David Manners
Acting
Born: 1900-04-29 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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
Dracula
John Harker
The Mummy
Frank Whemple
The Black Cat
Peter Alison
The Miracle Woman
John Carson
A Bill of Divorcement
Kit Humphreys
The Death Kiss
Franklyn Drew
Roman Scandals
Josephus
A Woman Rebels
Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
The Last Flight
Shep Lambert
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Dey Emery
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Edwin Drood
Man Wanted
Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
They Call It Sin
James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
Torch Singer
Michael 'Mike' Gardner
Lady with a Past
Donnie Wainwright
Hearts in Bondage
Raymond Jordan
Beauty and the Boss
Baron Paul von Ullrich
Journey's End
James Raleigh
The Ruling Voice
Dick Cheney
The Millionaire
Bill Merrick
The Moonstone
Franklin Blake
Jalna
Eden Whiteoaks
The Truth About Youth
Richard Dane 'The Imp'
The Girl in 419
Dr. Martin Nichols
The Perfect Clue
David Mannering
The Devil's in Love
Captain Jean Fabien
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
The Right to Love
Joe Copeland
Kismet
Caliph Abdallah
He Knew Women
Austin Lowe
The Great Flirtation
Larry Kenyon
From Hell to Heaven
Wesley Burt
Mothers Cry
Arthur 'Artie' Williams
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
John Harker (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
John Harker (archive footage)
Crooner
Ted 'Teddy' Taylor
Stranger in Town
Jerry Fleming
Sweet Mama
Jimmy
The Warrior's Husband
Theseus