakeThe Great FlirtationLarry KenyonThe Black CatPeter AlisonThe Luck of a SailorCaptain ColinRoman ScandalsJosephusTorch SingerMichael 'Mike' GardnerThe Devil's in LoveCaptain Jean FabienThe Girl in 419Dr. Martin NicholsThe Warrior's HusbandTheseusFrom Hell to HeavenWesley BurtThe MummyFrank WhempleThe Death KissFranklyn DrewThey Call It SinJames E. 'Jimmy' DeckerA Bill of DivorcementKit Humphreys