Personal Info
Known Credits
108
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1902-09-03 (123 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Monroe, Louisiana, USA
Also Known For
Man Tan MorelandManton MorelandManten MorelandCarter & MorelandMoreland
Mantan 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 ...
Acting
1973 --
The Young Nurses
| Old Man
1970 --
Watermelon Man
| Joe the Counterman
1969 --
The Comic
| Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)
1967 --
Spider Baby
| Messenger
1967 --
Enter Laughing
| Subway Rider
1964 --
The Patsy
| Barber Shop Porter
1956 --
Rockin' the Blues
| Self
1949 --
Sky Dragon
| Birmingham Brown
1949 --
Come On, Cowboy!
| Mantan
1948 --
The Feathered Serpent
| Birmingham Brown
1948 --
The Golden Eye
| Birmingham Brown
1948 --
She's Too Mean for Me
|
1948 --
The Shanghai Chest
| Birmingham Brown
1948 --
The Dreamer
|
1948 --
Docks of New Orleans
| Birmingham Brown
1948 --
What a Guy
|
1947 --
The Chinese Ring
| Birmingham Brown
1947 --
Return of Mandy's Husband
| Mantan
1946 --
The Trap
| Birmingham Brown
1946 --
Mantan Runs for Mayor
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1946 --
Shadows Over Chinatown
| Birmingham Brown
1946 --
Tall, Tan and Terrific
| Mantan Moreland
1946 --
Dark Alibi
| Birmingham Brown
1946 --
Riverboat Rhythm
| Mantan
1946 --
Mantan Messes Up
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1945 --
The Spider
| Harry
1945 --
She Wouldn't Say Yes
| Porter
1945 --
Captain Tugboat Annie
| Pinto
1945 --
The Shanghai Cobra
| Birmingham Brown
1945 --
The Scarlet Clue
| Birmingham Brown, Chauffeur
1945 --
The Jade Mask
| Birmingham Brown
1944 --
Bowery to Broadway
| Alabam
1944 --
Black Magic
| Birmingham Brown
1944 --
South of Dixie
| The Porter
1944 --
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
| Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver
1944 --
Pin Up Girl
| Train Station Porter (uncredited)
1944 --
Moon Over Las Vegas
| Porter
1944 --
See Here, Private Hargrove
| Train Porter (uncredited)
1944 --
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
| Birmingham Brown
1944 --
Chip Off the Old Block
| Porter
1943 --
Swing Fever
| Woody, Nick's Valet (uncredited)
1943 --
Swing Fever
| Woody
1943 --
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
| Porter
1943 --
Revenge of the Zombies
| Jefferson 'Jeff' Johnson
1943 --
Melody Parade
| Skidmore
1943 --
We've Never Been Licked
| Willie
1943 --
Sarong Girl
| Maxwell
1943 --
Hit the Ice
| Porter with Snowshoes (uncredited)
1943 --
He Hired the Boss
| Bootblack
1943 --
Slightly Dangerous
| Waiter at Swade's (uncredited)
1943 --
Cabin in the Sky
| First Idea Man
1943 --
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
| Eustace Smith
1942 --
Andy Hardy's Double Life
| Prentiss - The Benedict Butler (uncredited)
1942 --
Eyes in the Night
| Alistair
1942 --
Girl Trouble
| Flint's Chauffeur
1942 --
Phantom Killer
| Nicodemus
1942 --
A-Haunting We Will Go
| Porter (uncredited)
1942 --
Footlight Serenade
| Amos
1942 --
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
| Lightnin'
1942 --
Mr. Washington Goes to Town
| Schenectady Jones
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 --
Lucky Ghost
| Washington
1942 --
Law of the Jungle
| Jefferson "Jeff" Jones
1942 --
Treat 'Em Rough
| 'Snake-Eyes'
1942 --
Four Jacks and a Jill
| Cicero - Wash Room Attendant (uncredited)
1942 --
Freckles Comes Home
| Jeff the porter
1941 --
Marry the Boss's Daughter
| Diner Cook
1941 --
Birth of the Blues
| Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)
1941 --
It Started with Eve
| Railway Porter (uncredited)
1941 --
Let's Go Collegiate
| Jeff
1941 --
Dressed to Kill
| Rusty
1941 --
Cracked Nuts
| Burgess
1941 --
The Gang's All Here
| Jefferson 'Jeff' Smith
1941 --
King of the Zombies
| Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson
1941 --
Sign of the Wolf
| Ben
1941 --
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
| Roy
1941 --
Sleepers West
| Porter (uncredited)
1941 --
You're Out of Luck
| Jeff Jefferson
1941 --
Up Jumped the Devil
| Washington
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 --
Maryland
|
1940 --
On the Spot
| Jefferson White
1940 --
Girl in 313
| Porter
1940 --
Viva Cisco Kid
| Memphis - The Cook
1940 --
Star Dust
| Waiter on Train
1940 --
Millionaire Playboy
| Bellhop
1940 --
Chasing Trouble
| Thomas H. Jefferson
1940 --
City of Chance
| Anxious Man
1940 --
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
| Robbins
1939 --
Irish Luck
| Jefferson
1939 --
Riders of the Frontier
| Chappie, the Cook
1939 --
Tell No Tales
| Sport Black at the Wake (uncredited)
1939 --
One Dark Night
| Samson Brown
1938 --
Gang Smashers
| Gloomy
1938 --
Next Time I Marry
| Tilby
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
1936 --
The Green Pastures
| Angel Removing Hat (uncredited)
1933 --
That's the Spirit
| Night Watchman