David Manners

David Manners

Born: April 29, 1900
Died: December 23, 1998
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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.

Movies for David Manners...

Dracula Unearthed
Title: Dracula Unearthed
Character: John Harker (Archive Footage)
Released: October 31, 2022
Type: Movie
Commemorates 100 years since the release of the German classic, Nosferatu, by FW Murnau, and explores the general fascination of Count Dracula, a figure who resonates with audiences across the literary, art, mythological and historical worlds.
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The Many Faces of Dracula
Title: The Many Faces of Dracula
Character: John Harker (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Title: The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Title: Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Character: John Harker (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
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Dracula
Title: Dracula
Character: John (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula."
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A Woman Rebels
Title: A Woman Rebels
Character: Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland
Released: November 6, 1936
Type: Movie
A Victorian-era woman struggles to break free of the moral codes established by society and enforced by her father.
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Hearts in Bondage
Title: Hearts in Bondage
Character: Raymond Jordan
Released: May 26, 1936
Type: Movie
Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them, as Raymond stands by his native Virginia while Kenneth remains on duty as a Northern officer. Kenneth's uncle, John Ericsson, designs a new kind of ship, an ironclad he calls the Monitor. Eventually the war pits Kenneth, on board the Monitor, against his friend Raymond, serving aboard the South's own ironclad, the Merrimac (as it is called here). A naval battle ensues, one that will go down in history.
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Lucky Fugitives
Title: Lucky Fugitives
Character: Jack Wycoff / Cy King
Released: January 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Jack Wycoff is a successful young author whose double is the notorious gangster Cy King. Mistakenly arrested, Wyckoff finds himself handcuffed to an attractive lady. Wycoff escapes custody and flees across the country with the law in hot pursuit, refusing to establish either his true identity or his innocence until the lady unwillingly trapped at his side agrees to marry him.
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Jalna
Title: Jalna
Character: Eden Whiteoaks
Released: August 9, 1935
Type: Movie
A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.
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The Perfect Clue
Title: The Perfect Clue
Character: David Mannering
Released: March 13, 1935
Type: Movie
Mona Stewart, madcap, spoiled daughter of a wealthy man, becomes upset when she learns that her father is engaged to a woman she hates. She runs away, via various modes of transportation, and hires an ex-con, David Mannering, to drive her around as she eludes the all-out search conducted by her father and her fiancée, Ronnie Van Zandt. A romance is blossoming until her chauffeur is arrested for the murder of a crime-syndicate boss.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Title: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Character: Edwin Drood
Released: February 4, 1935
Type: Movie
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
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The Moonstone
Title: The Moonstone
Character: Franklin Blake
Released: August 20, 1934
Type: Movie
A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and it is up to Scotland Yard inspector Charles Irwin to find out who did it among all the suspects who were in the house.
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The Great Flirtation
Title: The Great Flirtation
Character: Larry Kenyon
Released: June 15, 1934
Type: Movie
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
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The Black Cat
Title: The Black Cat
Character: Peter Alison
Released: May 7, 1934
Type: Movie
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
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The Luck of a Sailor
Title: The Luck of a Sailor
Character: Captain Colin
Released: April 26, 1934
Type: Movie
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.
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Roman Scandals
Title: Roman Scandals
Character: Josephus
Released: November 27, 1933
Type: Movie
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
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Torch Singer
Title: Torch Singer
Character: Michael 'Mike' Gardner
Released: September 8, 1933
Type: Movie
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
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The Devil's in Love
Title: The Devil's in Love
Character: Captain Jean Fabien
Released: July 21, 1933
Type: Movie
The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. Victor Jory plays a Legion doctor falsely accused of murdering his commander over the love of Loretta Young. Jory escapes prosecution by heading for parts unknown, but when a deadly illness strikes his old fort, he returns to aid his comrades. He is arrested, but clears himself of the murder charge and ends up with Young. Devil's in Love is distinguished by the surprise appearance of Bela Lugosi, who shows up unbilled as a relentless prosecuting attorney in the courtroom scenes.
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The Girl in 419
Title: The Girl in 419
Character: Dr. Martin Nichols
Released: May 26, 1933
Type: Movie
A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.
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The Warrior's Husband
Title: The Warrior's Husband
Character: Theseus
Released: April 28, 1933
Type: Movie
The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing. Hippolyta's husband Sapiens (Ernest Truex) is truly a sissy of the first order, and is not unlike most of Pontus' male inhabitants.
