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Mantan Moreland

Mantan Moreland
  • Name: Mantan Moreland
  • Birthday: 1902-09-03
  • Also known as: Man Tan Moreland,Manton Moreland,Manten Moreland,Carter & Moreland,Moreland
  • Place of birth: Monroe, Louisiana, USA
  • Popularity: 1.147
Biography: Although his brand of humor has been reviled for decades, Negro character actor Mantan Moreland parlayed his cocky but jittery character into a recognizable presence in the late 1930s and early 1940s, appearing in a long string of comedy thrillers . . . and was considered quite funny at the time! Born just after the turn of the century in Louisiana, Mantan began running away from home at age 12 to join circuses and medicine shows, only to be brought back time and again. During these times he sharpened his comic skills and developed routines and acts that eventually became popular on the vaudeville stage, or what was then called the "chitlin' circuit." A solo performer by nature, he often... Read More

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Title Release date
Horrible Horror   as  Jefferson Jackson in 'King of the Zombies' 1986-01-01
The Young Nurses   as  Old Man 1973-03-01
Watermelon Man   as  Joe the Counterman 1970-05-27
The Comic   as  Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled) 1969-11-19
Spider Baby   as  Messenger 1967-12-24
Enter Laughing   as  Subway Rider 1967-02-25
The Patsy   as  Barber Shop Porter 1964-06-24
Rockin' the Blues   as  Self 1956-10-11
Sky Dragon   as  Birmingham Brown 1949-04-27
Come On, Cowboy!   as  Mantan 1949-01-01
The Feathered Serpent   as  Birmingham Brown 1948-12-19
The Golden Eye   as  Birmingham Brown 1948-08-29
She's Too Mean for Me 1948-08-23
Shanghai Chest   as  Birmingham Brown 1948-07-11
The Dreamer 1948-04-04
Docks of New Orleans   as  Birmingham Brown 1948-03-21
What a Guy 1948-01-01
The Chinese Ring   as  Birmingham Brown 1947-12-06
Return of Mandy's Husband   as  Mantan 1947-05-22
The Trap   as  Birmingham Brown 1946-11-30
Mantan Runs for Mayor 1946-08-23
Shadows Over Chinatown   as  Birmingham Brown 1946-06-27
Tall, Tan and Terrific   as  Mantan Moreland 1946-06-26
Dark Alibi   as  Birmingham Brown 1946-05-25
Riverboat Rhythm   as  Mantan 1946-02-16
Mantan Messes Up 1946-01-01
The Spider   as  Harry 1945-12-01
She Wouldn't Say Yes   as  Porter (uncredited) 1945-11-29
Captain Tugboat Annie   as  Pinto 1945-11-17
The Shanghai Cobra   as  Birmingham Brown 1945-09-29
The Scarlet Clue   as  Birmingham Brown, Chauffeur 1945-05-11
Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask   as  Birmingham Brown 1945-01-26
Bowery to Broadway   as  Alabam 1944-11-03
Black Magic   as  Birmingham Brown 1944-08-19
South of Dixie   as  The Porter 1944-06-23
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat   as  Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver 1944-05-20
Pin Up Girl   as  Train Station Porter (uncredited) 1944-04-25
Moon Over Las Vegas   as  Porter 1944-04-01
See Here, Private Hargrove   as  Train Porter (uncredited) 1944-03-18
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service   as  Birmingham Brown 1944-02-14
Chip Off the Old Block   as  Porter 1944-02-01
Swing Fever   as  Woody 1943-11-01
Swing Fever   as  Woody, Nick's Valet (uncredited) 1943-11-01
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith   as  Porter 1943-10-22
Revenge of the Zombies   as  Jefferson 'Jeff' Johnson 1943-09-17
