Personal Info
Born: 1900-04-29
Died: 1998-12-23
Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Known For: Acting
Also Known As:
David Joseph Manners
David J. Manners
Dave Manners
Rauff de Ryther Daun Acklom
Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom
Rauff Acklom
David Manners
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.
