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David Manners

Born 1900-04-29
Died 1998-12-23
📍 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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The Many Faces of Dracula
as John Harker (archive footage)
2000
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as John Harker (archive footage)
1991
Dracula
as John (archive footage)
1963
A Woman Rebels
as Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
1936
Hearts in Bondage
as Raymond Jordan
1936
Lucky Fugitives
as Jack Wycoff / Cy King
1936
Jalna
as Eden Whiteoaks
1935
The Perfect Clue
as David Mannering
1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Edwin Drood
1935
The Moonstone
as Franklin Blake
1934
The Great Flirtation
as Larry Kenyon
1934
The Black Cat
as Peter Alison
1934
The Luck of a Sailor
as Captain Colin
1934
Roman Scandals
as Josephus
1933
Torch Singer
as Michael 'Mike' Gardner
1933
The Devil's in Love
as Captain Jean Fabien
1933
The Girl in 419
as Dr. Martin Nichols
1933
The Warrior's Husband
as Theseus
1933
From Hell to Heaven
as Wesley Burt
1933
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
Crooner
as Ted 'Teddy' Taylor
1932
Man Wanted
as Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
1932
Beauty and the Boss
as Baron Paul von Ullrich
1932
Lady with a Past
as Donnie Wainwright
1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Dey Emery
1932
The Ruling Voice
as Dick Cheney
1931
The Last Flight
as Shep Lambert
1931
Stranger in Town
as Jerry Fleming
1931
The Miracle Woman
as John Carson
1931
The Millionaire
as Bill Merrick
1931
Dracula
as John Harker
1931
The Right to Love
as Joe Copeland
1930
Mothers Cry
as Arthur 'Artie' Williams
1930
The Truth About Youth
as Richard Dane 'The Imp'
1930
Kismet
as Caliph Abdallah
1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
1930
Sweet Mama
as Jimmy
1930
He Knew Women
as Austin Lowe
1930
Journey's End
as James Raleigh
1930