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David Manners

Acting Born Apr 29, 1900 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Dracula

as John Harker

Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002

as Peter Alison

Full filmography

  • Dracula (1931) as John Harker
  • The Mummy (1932) as Frank Whemple
  • The Black Cat (1934) as Peter Alison
  • Man Wanted (1932) as Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
  • Roman Scandals (1933) as Josephus
  • The Millionaire (1931) as Bill Merrick
  • Crooner (1932) as Ted 'Teddy' Taylor
  • The Last Flight (1931) as Shep Lambert
  • The Death Kiss (1932) as Franklyn Drew
  • The Devil's in Love (1933) as Captain Jean Fabien
  • The Miracle Woman (1931) as John Carson
  • The Truth About Youth (1930) as Richard Dane 'The Imp'
  • Journey's End (1930) as James Raleigh
  • A Woman Rebels (1936) as Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
  • Lady with a Past (1932) as Donnie Wainwright
  • Dracula (1963) as John (archive footage)
  • A Bill of Divorcement (1932) as Kit Humphreys
  • The Girl in 419 (1933) as Dr. Martin Nichols
  • Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) as John Harker (archive footage)
  • The Moonstone (1934) as Franklin Blake
  • Sweet Mama (1930) as Jimmy
  • Lucky Fugitives (1936) as Jack Wycoff / Cy King
  • The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997) as Self (archive footage)
  • Beauty and the Boss (1932) as Baron Paul von Ullrich