Acting
David Manners
Acting · Born 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.
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FilmThe Many Faces of Dracula
2000 · John Harker (archive footage)
FilmThe Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 · Self (archive footage)
FilmDracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · John Harker (archive footage)
FilmA Woman Rebels
1936 · Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
FilmHearts in Bondage
1936 · Raymond Jordan
FilmLucky Fugitives
1936 · Jack Wycoff / Cy King
FilmJalna
1935 · Eden Whiteoaks
FilmThe Perfect Clue
1935 · David Mannering
FilmThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935 · Edwin Drood
FilmThe Moonstone
1934 · Franklin Blake
FilmThe Great Flirtation
1934 · Larry Kenyon
FilmThe Black Cat
1934 · Peter Alison
FilmThe Luck of a Sailor
1934 · Captain Colin
FilmRoman Scandals
1933 · Josephus
FilmTorch Singer
1933 · Michael 'Mike' Gardner
FilmThe Devil's in Love
1933 · Captain Jean Fabien
FilmThe Girl in 419
1933 · Dr. Martin Nichols
FilmThe Warrior's Husband
1933 · Theseus
FilmFrom Hell to Heaven
1933 · Wesley Burt
FilmThe Mummy
1932 · Frank Whemple
FilmThe Death Kiss
1932 · Franklyn Drew
FilmThey Call It Sin
1932 · James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
FilmA Bill of Divorcement
1932 · Kit Humphreys
FilmCrooner
1932 · Ted 'Teddy' Taylor
FilmMan Wanted
1932 · Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
FilmBeauty and the Boss
1932 · Baron Paul von Ullrich
FilmLady with a Past
1932 · Donnie Wainwright
FilmThe Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932 · Dey Emery
FilmThe Ruling Voice
1931 · Dick Cheney
FilmThe Last Flight
1931 · Shep Lambert
FilmStranger in Town
1931 · Jerry Fleming
FilmThe Miracle Woman
1931 · John Carson
FilmThe Millionaire
1931 · Bill Merrick
FilmDracula
1931 · John Harker
FilmThe Right to Love
1930 · Joe Copeland
FilmMothers Cry
1930 · Arthur 'Artie' Williams
FilmThe Truth About Youth
1930 · Richard Dane 'The Imp'
FilmKismet
1930 · Caliph Abdallah
FilmAn Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930 · Self
FilmSweet Mama
1930 · Jimmy
FilmHe Knew Women
1930 · Austin Lowe
FilmJourney's End
1930 · James Raleigh