David Manners

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David Manners (1917)

David Manners (actually Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom , born April 30, 1900 in Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada , † December 23, 1998 in Santa Barbara , California ) was a Canadian-American actor .

life and career

David Manners was born in Canada to the headmaster and author George Moreby Acklom (1870-1959), but the family later moved to New York . He originally studied forestry at the University of Toronto , but when he found this too boring he became an actor against the wishes of his family. He first appeared in the theater under the direction of George Cukor , among others , before he came to Hollywood at the beginning of the sound film era . He was under contract with Warner Brothers , but also played for other studios. The director James Whale used him in the war film The Journey's End (1930) and a year later in Dracula , where he appeared as an opponent of Bela Lugosi in one of his most famous roles. Manners also worked in two other horror films, 1932 in The Mummy with Boris Karloff and 1934 in The Black Cat , the latter with both Karloff and Lugosi. In addition to the horror films he is best known for today, David Manners has appeared regularly as the Leading Man alongside established female stars such as Ruth Chatterton in The Right to Love , Barbara Stanwyck in The Miracle Woman and Kay Francis in Man Wanted . Manners starred alongside Katharine Hepburn in her film debut in A Bill of Divorcement . In 1933 he was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild .

From 1929 until their divorce in 1931, David Manners was married to Suzanne Bushnell. From 1948 until his death in 1978 he lived with the writer Bill Mercer in Pacific Palisades ; the two ran an art gallery. In 1936 Manners suddenly retired from the film business and lived alone on a ranch in the Mojave Desert near Victorville, California , until his relationship with Mercer began . To this day there is speculation about the number of actors and creatives who had to hide their homosexuality for their careers and / or under pressure from Hollywooder Studios. The main reason for Manner's sudden withdrawal is his repressed feelings. In the loneliness he dealt with spiritual and religious topics and wrote two books. Occasionally he still appeared as a theater actor until the 1950s. Mention should be made of his appearance in Maxwell Anderson's Truckline Cafe next to a then unknown Marlon Brando in 1946. Brando said several times that he owed his career to the support of Manners.

David Manners is also said to have received one of the first 100 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , which was later removed for unknown reasons. However, this urban legend has now been disproved: the stars of the famous Ehrenweg were dug into the ground almost three decades after Manners' career ended in the 1960s, but mostly from the 1970s, and according to a long-time leading employee of the Walk of Fame The relevant Chamber of Crafts, Ana Martinez, has no information in the archives on a star for Manners. In addition, a star was never removed (except for temporary work, etc.). An application process for a star would be possible at any time.

David Manners died at the old age of 98 in a retirement home where he had spent the last two years of his life.

Filmography

  • 1929: The Sky Hawk
  • 1930: Journey's End
  • 1930: He Knew Women
  • 1930: Sweet Mama
  • 1930: Kismet
  • 1930: The Truth About Youth
  • 1930: Mothers Cry
  • 1930: The Right to Love
  • 1931: Dracula
  • 1931: The Millionaire
  • 1931: The Miracle Woman
  • 1931: The Last Flight
  • 1931: The Ruling Voice
  • 1932: The Greeks Had a Word for Them
  • 1932: Lady with a Past
  • 1932: Beauty and the Boss
  • 1932: Man Wanted
  • 1932: Stranger in Town
  • 1932: Crooner
  • 1932: Divorce (A Bill of Divorcement)
  • 1932: They Call It Sin
  • 1932: The Death Kiss
  • 1932: The Mummy (The Mummy)
  • 1932: From Hell to Heaven
  • 1933: The Warrior's Husband
  • 1933: The Girl in 419
  • 1933: The Devil's in Love
  • 1933: Torch Singer
  • 1933: Roman Scandals
  • 1934: The Luck of a Sailor
  • 1934: The Black Cat (The Black Cat)
  • 1934: The Great Flirtation
  • 1934: The Moonstone
  • 1935: Mystery of Edwin Drood
  • 1935: The Perfect Clue
  • 1935: Jalna
  • 1936: Hearts in Bondage
  • 1936: A Woman Rebels
  • 1936: Lucky Fugitives

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ronald Bergan: David Manners obituary. April 1, 1999, accessed September 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Thom Nickels: Hollywood 'Star' Removed When Gay Actor Becomes a Hermit. In: Huffington Post. November 13, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2018 (American English).
  3. ^ Charles Foster: Once Upon a Time in Paradise: Canadians in the Golden Age of Hollywood . Dundurn, 2003, ISBN 978-1-55002-464-7 ( google.de [accessed September 23, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Thom Nickels: Hollywood 'Star' Removed When Gay Actor Becomes a Hermit. In: Huffington Post. November 13, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2018 (American English).
  5. ↑ Matthew Cabe: This Desert Life: Removal of a Hollywood star. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Interview with David Manners shortly before his death
  7. ↑ Eric Pace: David Manners, 98; Menaced on Screen by Lugosi . In: The New York Times . January 3, 1999, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 10, 2020]).
  8. ^ Charles Foster: Once Upon a Time in Paradise: Canadians in the Golden Age of Hollywood . Dundurn, 2003, ISBN 978-1-55002-464-7 ( google.de [accessed July 10, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Manners, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Halifax (Nova Scotia)
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1998
Place of death Santa Barbara (California)