David Manners

David Manners

April 29, 1900 · 126 years old

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 P…

Known For

10 titles
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Dracula

Dracula

1931 · 1h 15m · Movie

Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.

7.3
2
The Mummy

The Mummy

1932 · 1h 13m · Movie

A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.

6.9
3
The Black Cat

The Black Cat

1934 · 1h 5m · Movie

Stranded honeymooners follow mad doctor to manor.

6.9
4
The Miracle Woman

The Miracle Woman

1931 · 1h 30m · 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?

7.2
5
A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement

1932 · 1h 10m · Movie

A man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum. However, he finds things are not the way they were when he left.

6.5
6
The Death Kiss

The Death Kiss

1932 · 1h 15m · Movie

Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.

6.0
7
Roman Scandals

Roman Scandals

1933 · 1h 32m · Movie

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt hometown of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of old Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Em...

6.6
8
Torch Singer

Torch Singer

1933 · 1h 11m · 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.

6.7
9
Mystery of Edwin Drood

Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935 · 1h 27m · Movie

An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.

6.4
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Stranger in Town

Stranger in Town

1931 · 1h 5m · Movie

Ulysses Crickle owns a small town grocery store, doubling as the post office, dealing with the peculiarities of the townspeople. Jerry Fleming arrives to run a rival business and to romance Crickle's granddaughter Marian.

6.0