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Mantan Moreland (1902–1973)

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Although his brand of humor has been reviled for decades, black 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... See full bio »

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in Monroe, Louisiana, USA

Died:

(age 71) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1973 The Young Nurses
Old Man (as Man Tan Moreland)
 
1972 The Biscuit Eater
Waiter
 
1971 Marriage: Year One (TV movie)
Mechanic
 
1970 Adam-12 (TV series)
Philip Richards
– Log 135: Arson (1970) … Philip Richards
 
1969-1970 Love, American Style (TV series)
Roscoe (segment "Love and the Hustler") / Stranger (segment "Love and the Fur Coat")
– Love and the Fur Coat/Love and the Trip (1970) … Stranger (segment "Love and the Fur Coat")
– Love and a Couple of Couples/Love and the Hustler/Love and the Pill (1969) … Roscoe (segment "Love and the Hustler")
 
1970 Watermelon Man
Counterman
 
1970 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
Uncle Dewey
– Lover's Quarrel (1970) … Uncle Dewey
 
1969 The Comic
Passerby at Billy's Funeral (uncredited)
 
1969 Julia (TV series)
Harry James
– The Undergraduate (1969) … Harry James
 
1968 Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told
Messenger
 
1967 Enter Laughing
Subway Rider
 
1966 Alvarez Kelly
Bartender (uncredited)
 
1964 The Patsy
Barbershop Porter (uncredited)
 
1957 The Green Pastures (TV movie)
 
1949 The Sky Dragon
Birmingham Brown
 
1948 The Feathered Serpent
Birmingham Brown
 
1948 The Golden Eye
Birmingham Brown
 
1948 Shanghai Chest
Birmingham Brown
 
1948 Best Man Wins
Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
 
1948 Docks of New Orleans
Birmingham Brown
 
1948 The Return of Mandy's Husband
 
1948 What a Guy
 
1948 She's Too Mean for Me
 
1948 The Dreamer
 
1948 Come On, Cowboy!
 
1947 The Chinese Ring
Birmingham Brown
 
1947 Ebony Parade
Mantan
 
1946 The Trap
Birmingham Brown
 
1946 Shadows Over Chinatown
Birmingham Brown
 
1946 Dark Alibi
Birmingham Brown
 
1946 Riverboat Rhythm
Mantan (as Carter & Moreland)
 
1946 Tall, Tan, and Terrific (short)
Mantan Moreland
 
1946 Mantan Runs for Mayor
 
1946 Mantan Messes Up
Mantan
 
1945 The Spider
Henry
 
1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes
Porter (uncredited)
 
1945 Captain Tugboat Annie
Pinto
 
1945 The Shanghai Cobra
Birmingham Brown
 
1945 The Naughty Nineties (uncredited)
 
1945 The Scarlet Clue
Birmingham Brown, Chauffeur
 
1945 The Jade Mask
Birmingham Brown
 
1944 Bowery to Broadway
Alabam
 
1944 The Mystery of the Riverboat
Napoleon
 
1944 Black Magic
Birmingham Brown
 
1944 South of Dixie
The Porter
 
1944 Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver
 
1944 This Is the Life
Porter (uncredited)
 
1944 Pin Up Girl
Red Cap #2 (uncredited)
 
1944 Moon Over Las Vegas
Porter
 
1944 See Here, Private Hargrove
Porter on Train (uncredited)
 
1944 Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
Birmingham Brown
 
1944 Chip Off the Old Block
Porter
 
1943 She's for Me
Sam
 
1943 Swing Fever
Woody, Nick's Valet (uncredited)
 
1943 My Kingdom for a Cook
Train Porter (uncredited)
 
1943 You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
Porter
 
1943 Hi'ya, Sailor
Sam
 
1943 Revenge of the Zombies
Jeff
 
1943 Melody Parade
Skidmore
 
1943 We've Never Been Licked
Willie
 
1943 Hit the Ice
Porter with Snowshoes (uncredited)
 
1943 Sarong Girl
Maxwell
 
1943 He Hired the Boss
Shoeshine Man (uncredited)
 
1943 Slightly Dangerous
Waiter at Swade's (uncredited)
 
1943 Cabin in the Sky
First Idea Man
 
1943 Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Eustace Smith
 
1943 It Comes Up Love
Janitor (uncredited)
 
1942 Andy Hardy's Double Life
Prentiss the Benedict Butler (uncredited)
 
1942 The Palm Beach Story
Diner Waiter (uncredited)
 
1942 Eyes in the Night
Alistair
 
1942 Girl Trouble
Edwards
 
1942 Phantom Killer
Nicodemus (as Manton Moreland)
 
1942 A-Haunting We Will Go
Porter (uncredited)
 
1942 Footlight Serenade
Amos. Tommy's Dresser (as Manton Moreland)
 
1942 Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Lightnin'
 
