David Manners
Acting
Born: 4/29/1900•Died: 12/23/1998
Place of Birth
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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.
Also Known As
David Joseph Manners, David J. Manners, Dave Manners, Rauff de Ryther Daun Acklom, Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom, Rauff Acklom
