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.

Known For

Dracula

as John Harker

The Mummy

as Frank Whemple

The Black Cat

as Peter Alison

The Miracle Woman

as John Carson

A Bill of Divorcement

as Kit Humphreys

The Death Kiss

as Franklyn Drew

Roman Scandals

as Josephus

A Woman Rebels

as Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

The Last Flight

as Shep Lambert