
David Manners
Acting
1900-04-29 · Halifax, 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.
Filmography(43)
movieThe Many Faces of Dracula
as John Harker (archive footage) · 2000 · 3.5
movieThe Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage) · 1997 · 5.1
movieDracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as John Harker (archive footage) · 1991 · 9.5
movieDracula
as John (archive footage) · 1963 · 5.5
movieA Woman Rebels
as Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland · 1936 · 5.8
movieHearts in Bondage
as Raymond Jordan · 1936 · 4.9
movieLucky Fugitives
as Jack Wycoff / Cy King · 1936 · 9.0
movieJalna
as Eden Whiteoaks · 1935 · 5.0
movieThe Perfect Clue
as David Mannering · 1935 · 6.0
movieThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Edwin Drood · 1935 · 5.9
movieThe Moonstone
as Franklin Blake · 1934 · 4.6
movieThe Great Flirtation
as Larry Kenyon · 1934 · 3.5
movieThe Black Cat
as Peter Alison · 1934 · 6.7
movieThe Luck of a Sailor
as Captain Colin · 1934 · 9.0
movieRoman Scandals
as Josephus · 1933 · 5.9
movieTorch Singer
as Michael 'Mike' Gardner · 1933 · 5.4
movieThe Devil's in Love
as Captain Jean Fabien · 1933 · 6.0
movieThe Girl in 419
as Dr. Martin Nichols · 1933 · 4.2
movieThe Warrior's Husband
as Theseus · 1933 · 7.0
movieFrom Hell to Heaven
as Wesley Burt · 1933 · 7.8
movieThe Mummy
as Frank Whemple · 1932 · 6.8
movieThe Death Kiss
as Franklyn Drew · 1932 · 5.3
movieThey Call It Sin
as James E. 'Jimmy' Decker · 1932 · 6.0
movieA Bill of Divorcement
as Kit Humphreys · 1932 · 6.3