Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 29, 1900
Place of Birth
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also Known As
- David Joseph Manners
- David J. Manners
- Dave Manners
- Rauff de Ryther Daun Acklom
- Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom
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 - Movies
Dracula
as John Harker
The Mummy
as Frank Whemple
The Many Faces of Dracula
as John Harker (archive footage)
The Miracle Woman
as John Carson
The Black Cat
as Peter Alison
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
The Death Kiss
as Franklyn Drew
A Bill of Divorcement
as Kit Humphreys
Beauty and the Boss
as Baron Paul von Ullrich
Lady with a Past
as Donnie Wainwright