David Manners
Acting
Born: 1900-04-29 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 1998-12-23
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.
🎬 Movies (30)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
John Harker (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
Self (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
John Harker (archive footage)
Dracula
1963
John (archive footage)
Hearts in Bondage
1936
Raymond Jordan
A Woman Rebels
1936
Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
Lucky Fugitives
1936
Jack Wycoff / Cy King
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
Edwin Drood
The Perfect Clue
1935
David Mannering
Jalna
1935
Eden Whiteoaks
The Black Cat
1934
Peter Alison
The Moonstone
1934
Franklin Blake
The Luck of a Sailor
1934
Captain Colin
The Great Flirtation
1934
Larry Kenyon
Roman Scandals
1933
Josephus
Torch Singer
1933
Michael 'Mike' Gardner
The Girl in 419
1933
Dr. Martin Nichols
From Hell to Heaven
1933
Wesley Burt
The Devil's in Love
1933
Captain Jean Fabien
The Warrior's Husband
1933
Theseus
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
Dey Emery
The Mummy
1932
Frank Whemple
A Bill of Divorcement
1932
Kit Humphreys
Man Wanted
1932
Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
The Death Kiss
1932
Franklyn Drew
They Call It Sin
1932
James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
Lady with a Past
1932
Donnie Wainwright
Beauty and the Boss
1932
Baron Paul von Ullrich
Crooner
1932
Ted 'Teddy' Taylor
Dracula
1931
John Harker