Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

April 29, 1900

Day of Death

December 23, 1998(aged 98)

Place of Birth

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Career

1930 – 2000

Credits

43 movies

Also Known As

David Joseph Manners

David J. Manners

Dave Manners

Rauff de Ryther Daun Acklom

Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom

David Manners

Acting

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.