David Manners Autographs
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 Tod Browning's 1931 horror classic Dracula, which starred Bela Lugosi in the title role. The following year, Manners portrayed the archaeologist Frank Whemple in The Mummy (1932), another pre-Code thriller by Universal Pictures.
David Joseph Manners (originally Rauff De Ryther Duan Acklom) was born in Canada at 108 Tower Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 30, 1900. He was the younger child and only son of British parents, writer George Moreby Acklom and Lilian (or Lillian) Manners, as well as being the nephew of Cecil Ryther Acklom, a senior officer in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. He had an elder sister, Dorothea Cecily Acklom (later Mrs. Hall; 1898–1972). His father, in Halifax, was then the headmaster of Harrow House School, a prestigious private boarding school for boys. Eight years later, in 1907, Rauff, his mother, and his older sister left Canada and emigrated to the United States to join his father, who had emigrated during the previous year and secured a job as a literary advisor for E.P. Dutton, a publishing company in New York. By 1910 the entire Acklom family was living at 108 Hillside Avenue in Mount Vernon, New York, a northern suburb of New York City.
The Ackloms by January 1920 had relocated again, then to West 123rd Street in Manhattan, where 19-year-old Manners (still Rauff) continued to reside with his parents. He was employed as an assistant publisher and seemed destined to repeat his father's own career choice and live out his life as an editor and publisher. Soon, perhaps in an effort to chart an entirely different course for himself professionally, Manners stopped working as an assistant publisher and returned to Canada to study forestry at the University of Toronto. He found the curriculum there boring; however, he was attracted to stage work on campus. After receiving some drama training, he made his acting debut in 1924 at the school's Hart House Theater in Euripides' play Hippolytus.
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Traded items with a signature of David Manners
The most expensive item with a signature of David Manners (DAVID MANNERS - INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED) was sold in September 2017 for $340.00 while the cheapest item (DAVID MANNERS -small signed photo -actor was John Harker in 1931 film DRACULA) found a new owner for $6.99 in February 2012. The month with the most items sold (3) was February 2012 with an average selling price of $31.00 for an autographed item of David Manners. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2017 with $340.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.95 was July 2013. In average, an autographed item from David Manners is worth $43.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of David Manners were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | David Manners Autograph 3x5 Index Card Dracula & The Mummy (Scarce) | $104.99 |  |
| David Manners Autograph 3x5 Index Card Dracula & The Mummy (Scarce) | $104.99 | |
| David Manners Autograph 4x6 Dracula Mini Poster Print (Jonathan Harker) | $94.99 | |
| David Manners Autograph 4x6 Dracula Mini Poster Print (Jonathan Harker) | $94.99 | |
| DAVID MANNERS AUTOGRAPH 8X10 B&W PHOTO - WITH LUGOSI AND KARLOFF - NO COA | $50.00 | |
| DAVID MANNERS AUTOGRAPH 8X10 B&W PHOTO - WITH LUGOSI AND KARLOFF - NO COA | $50.00 | |
| DAVID MANNERS AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CARD DRACULA THE MUMMY THE BLACK CAT PSA/DNA | $204.98 | |
| David Manners Autographed vintage 10x8 Photo 'THE BLACK CAT' (1934) **** | $134.95 | |
| David Manners Autographed vintage 10x8 Photo 'THE BLACK CAT' (1934) **** | $134.95 | |
 | David Manners SIGNED Card 30s Movie Actor The Mummy Dracula Black Cat Horror | $117.48 | |
| David Manners SIGNED Card 30s Movie Actor The Mummy Dracula Black Cat Horror | $117.48 | |
| DAVID MANNERS: IN BELA LUGOSI,S (DRACULA) HAND SIGN AUTOGRAPH PHOTO (CLASSIC) | $223.99 | |
| DAVID MANNERS: IN BELA LUGOSI,S (DRACULA) HAND SIGN AUTOGRAPH PHOTO (CLASSIC) | $223.99 | |
| Original Signed Auto Cut David Manners from 1931 Universal Dracula & 1932 Mummy | $107.99 | |
| Original Signed Auto Cut David Manners from 1931 Universal Dracula & 1932 Mummy | $107.99 | |
