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Frederic William “Bill” Mercer. only son of Frederic William Mercer (9 Dec 1892-Dec 1984) & Esther Mary Wiggins. Fred Sr--only son of W H Mercer & Frances Hoburn. Fred Sr was president and treasurer of the Mercer Cycle Company. Esther died in 1919, and in the 1920 Seattle census, her widowed husband and their son, age 1, were living with ...
Aug 27, 1978 · Frederic William "Bill" Mercer was a playwright and the life-partner of the actor David Joseph Manners. Bill was born in 19 February 1918 in Seattle, Washington, the son of Frederic Mercer and Esther Wiggins. Esther, his mother, died in 1919 when Frederic was only one. In 1922, his father married Hazel Catherine Day.
- February 19, 1918
- August 27, 1978
Frederic William "Bill" Mercer (1948–1978; Mercer's death) 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. [2] The following year, Manners portrayed the ...
Later, in 1948, he established a long-term partnership with playwright Frederic William "Bill" Mercer. Initially, they lived together at David's ranch but left Victorville in 1956 to move to another residence in Pacific Palisades. Manners and Mercer remained partners until Bill's death in 1978.
A brief marriage in the late 1920s ended after three years in 1932. In his middle years, Manners found a life partner in writer Frederic William Mercer, and the couple relocated from Victorville to coastal California in the 1950s. Mercer passed away in 1978. Sadly, David Manners passed away at the age of 98 on December 23, 1998, leaving no ...
only son of Frederic William Mercer (9 Dec 1892-Dec 1984) & Esther Mary Wiggins. Fred Sr--only son of W H Mercer & Frances Hoburn. Fred Sr was president and treasurer of the Mercer Cycle Company. Esther died in 1919, and in the 1920 Seattle census, her widowed husband and their son, age 1, were living with her parents,...
In 1948, he established a long-term personal relationship with playwright Frederic William ("Bill") Mercer (1918-1978). The couple remained together in California until Bill's death. After his Hollywood years, David re-intensified his strong spiritual interest and took a path that resulted in a number of philosophical writings.
