David Manners
Actor
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
The Mummy
as Frank Whemple 1932
The Black Cat
as Peter Alison 1934
The Miracle Woman
as John Carson 1931
A Bill of Divorcement
as Kit Humphreys 1932
The Death Kiss
as Franklyn Drew 1932
Roman Scandals
as Josephus 1933
A Woman Rebels
as Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland 1936
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage) 1997
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Dey Emery 1932
The Last Flight
as Shep Lambert 1931
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Edwin Drood 1935
Man Wanted
as Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman 1932
They Call It Sin
as James E. 'Jimmy' Decker 1932
Torch Singer
as Michael 'Mike' Gardner 1933
Hearts in Bondage
as Raymond Jordan 1936
Lady with a Past
as Donnie Wainwright 1932