David Manners
- Acting
- April 29, 1900 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- December 23, 1998
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
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook · John Harker (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