David Manners Autograph
David Joseph Manners (born Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom; April 30, 1900 – December 23, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor who plays John Harker in Tod Browning's 1931 horror classic Dracula, which stars Bela Lugosi in the title role. The following year, Manners portrayed the archaeologist Frank Whemple in The Mummy, another pre-Code thriller by Universal Pictures. More about David Manners
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Manners (originally Rauff 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, Lilian (or Lillian) Manners and writer George Moreby Acklom, 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 in 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 moved 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. Read even more about David Manners at Wikipedia
The Ackloms by January 1920 had moved 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. Read even more about David Manners at Wikipedia
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 November 2018. In average, an autographed item from David Manners is worth $27.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of David Manners were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ACTOR DAVID MANNERS ,SIGNED VINTAGE STUDIO PHOTO. | $49.99 | |
| DAVID MANNERS (1900-1998) (DRACULA~BLACK CAT~THE MUMMY) AUTOGRAPH 1980 ALS~ | $52.25 | |
| DAVID MANNERS (ACTOR) HAND-SIGNED DRACULA SCENE VINTAGE BOOK PAGE PICTURE | $9.95 | |
| DAVID MANNERS (ACTOR) HAND-SIGNED ORIGINAL 1958 SHOCK THEATER TV GUIDE AD | $17.02 | |
| DAVID MANNERS (DRACULA MOVIE ACTOR) HAND-SIGNED 1987 LUGOSI PICTURE POSTCARD | $9.95 | |
| DAVID MANNERS (DRACULA STAR) HAND-SIGNED BELA LUGOSI 1940's ACTOR'S CASTING AD | $15.00 | |
| DAVID MANNERS (MOVIE ACTOR) HAND-SIGNED THE MUMMY VINTAGE BOOK PAGE PICTURE | $9.95 | |
| DAVID MANNERS - MAGAZINE COVER SIGNED CIRCA 1932 | $200.00 | |
| David Manners Autograph Actor In Dracula (1931) & The Mummy Horror Signed Page | $21.99 | |
| David Manners Signed 8x10 Photo 11/17/84 - Dracula & The Mummy - Nice | $39.95 | |
| David Manners Signed Autographed Card Dracula,The Mummy, The Black Cat, Jalna | $50.00 | |
| David Manners Signed Autographed Photograph Dracula,The Black Cat, The Mummy | $125.00 | |
| DAVID MANNERS Typed Letter Signed | $45.00 | |
| DAVID MANNERS- DRACULA- - AUTOGRAPHED 8 X10 GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPH | $27.00 | |
| DAVID MANNERS-ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHED INDEX CARD-DRACULA-THE MUMMY-BLACK CAT | $74.99 | |