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From Hell to Heaven
Title: From Hell to Heaven
Character: Wesley Burt
Released: February 24, 1933
Type: Movie
The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways.
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The Mummy
Title: The Mummy
Character: Frank Whemple
Released: December 22, 1932
Type: Movie
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
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The Death Kiss
Title: The Death Kiss
Character: Franklyn Drew
Released: December 5, 1932
Type: Movie
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
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They Call It Sin
Title: They Call It Sin
Character: James E. 'Jimmy' Decker
Released: November 5, 1932
Type: Movie
An innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big city and is left fending for herself.
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A Bill of Divorcement
Title: A Bill of Divorcement
Character: Kit Humphreys
Released: September 28, 1932
Type: Movie
Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in an asylum with his sanity restored. But he is disturbed to find that everything has changed: his daughter grown and about to marry; his wife divorced and also about to marry.
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Crooner
Title: Crooner
Character: Ted 'Teddy' Taylor
Released: August 20, 1932
Type: Movie
Fame goes to a priggish singer's head and almost costs him his girlfriend.
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Man Wanted
Title: Man Wanted
Character: Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman
Released: April 23, 1932
Type: Movie
A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
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Beauty and the Boss
Title: Beauty and the Boss
Character: Baron Paul von Ullrich
Released: April 9, 1932
Type: Movie
An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.
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Lady with a Past
Title: Lady with a Past
Character: Donnie Wainwright
Released: February 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Title: The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Character: Dey Emery
Released: February 3, 1932
Type: Movie
A trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and debonair clothing, backbiting and catfighting as they steal each other's boyfriends.
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The Ruling Voice
Title: The Ruling Voice
Character: Dick Cheney
Released: September 10, 1931
Type: Movie
A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime.
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The Last Flight
Title: The Last Flight
Character: Shep Lambert
Released: August 29, 1931
Type: Movie
Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.
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Stranger in Town
Title: Stranger in Town
Character: Jerry Fleming
Released: August 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-store firm to purchase his establishment. The chain manager retaliates by cutting off Crickles' supply of produce, whereupon his friends and neighbors save his business by supplying him with goods from their own farms.
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The Miracle Woman
Title: The Miracle Woman
Character: John Carson
Released: July 17, 1931
Type: Movie
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?
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The Millionaire
Title: The Millionaire
Character: Bill Merrick
Released: May 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.
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Dracula
Title: Dracula
Character: John Harker
Released: February 12, 1931
Type: Movie
British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London and is, unbeknownst to Renfield, a vampire. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together, and as Dracula begins preying on London socialites, the two become the subject of study for a supernaturalist professor, Abraham Van Helsing.
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The Right to Love
Title: The Right to Love
Character: Joe Copeland
Released: December 27, 1930
Type: Movie
A woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate.
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Mothers Cry
Title: Mothers Cry
Character: Arthur 'Artie' Williams
Released: December 4, 1930
Type: Movie
Having raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son, vicious and sadistic Danny Williams, who has led a life of crime and now returns to inflict his insane behavior on the family household.
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The Truth About Youth
Title: The Truth About Youth
Character: Richard Dane 'The Imp'
Released: November 3, 1930
Type: Movie
A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.
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Kismet
Title: Kismet
Character: Caliph Abdallah
Released: October 30, 1930
Type: Movie
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself. This film is believed lost.
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Title: An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, attended by most of the major players and song writers under contract to WB at that time.
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Sweet Mama
Title: Sweet Mama
Character: Jimmy
Released: July 6, 1930
Type: Movie
A young girl falls in love with a member of a gang of crooks. She determines to bring the rest of the gang to justice so she can save the man she loves.
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He Knew Women
Title: He Knew Women
Character: Austin Lowe
Released: April 21, 1930
Type: Movie
A novelist has to chose between his wealthy patron and a penniless romantic.
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Journey's End
Title: Journey's End
Character: James Raleigh
Released: April 9, 1930
Type: Movie
In France, 1917, an alcoholic captain is afraid that his new replacement, his sweetheart's brother, will betray his downfall.