Actor info
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Name :
David Manners
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Born :
April 29, 1900 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (98 years at death)
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Died :
December 23, 1998
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
43 films (1930–2000)
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Also known as :
David Joseph Manners, David J. Manners, Dave Manners, Rauff de Ryther Daun Acklom, Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom
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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.
Notable films
- The Black Cat (1934) as Peter Alison
- The Mummy (1932) as Frank Whemple
- Dracula (1931) as John Harker
- The Last Flight (1931) as Shep Lambert
- The Miracle Woman (1931) as John Carson
