Mantan Moreland
Birthday
1902/09/03
Day of death
1973/09/28 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Monroe, Louisiana, USA
Also know as
Man Tan Moreland, Manton Moreland, Manten Moreland, Carter & Moreland, Moreland
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 sh...Read more
Acting
(1941) King of the Zombies
as Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson
(1941) It Started with Eve
as Railway Porter (uncredited)
(1967) Spider Baby
as Messenger
(1970) Watermelon Man
as Joe the Counterman
(1942) Footlight Serenade
as Amos
(1945) The Spider
as Harry
(1944) Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
as Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver
(1945) The Shanghai Cobra
as Birmingham Brown
(1944) Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
as Birmingham Brown
(1944) Black Magic
as Birmingham Brown
(1945) The Scarlet Clue
as Birmingham Brown, Chauffeur
(1946) Shadows Over Chinatown
as Birmingham Brown
(1945) The Jade Mask
as Birmingham Brown
(1946) Dark Alibi
as Birmingham Brown
(1946) The Trap
as Birmingham Brown
(1941) Sleepers West
as Porter (uncredited)
(1948) Docks of New Orleans
as Birmingham Brown
(1947) The Chinese Ring
as Birmingham Brown
(1948) The Shanghai Chest
as Birmingham Brown
(1948) The Feathered Serpent
as Birmingham Brown
(1942) Eyes in the Night
as Alistair
(1948) The Golden Eye
as Birmingham Brown
(1942) The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Horatio B.Fitz Washington
(1942) Lucky Ghost
as Washington
(1942) Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Sam, the Nightclub Janitor (uncredited)
(1940) Up in the Air
as Jeff Jefferson
(1943) Cabin in the Sky
as First Idea Man
(1941) Birth of the Blues
as Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)
(1945) She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Porter
(1940) On the Spot
as Jefferson White
(1938) Frontier Scout
as Norris Family Butler
(1942) Phantom Killer
as Nicodemus
(1941) Sign of the Wolf
as Ben
(1943) Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
as Eustace Smith
(1943) Melody Parade
as Skidmore
(1943) Swing Fever
as Woody
(1942) Freckles Comes Home
as Jeff the porter
(1941) The Gang's All Here
as Jefferson 'Jeff' Smith
(1943) Revenge of the Zombies
as Jefferson 'Jeff' Johnson
(1946) Mantan Messes Up
as ---
(1941) You're Out of Luck
as Jeff Jefferson
(1942) Four Jacks and a Jill
as Cicero - Wash Room Attendant (uncredited)
(1938) Next Time I Marry
as Tilby
(1938) Spirit of Youth
as Creighton 'Crickie' Fitzgibbons
(1938) Two-Gun Man from Harlem
as Bill Blake
(1942) Mr. Washington Goes to Town
as Schenectady Washington
(1939) Irish Luck
as Jefferson
(1944) Pin Up Girl
as Train Station Porter (uncredited)
(1943) Sarong Girl
as Maxwell
(1941) Let's Go Collegiate
as Jeff
(1946) Riverboat Rhythm
as Mantan
(1942) Andy Hardy's Double Life
as Prentiss - The Benedict Butler (uncredited)
(1941) Dressed to Kill
as Rusty
(1941) Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Roy
(1945) Captain Tugboat Annie
as Pinto
(1956) Rockin' the Blues
as Self
(1967) Enter Laughing
as Subway Rider
(1944) Chip Off the Old Block
as Porter
(1937) Harlem on the Prairie
as Mistletoe
(1947) Return of Mandy's Husband
as Mantan
(1942) Professor Creeps
as Washington
(1941) Up Jumped the Devil
as Washington
(1942) Girl Trouble
as Flint's Chauffeur
(1939) Tell No Tales
as Sport Black at the Wake (uncredited)
(1942) Law of the Jungle
as Jefferson "Jeff" Jones
(1939) Riders of the Frontier
as Chappie, the Cook
(1944) Moon Over Las Vegas
as Porter
(1940) Chasing Trouble
as Thomas H. Jefferson
(1949) Come On, Cowboy!
as Mantan
(1940) Millionaire Playboy
as Bellhop
(1940) The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Robbins
(1940) Viva Cisco Kid
as Memphis - The Cook
(1942) Treat 'Em Rough
as 'Snake-Eyes'
(1940) Star Dust
as Waiter on Train
(1936) The Green Pastures
as Angel Removing Hat (uncredited)
(1940) Laughing at Danger
as Jefferson
(1940) Drums of the Desert
as Sergeant 'Blue' Williams
(1940) Four Shall Die
as Beefus - Touissant's Chauffeur
(1943) He Hired the Boss
as Bootblack
(1942) A-Haunting We Will Go
as Porter
(1946) Mantan Runs for Mayor
as ---
(1948) The Dreamer
as ---
Ebony Parade
as Mantan
(1948) She's Too Mean for Me
as ---
(1948) What a Guy
as ---
(1940) Girl in 313
as Porter
(1940) Maryland
as ---
(1940) City of Chance
as Anxious Man
(1949) Sky Dragon
as Birmingham Brown
(1938) Gang Smashers
as Gloomy
(1941) Cracked Nuts
as Burgess
(1942) Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
as Lightnin'
(1943) Slightly Dangerous
as Waiter at Swade's (uncredited)
(1944) Bowery to Broadway
as Alabam
(1943) You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
as Porter
(1944) South of Dixie
as The Porter
(1943) We've Never Been Licked
as Willie
(1943) Hit the Ice
as Porter with Snowshoes (uncredited)
(1933) That's the Spirit
as Night Watchman
(1946) Tall, Tan and Terrific
as Mantan Moreland
(1944) See Here, Private Hargrove
as Train Porter (uncredited)
(1943) Swing Fever
as Woody, Nick's Valet (uncredited)
(1964) The Patsy
as Barber Shop Porter
(1973) The Young Nurses
as Old Man
(1941) Marry the Boss's Daughter
as Diner Cook
(1939) One Dark Night
as Samson Brown
(1940) While Thousands Cheer
as Nash
(1969) The Comic
as Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)
(1969) The Bill Cosby Show
as Uncle Dewey
(1968) Julia
as Harry James
(1968) Adam-12
as Philip Richards
(1969) Love, American Style
as Stranger