David Manners

David Manners

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.

  • Title: David Manners
  • Popularity: 3.992
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1900-04-29
  • Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Homepage: http://www.davidmanners.com/
  • Also Known As: David Joseph Manners, David J. Manners, Dave Manners, Rauff de Ryther Daun Acklom, Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom, Rauff Acklom
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David Manners Movies

  • 1931
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    Dracula

    Dracula

    7.2 1931 HD

    British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together and Dracula, a secret vampire, begins preying on London socialites.

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  • 1934
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    The Black Cat

    The Black Cat

    6.7 1934 HD

    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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  • 1932
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    The Greeks Had a Word for Them

    The Greeks Had a Word for Them

    4.8 1932 HD

    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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  • 1933
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    Roman Scandals

    Roman Scandals

    5.9 1933 HD

    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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  • 1932
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    The Mummy

    The Mummy

    6.7 1932 HD

    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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  • 1930
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    Journey's End

    Journey's End

    6.2 1930 HD

    In France, 1917, an alcoholic captain is afraid that his new replacement, his sweetheart's brother, will betray his downfall.

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  • 1931
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    The Miracle Woman

    The Miracle Woman

    6.7 1931 HD

    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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  • 1933
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    Torch Singer

    Torch Singer

    5.2 1933 HD

    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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  • 1932
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    A Bill of Divorcement

    A Bill of Divorcement

    6.227 1932 HD

    A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.

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  • 1935
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    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    5.5 1935 HD

    A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.

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  • 1932
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    Man Wanted

    Man Wanted

    5.5 1932 HD

    A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.

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  • 1932
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    The Death Kiss

    The Death Kiss

    5.3 1932 HD

    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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  • 1932
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    They Call It Sin

    They Call It Sin

    5.8 1932 HD

    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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  • 1932
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    Lady with a Past

    Lady with a Past

    5.8 1932 HD

    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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  • 1931
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    The Last Flight

    The Last Flight

    6.9 1931 HD

    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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  • 1936
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    Hearts in Bondage

    Hearts in Bondage

    4.5 1936 HD

    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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  • 1932
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    Beauty and the Boss

    Beauty and the Boss

    7 1932 HD

    An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.

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  • 1991
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    Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

    Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

    10 1991 HD

    A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.

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  • 2000
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    The Many Faces of Dracula

    The Many Faces of Dracula

    5 2000 HD

    Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.

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  • 1933
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    The Girl in 419

    The Girl in 419

    4.3 1933 HD

    A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.

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  • 1934
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    The Moonstone

    The Moonstone

    4.4 1934 HD

    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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  • 1933
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    From Hell to Heaven

    From Hell to Heaven

    7.2 1933 HD

    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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  • 1932
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    Crooner

    Crooner

    5 1932 HD

    Fame goes to a priggish singer's head and almost costs him his girlfriend.

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  • 1935
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    The Perfect Clue

    The Perfect Clue

    5.7 1935 HD

    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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  • 1930
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    The Truth About Youth

    The Truth About Youth

    5.7 1930 HD

    A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.

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  • 1930
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    The Right to Love

    The Right to Love

    5.5 1930 HD

    A woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate.

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  • 1931
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    The Ruling Voice

    The Ruling Voice

    6 1931 HD

    A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime.

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  • 1931
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    Stranger in Town

    Stranger in Town

    3 1931 HD

    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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  • 1931
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    The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

    7.5 1931 HD

    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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  • 1933
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    The Devil's in Love

    The Devil's in Love

    6 1933 HD

    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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  • 1930
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    Kismet

    Kismet

    3.5 1930 HD

    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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  • 1933
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    The Warrior's Husband

    The Warrior's Husband

    1 1933 HD

    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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  • 1930
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    An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

    An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

    3.4 1930 HD

    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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  • 1936
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    A Woman Rebels

    A Woman Rebels

    5.8 1936 HD

    A Victorian-era woman struggles to break free of the moral codes established by society and enforced by her father.

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  • 2022
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    Dracula Unearthed

    Dracula Unearthed

    7 2022 HD

    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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  • 1930
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    He Knew Women

    He Knew Women

    4.8 1930 HD

    A novelist has to choose between his wealthy patron and a penniless romantic.

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  • 1930
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    Mothers Cry

    Mothers Cry

    1 1930 HD

    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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  • 1935
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    Jalna

    Jalna

    4.8 1935 HD

    A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.

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  • 1963
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    Dracula

    Dracula

    1 1963 HD

    8-minute shortened version of Tod Browning's 1931 classic "Dracula."

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  • 1934
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    The Luck of a Sailor

    The Luck of a Sailor

    1 1934 HD

    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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  • 1930
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    Sweet Mama

    Sweet Mama

    1 1930 HD

    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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  • 1934
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    The Great Flirtation

    The Great Flirtation

    3 1934 HD

    An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.

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  • 1997
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    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    5 1997 HD

    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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  • 1936
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    Lucky Fugitives

    Lucky Fugitives

    1 1936 HD

    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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