Acting
David Manners
Apr 29, 1900 (died Dec 23, 1998, aged 98) 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.
Known for
7.2
Dracula
John Harker
6.7
The Mummy
Frank Whemple
6.7
The Black Cat
Peter Alison
6.4
A Bill of Divorcement
Kit Humphreys
6.7
The Miracle Woman
John Carson
5.2
The Death Kiss
Franklyn Drew
5.8
Roman Scandals
Josephus
5.3
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
6.1
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Edwin Drood
5.8
A Woman Rebels
Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
4.9
Hearts in Bondage
Raymond Jordan
5.6
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Dey Emery
5.5
Man Wanted
Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
6.2
Lady with a Past
Donnie Wainwright
7.6
The Millionaire
Bill Merrick
Filmography
3.5
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 · John Harker (archive footage)
5.3
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 · Self (archive footage)
9.5
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · John Harker (archive footage)
5.8
A Woman Rebels
1936 · Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
4.9
Hearts in Bondage
1936 · Raymond Jordan
9.0
Lucky Fugitives
1936 · Jack Wycoff / Cy King
6.1
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935 · Edwin Drood
5.1
Jalna
1935 · Eden Whiteoaks
6.0
The Perfect Clue
1935 · David Mannering
6.7
The Black Cat
1934 · Peter Alison
4.6
The Moonstone
1934 · Franklin Blake
3.5
The Great Flirtation
1934 · Larry Kenyon
9.0
The Luck of a Sailor
1934 · Captain Colin
5.8
Roman Scandals
1933 · Josephus
5.4
Torch Singer
1933 · Michael 'Mike' Gardner
6.0
The Devil's in Love
1933 · Captain Jean Fabien
4.2
The Girl in 419
1933 · Dr. Martin Nichols
7.8
From Hell to Heaven
1933 · Wesley Burt
7.0
The Warrior's Husband
1933 · Theseus
6.7
The Mummy
1932 · Frank Whemple
6.4
A Bill of Divorcement
1932 · Kit Humphreys
5.2
The Death Kiss
1932 · Franklyn Drew
5.6
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932 · Dey Emery
5.5
Man Wanted
1932 · Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
6.2
Lady with a Past
1932 · Donnie Wainwright
6.0
They Call It Sin
1932 · James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
7.0
Beauty and the Boss
1932 · Baron Paul von Ullrich
6.5
Crooner
1932 · Ted 'Teddy' Taylor
7.2
Dracula
1931 · John Harker
6.7
The Miracle Woman
1931 · John Carson