David Manners

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    April 29, 1900

    Day of Death

    December 23, 1998 (98 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    David Manners

    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

      Dracula

      1931

    • The Mummy

      The Mummy

      1932

    • The Black Cat

      The Black Cat

      1934

    • The Miracle Woman

      The Miracle Woman

      1931

    • A Bill of Divorcement

      A Bill of Divorcement

      1932

    • The Death Kiss

      The Death Kiss

      1932

    • Roman Scandals

      Roman Scandals

      1933

    • A Woman Rebels

      A Woman Rebels

      1936

    • The Last Flight

      The Last Flight

      1931

    • The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

      The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

      1997

    • The Greeks Had a Word for Them

      The Greeks Had a Word for Them

      1932

    • The Mystery of Edwin Drood

      The Mystery of Edwin Drood

      1935

    • Man Wanted

      Man Wanted

      1932

    • They Call It Sin

      They Call It Sin

      1932

    • Torch Singer

      Torch Singer

      1933