
Dracula
John Harker

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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.
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42 acting credits · Includes cameos and other appearances where listed.

John Harker

Frank Whemple

Peter Alison

Bill Merrick

Edwin Drood

John Carson

Jimmy

Kit Humphreys

Richard Dane 'The Imp'

Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland

Franklyn Drew

Josephus

Self (archive footage)

Dey Emery

Baron Paul von Ullrich

John Harker (archive footage)

Donnie Wainwright

Captain Jean Fabien

Dr. Martin Nichols

Jack Wycoff / Cy King

Wesley Burt

James E. 'Jimmy' Decker

Theseus

John Harker (archive footage)

Michael 'Mike' Gardner

Thomas 'Tom' / 'Tommy' Sherman

Joe Copeland

Larry Kenyon

Ted 'Teddy' Taylor

Captain Colin

Caliph Abdallah

Shep Lambert

Raymond Jordan

Dick Cheney

Eden Whiteoaks

Austin Lowe

Franklin Blake

Jerry Fleming

Arthur 'Artie' Williams

James Raleigh

David Mannering