Acting
David Manners
- Born
- Apr 29, 1900 · Aged 98
- Died
- Dec 23, 1998
- Place of birth
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 42
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (6)
- David 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.
