David Manners
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1900-04-29 – 1998-12-23
Place of birth: 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
1931John Harker
The Black Cat
1934Peter Alison
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932Dey Emery
Roman Scandals
1933Josephus
The Mummy
1932Frank Whemple
Journey's End
1930James Raleigh
The Miracle Woman
1931John Carson
Torch Singer
1933Michael 'Mike' Gardner
A Bill of Divorcement
1932Kit Humphreys
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935Edwin Drood
Man Wanted
1932Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
The Death Kiss
1932Franklyn Drew
They Call It Sin
1932James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
Lady with a Past
1932Donnie Wainwright
The Last Flight
1931Shep Lambert
Hearts in Bondage
1936Raymond Jordan
Beauty and the Boss
1932Baron Paul von Ullrich
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991John Harker (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000John Harker (archive footage)