David Manners
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — Apr 29 1900• Died Dec 23 1998
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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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Dracula
John Harker
The Mummy
Frank Whemple
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
John Harker (archive footage)
The Death Kiss
Franklyn Drew
The Black Cat
Peter Alison
A Bill of Divorcement
Kit Humphreys
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Dey Emery
The Miracle Woman
John Carson
Lady with a Past
Donnie Wainwright
Roman Scandals
Josephus
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
John Harker (archive footage)
The Girl in 419
Dr. Martin Nichols
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Edwin Drood
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
A Woman Rebels
Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
Torch Singer
Michael 'Mike' Gardner
The Last Flight
Shep Lambert
Sweet Mama
Jimmy
The Warrior's Husband
Theseus
Jalna
Eden Whiteoaks
Kismet
Caliph Abdallah
The Devil's in Love
Captain Jean Fabien
The Right to Love
Joe Copeland
Crooner
Ted 'Teddy' Taylor
Journey's End
James Raleigh
Stranger in Town
Jerry Fleming
They Call It Sin
James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
Man Wanted
Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
The Great Flirtation
Larry Kenyon
The Millionaire
Bill Merrick
The Perfect Clue
David Mannering
The Truth About Youth
Richard Dane 'The Imp'
Dracula
John (archive footage)
The Luck of a Sailor
Captain Colin
Beauty and the Boss
Baron Paul von Ullrich
The Moonstone
Franklin Blake
From Hell to Heaven
Wesley Burt
Hearts in Bondage
Raymond Jordan
Mothers Cry
Arthur 'Artie' Williams
The Ruling Voice
Dick Cheney
He Knew Women
Austin Lowe
Lucky Fugitives
Jack Wycoff / Cy King