David Manners
Highest Rated: 100% The Miracle Woman (1931)
Lowest Rated: 60% A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
Birthday: Apr 30, 1900
Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
This slim, handsome boyish juvenile of the 1930s provided able support for such leading ladies as Loretta Young, Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck and Constance Bennett. The Canadian-born Manners studied at the Theater Guild in New York in the late 1920s, and was drafted by Tiffany Productions in 1930 to make his film debut in the screen version of the bitter WWI drama "Journey's End." Directed by James Whale and starring Colin Clive (who had played in the stage version), it was a fortuitous debut. Manners made quite an impression as the idealistic young lieutenant who is forced to take his men out on a suicidal raid and is himself mortally wounded. His death scene was generally acclaimed to be a high point of the film.
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Filmography
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| No Score Yet | 27% | A Woman Rebels | Lieutenant Alan Craig Freeland (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hearts in Bondage | Raymond Jordan (Character) | - | 1936 |
| 63% | 20% | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Edwin Drood (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Perfect Clue | David Mannering (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jalna | Eden Whiteoaks (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | The Moonstone | Franklyn Blake (Character) | - | 1934 |
| 88% | 70% | The Black Cat | Peter Alison (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Luck of a Sailor | Captain Colin (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Flirtation | Larry Kenyon (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Torch Singer | Michael "Mike" Gardner (Character) | - | 1933 |
| 80% | 67% | Roman Scandals | Josephus (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Broadway Singer | Michael "Mike" Gardner (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | The Death Kiss | Franklyn Drew (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Warrior's Husband | Theseus (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girl in 419 | Dr. Martin Nichols (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Man Wanted |
Thomas "Tom"/ |
- | 1932 |
| 60% | 57% | A Bill of Divorcement | Kit Humphreys (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Broadway Girls | Dey Emery (Character) | - | 1932 |
| 89% | 72% | The Mummy | Frank Whemple (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | They Call It Sin | James 'Jimmy' Decker (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stranger in Town | Jerry Fleming (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crooner | Ted "Teddy" Taylor (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady With a Past | Donnie Wainwright (Character) | - | 1932 |
| 94% | 82% | Dracula | John Harker (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The Millionaire | Bill Merrick (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ruling Voice | Dick Cheney (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | The Last Flight | Shep Lambert (Character) | - | 1931 |
| 100% | 77% | The Miracle Woman | John Carson (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mother's Cry | Arthur "Artie" Williams (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | The Truth About Youth | Richard Dane "The Imp" (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Right to Love | Joe Copeland (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Journey's End | Unknown (Character) | - | 1930 |
| 85% | No Score Yet | Kismet | Unknown (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sweet Mama | Jimmy (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | He Knew Women | Austin Lowe (Character) | - | 1930 |