David Manners | |
|---|---|
 Manners just out of Trinity School, New York in 1917 | |
| Born | Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom April 30, 1900[1] Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | December 23, 1998 (aged 98) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1924–1953 |
| Spouse |
Suzanne Bushnell
(m. 1929; div. 1931) |
| Partner | Frederic William "Bill" Mercer (1948–1978; Mercer's death) |
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 Tod Browning's 1931 horror classic Dracula, which starred Bela Lugosi in the title role.[2] The following year, Manners portrayed the archaeologist Frank Whemple in The Mummy (1932), another pre-Code thriller by Universal Pictures.
- ^ "Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904," Rauff Acklom, April 30, 1900, Halifax, Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Digital image of original affidavit of birth registration in Nova Scotia Archives available at FamilySearch, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- ^ Pace, Eric (1999). "David Manners, 98; Menaced on Screen by Lugosi", obituary, The New York Times, January 3, 1999. Retrieved August 21, 2017.