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David Manners

David Manners

Birthday: 1900-04-30 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Dracula Unearthed

as    John Harker (archive footage)

1936
A Woman Rebels

as    Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland

1936
Hearts in Bondage

as    Raymond Jordan

1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

as    Edwin Drood

1934
The Moonstone

as    Franklin Blake

1934
The Black Cat

as    Peter Alison

1933
The Devil's in Love

as    Captain Jean Fabien

1933
The Girl in 419

as    Dr. Martin Nichols

1933
Roman Scandals

as    Josephus

1933
Torch Singer

as    Michael 'Mike' Gardner

1932
Beauty and the Boss

as    Baron Paul von Ullrich

1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them

as    Dey Emery

1932
Lady with a Past

as    Donnie Wainwright

1932
The Mummy

as    Frank Whemple

1932
The Death Kiss

as    Franklyn Drew

1932
They Call It Sin

as    James E. 'Jimmy' Decker

1932
A Bill of Divorcement

as    Kit Humphreys

1932
Man Wanted

as    Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman

1931
The Millionaire

as    Bill Merrick

1931
The Ruling Voice

as    Dick Cheney

1931
Stranger in Town

as    Jerry Fleming

1931
The Miracle Woman

as    John Carson

1931
Dracula

as    John Harker

1931
The Last Flight

as    Shep Lambert

1930
He Knew Women

as    Austin Lowe

1930
Kismet

as    Caliph Abdallah

1930
Journey's End

as    James Raleigh