David Manners
Canadian-born American actor (1900-1998) · Canada · On the map · Actors · Died at 98
David Joseph Manners 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. The following year, Manners portrayed the archaeologist Frank Whemple in The Mummy (1932), another pre-Code thriller by Universal Pictures.
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1998Died23 December 19981997
The Silver Screen: Color Me LavenderFilm1991
Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookFilm, John Harker (archive footage)1936
A Woman RebelsFilm, Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
Hearts in BondageFilm, 1936Raymond Jordan1935
JalnaFilm, Eden Whiteoaks1934
The Black CatFilm, Peter Alison1933
From Hell to HeavenFilm, Wesley Burt1932
A Bill of DivorcementFilm, Kit Humphreys
They Call It SinFilm, 1932James E. 'Jimmy' Decker1931
DraculaFilm, John Harker
The Miracle WomanFilm, 1931John Carson1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver JubileeFilm
He Knew WomenFilm, 1930Austin Lowe1900Born30 April 1900
The Silver Screen: Color Me LavenderFilm1991Dracula: A Cinematic ScrapbookFilm, John Harker (archive footage)1936A Woman RebelsFilm, Lieutenant Alan Craig FreelandHearts in BondageFilm, 1936Raymond Jordan1935JalnaFilm, Eden Whiteoaks1934The Black CatFilm, Peter Alison1933From Hell to HeavenFilm, Wesley Burt1932A Bill of DivorcementFilm, Kit HumphreysThey Call It SinFilm, 1932James E. 'Jimmy' Decker1931DraculaFilm, John HarkerThe Miracle WomanFilm, 1931John Carson1930An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver JubileeFilmHe Knew WomenFilm, 1930Austin Lowe1900Born30 April 1900People around David
William Dieterle Directed The Last Flight and The Devil's in Love
Loretta Young Also in Kismet and The Ruling Voice
Carl Laemmle Jr. Produced Dracula and The Mummy
Bela Lugosi Also in Dracula and The Death Kiss
Samuel Goldwyn Produced Roman Scandals (1933)
Hal B. Wallis Produced Man Wanted and They Call It Sin
Karl Freund Directed Dracula and The Mummy
Erle C. Kenton Directed From Hell to Heaven (1933)
Edward Van Sloan Also in The Death Kiss, Man Wanted and Dracula
Alexander Hall Directed The Girl in 419 and Torch Singer
Helen Chandler Also in Dracula and The Sky Hawk
Albert Conti Also in The Black Cat and Torch Singer
Wild Bill Elliott Also in The Mummy and Crooner
Lowell Sherman Directed The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
Sidney Blackmer Also in Kismet and Mothers Cry
George Irving Also in The Last Flight and Hearts in Bondage
Ethel Griffies Also in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
Luis Alberni Also in The Black Cat and The Last Flight
Elizabeth Patterson Also in Man Wanted and A Bill of Divorcement
Harry Cording Also in The Black Cat and Roman Scandals
William Bailey Also in Crooner and From Hell to Heaven
Bramwell Fletcher Also in The Millionaire (1931)
Herbert Bunston Also in Dracula and The Last Flight
Katharine Hepburn Also in A Bill of Divorcement and A Woman Rebels
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Dracula 1931
The Black Cat 1934
The Mummy 1932
The Miracle Woman 1931
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Country
Canada
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1998 · aged 98
