Acting
David Manners
1900-1998
Known for Dracula, The Mummy, The Black Cat.
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Born04/29/1900
Died12/23/1998
AgeDied at 98
BirthplaceHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
DepartmentActing
Also known asDavid Joseph Manners, David J. Manners, Dave Manners, Rauff de Ryther Daun Acklom, Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom, Rauff Acklom
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.