1942 Tarzan's New York Adventure
Sam, the Nightclub Janitor (uncredited)
 
1942 The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Horatio B.Fitz Washington
 
1942 Professor Creeps
Washington
 
1942 Lady Luck
Washington
 
1942 Law of the Jungle
Jefferson 'Jeff' Jones
 
1942 Four Jacks and a Jill
Cicero - Wash Room Attendant (uncredited)
 
1942 Treat 'Em Rough
'Snake-Eyes'
 
1942 Freckles Comes Home
Jeff - the Hotel Porter
 
1941 Marry the Boss's Daughter (uncredited)
 
1941 Birth of the Blues
Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)
 
1941 It Started with Eve
Railway Porter (uncredited)
 
1941 Let's Go Collegiate
Jeff
 
1941 World Premiere
Train Porter (uncredited)
 
1941 Dressed to Kill
Rusty (as Manton Moreland)
 
1941 Cracked Nuts
Burgess
 
1941 Accent on Love
Prisoner in Courtroom (uncredited)
 
1941 Hello, Sucker
Elevator Boy
 
1941 Mr. Washington Goes to Town
Schenectady Jones
 
1941 The Gang's All Here
Jefferson 'Jeff' Smith
 
1941 Bachelor Daddy
Club Janitor (uncredited)
 
1941 King of the Zombies
Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson
 
1941 Sign of the Wolf
Ben
 
1941 Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Roy
 
1941 Footlight Fever
Willie Hamsure - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
 
1941 Sleepers West
Porter (uncredited)
 
1941 You're Out of Luck
Jeff Jefferson
 
1941 Up Jumped the Devil
 
1940 Four Shall Die
Beefus, Touissant's Chauffeur
 
1940 Drums of the Desert
Sergeant 'Blue' Williams
 
1940 While Thousands Cheer
Nash
 
1940 Up in the Air
Jeff Jefferson
 
1940 Laughing at Danger
Jefferson
 
1940 Pier 13
Sam
 
1940 Maryland (uncredited)
 
1940 On the Spot
Jefferson White
 
1940 Girl in 313
Porter
 
1940 Star Dust
George, Dining Car Steward (uncredited)
 
1940 Viva Cisco Kid
Memphis - The Cook (uncredited)
 
1940 Millionaire Playboy
Bellhop
 
1940 Chasing Trouble
Jefferson
 
1940 City of Chance
Anxious Man (uncredited)
 
1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Robbins (uncredited)
 
1939 One Dark Night
Samson Brown
 
1939 Irish Luck
Jefferson
 
1939 Riders of the Frontier
Chappie, the Cook
 
1939 Tell No Tales
Sport Black at the Wake (uncredited)
 
1939 There's That Woman Again
Porter (uncredited)
 
1938 Gang Smashers
Gloomy
 
1938 Next Time I Marry
Tilby, Georgi's Servant
 
1938 Frontier Scout
Norris Family Butler
 
1938 Two-Gun Man from Harlem
Bill Blake
 
1938 Spirit of Youth
Creighton 'Crickie' Fitzgibbons
 
1937 Harlem on the Prairie
Mistletoe
 
1937 Shall We Dance
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1936 The Green Pastures
Angel Removing Hat (uncredited)
 
1933 That's the Spirit (short)
Night watchman (as Moreland)
 
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1941 Let's Go Collegiate (performer: "Let's Do A Little Dreamin'")
 
1940 Up in the Air (performer: "By The Looks Of Things")
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1956 Rockin' the Blues (documentary)
Himself
 
1956 Basin Street Revue (short)
Himself
 
1955 Rock 'n' Roll Revue
Himself
 
1955 Show Time at the Apollo (TV series)
Himself - Comedian
– All Star Review … Himself - Comedian
– Harlem Merry-Go-Round … Himself - Comedian (uncredited)
– Jazz Time … Himself - Comedian (uncredited)
– Showtime in Harlem … Himself - Comedian (uncredited)
– Stars Over Harlem … Himself - Comedian
 
1955 Rhythm and Blues Revue (documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (video documentary)
 
2002 That's Black Entertainment: Westerns (TV documentary)
Bill Blake (Two Gun Men From Harlem) (uncredited)
 
1993 Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (TV documentary)
Birmingham Brown/Himself
 
1984 The Great Standups (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1976 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Waiting for Godot (1957). Drama (revival). Written by Samuel Beckett. Directed by Herbert Berghof. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 21 Jan 1957- 26 Jan 1957 (6 performances). Cast: Bert Chamberlain (as "Boy"), Geoffrey Holder (as "Lucky"), Earle Hyman (as "Vladimir"), Rex Ingram (as "Pozzo")... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Carter & Moreland | Man Tan Moreland | Manton Moreland | Moreland
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Trivia:

He was the in-house comic relief artist for poverty-row Monogram Pictures. Most audiences will remember him best for his recurring role as Birmingham Brown in Monogram's "Charlie Chan" series. Unlike other studios' treatment of their black performers, however, Monogram considered him of such importance to them that his name always appeared high on the cast list of his films. See more »

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Virgo