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.

Filmography

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