Melody Parade   as  Skidmore 1943-08-27
We've Never Been Licked   as  Willie 1943-07-29
Sarong Girl   as  Maxwell 1943-06-11
Hit the Ice   as  Porter with Snowshoes (uncredited) 1943-06-02
He Hired the Boss   as  Bootblack 1943-04-02
Slightly Dangerous   as  Waiter at Swade's (uncredited) 1943-04-01
Cabin in the Sky   as  First Idea Man 1943-03-24
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher   as  Eustace Smith 1943-01-29
Andy Hardy's Double Life   as  Prentiss - The Benedict Butler (uncredited) 1942-12-01
Eyes in the Night   as  Alistair 1942-10-16
Girl Trouble   as  Flint's Chauffeur 1942-10-09
Phantom Killer   as  Nicodemus 1942-10-02
A-Haunting We Will Go   as  Porter (uncredited) 1942-08-07
Footlight Serenade   as  Amos 1942-08-01
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost   as  Lightnin' 1942-06-26
Mr. Washington Goes to Town   as  Schenectady Jones 1942-05-09
Tarzan's New York Adventure   as  Sam, the Nightclub Janitor (uncredited) 1942-05-01
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx   as  Horatio B.Fitz Washington 1942-03-27
Professor Creeps   as  Washington 1942-02-28
Lucky Ghost   as  Washington 1942-02-10
Law of the Jungle   as  Jefferson "Jeff" Jones 1942-02-06
Treat 'Em Rough   as  'Snake-Eyes' 1942-01-30
Four Jacks and a Jill   as  Cicero - Wash Room Attendant (uncredited) 1942-01-23
Freckles Comes Home   as  Jeff the porter 1942-01-02
Marry the Boss's Daughter   as  Diner Cook 1941-11-28
Birth of the Blues   as  Black Trumpet Player (uncredited) 1941-11-07
It Started with Eve   as  Railway Porter (uncredited) 1941-09-26
Let's Go Collegiate   as  Jeff 1941-09-12
Dressed to Kill   as  Rusty 1941-08-08
Cracked Nuts   as  Burgess 1941-07-02
The Gang's All Here   as  Jefferson 'Jeff' Smith 1941-06-11
King of the Zombies   as  Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson 1941-05-14
Sign of the Wolf   as  Ben 1941-03-25
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery   as  Roy 1941-03-24
Sleepers West   as  Porter (uncredited) 1941-03-14
You're Out of Luck   as  Jeff Jefferson 1941-01-20
Up Jumped the Devil   as  Washington 1941-01-01
Four Shall Die   as  Beefus - Touissant's Chauffeur 1940-10-15
Drums of the Desert   as  Sergeant 'Blue' Williams 1940-10-06
While Thousands Cheer   as  Nash 1940-09-15
Up in the Air   as  Jeff Jefferson 1940-09-09
Laughing at Danger   as  Jefferson 1940-08-12
Maryland 1940-07-19
On the Spot   as  Jefferson White 1940-06-11
Girl in 313   as  Porter 1940-05-31
Viva Cisco Kid   as  Memphis - The Cook 1940-04-12
Star Dust   as  Waiter on Train 1940-04-06
Millionaire Playboy   as  Bellhop 1940-03-14
Chasing Trouble   as  Thomas H. Jefferson 1940-01-30
City of Chance   as  Anxious Man 1940-01-13
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk   as  Robbins 1940-01-11
Irish Luck   as  Jefferson 1939-08-22
Riders of the Frontier   as  Chappie, the Cook 1939-08-15
Tell No Tales   as  Sport Black at the Wake (uncredited) 1939-06-12
One Dark Night   as  Samson Brown 1939-01-02
Gang Smashers   as  Gloomy 1938-12-30
Next Time I Marry   as  Tilby 1938-12-09
Frontier Scout   as  Norris Family Butler 1938-09-16
Two-Gun Man from Harlem   as  Bill Blake 1938-05-01
Spirit of Youth   as  Creighton 'Crickie' Fitzgibbons 1938-04-01
Harlem on the Prairie   as  Mistletoe 1937-12-09
The Green Pastures   as  Angel Removing Hat (uncredited) 1936-08-01
That's the Spirit   as  Night Watchman 1933-04-15