David Manners
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1900-04-29 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Died
- 1998-12-23
Known for
- Dracula (1931) — John Harker
- The Mummy (1932) — Frank Whemple
- The Black Cat (1934) — Peter Alison
- The Miracle Woman (1931) — John Carson
- A Bill of Divorcement (1932) — Kit Humphreys
- The Death Kiss (1932) — Franklyn Drew
- Roman Scandals (1933) — Josephus
- A Woman Rebels (1936) — Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997) — Self (archive footage)
- The Last Flight (1931) — Shep Lambert
- The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) — Dey Emery
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) — Edwin Drood
- Man Wanted (1932) — Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
- Torch Singer (1933) — Michael 'Mike' Gardner
- They Call It Sin (1932) — James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
- Lady with a Past (1932) — Donnie Wainwright