Known ForActing
GenderMale
Age98
Birth DateApril 29, 1900
Place of BirthHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Also Known As
David Joseph MannersDavid J. MannersDave MannersRauff de Ryther Daun Acklom
David Manners
April 29, 1900 – 1998
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
Dracula
1931
The Mummy
1932
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
The Black Cat
1934
Lady with a Past
1932
The Miracle Woman
1931
The Death Kiss
1932
A Bill of Divorcement
1932
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Kismet
1930
Beauty and the Boss
1932
Dracula
1963
Jalna
1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935