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

The Mummy

The Black Cat

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

The Miracle Woman

A Bill of Divorcement

A Woman Rebels

The Death Kiss

All Movies (43)

• The Many Faces of Dracula2000 · as John Harker (archive footage)
• The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991 · as John Harker (archive footage)
• Dracula1963 · as John (archive footage)
• A Woman Rebels1936 · as Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
• Hearts in Bondage1936 · as Raymond Jordan
• Lucky Fugitives1936 · as Jack Wycoff / Cy King
• Jalna1935 · as Eden Whiteoaks
• The Perfect Clue1935 · as David Mannering
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood1935 · as Edwin Drood
• The Moonstone1934 · as Franklin Blake
• The Great Flirtation1934 · as Larry Kenyon
• The Black Cat1934 · as Peter Alison
• The Luck of a Sailor1934 · as Captain Colin
• Roman Scandals1933 · as Josephus
• Torch Singer1933 · as Michael 'Mike' Gardner
• The Devil's in Love1933 · as Captain Jean Fabien
• The Girl in 4191933 · as Dr. Martin Nichols
• The Warrior's Husband1933 · as Theseus
• From Hell to Heaven1933 · as Wesley Burt
• The Mummy1932 · as Frank Whemple
• The Death Kiss1932 · as Franklyn Drew
• They Call It Sin1932 · as James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
• A Bill of Divorcement1932 · as Kit Humphreys
• Crooner1932 · as Ted 'Teddy' Taylor
• Man Wanted1932 · as Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
• Beauty and the Boss1932 · as Baron Paul von Ullrich
• Lady with a Past1932 · as Donnie Wainwright
• The Greeks Had a Word for Them1932 · as Dey Emery
• The Ruling Voice1931 · as Dick Cheney
• The Last Flight1931 · as Shep Lambert
• Stranger in Town1931 · as Jerry Fleming
• The Miracle Woman1931 · as John Carson
• The Millionaire1931 · as Bill Merrick
• Dracula1931 · as John Harker
• The Right to Love1930 · as Joe Copeland
• Mothers Cry1930 · as Arthur 'Artie' Williams
• The Truth About Youth1930 · as Richard Dane 'The Imp'
• Kismet1930 · as Caliph Abdallah
• An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee1930 · as Self
• Sweet Mama1930 · as Jimmy
• He Knew Women1930 · as Austin Lowe
• Journey's End1930 · as James Raleigh