David Manners
ActingAlso Known As
David Joseph Manners, David J. Manners, Dave Manners, Rauff de Ryther Daun Acklom, Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom
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.
Movies
(43 total)
Dracula
as John Harker
The Mummy
as Frank Whemple
The Black Cat
as Peter Alison
The Miracle Woman
as John Carson
A Bill of Divorcement
as Kit Humphreys
The Death Kiss
as Franklyn Drew
Roman Scandals
as Josephus
A Woman Rebels
as Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
The Last Flight
as Shep Lambert
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Dey Emery
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Edwin Drood
Man Wanted
as Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
They Call It Sin
as James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
Torch Singer
as Michael 'Mike' Gardner
Lady with a Past
as Donnie Wainwright
Hearts in Bondage
as Raymond Jordan
Beauty and the Boss
as Baron Paul von Ullrich
The Ruling Voice
as Dick Cheney
The Moonstone
as Franklin Blake