Mantan Moreland

Mantan Moreland

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

03/09/1902

Day of Death

28/09/1973
(71) years old

Place of Birth

Monroe, Louisiana, USA

Biography

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 vaud... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1973

The Young Nurses

as Old Man

1970

Watermelon Man

as Joe the Counterman

1969

The Comic

as Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)

1967

Spider Baby

as Messenger

1967

Enter Laughing

as Subway Rider

1964

The Patsy

as Barber Shop Porter

1949

Sky Dragon

as Birmingham Brown

1949

Come On, Cowboy!

as Mantan

1948

The Feathered Serpent

as Birmingham Brown

1948

The Golden Eye

as Birmingham Brown

1948

The Shanghai Chest

as Birmingham Brown

1948

Docks of New Orleans

as Birmingham Brown

1947

The Chinese Ring

as Birmingham Brown

1946

The Trap

as Birmingham Brown

1946

Shadows Over Chinatown

as Birmingham Brown

1946

Tall, Tan and Terrific

as Mantan Moreland

1946

Dark Alibi

as Birmingham Brown

1946

Riverboat Rhythm

as Mantan

1945

The Spider

as Harry

1945

She Wouldn't Say Yes

as Porter (uncredited)

1945

The Shanghai Cobra

as Birmingham Brown

1945

The Scarlet Clue

as Birmingham Brown, Chauffeur

1945

The Jade Mask

as Birmingham Brown

1944

Bowery to Broadway

as Alabam

1944

Black Magic

as Birmingham Brown

1944

South of Dixie

as The Porter

1944

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

as Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver

1944

Pin Up Girl

as Train Station Porter (uncredited)

1944

Moon Over Las Vegas

as Porter

1944

See Here, Private Hargrove

as Train Porter (uncredited)

1944

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

as Birmingham Brown

1943

Swing Fever

as Woody

1943

Swing Fever

as Woody, Nick's Valet (uncredited)

1943

Revenge of the Zombies

as Jefferson 'Jeff' Johnson

1943

Melody Parade

as Skidmore

1943

Sarong Girl

as Maxwell

1943

Hit the Ice

as Porter with Snowshoes (uncredited)

1943

He Hired the Boss

as Bootblack

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as Waiter at Swade's (uncredited)

1943

Cabin in the Sky

as First Idea Man

1943

Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher

as Eustace Smith

1942

Andy Hardy's Double Life

as Prentiss - The Benedict Butler (uncredit...

1942

Eyes in the Night

as Alistair

1942

Girl Trouble

as Flint's Chauffeur

1942

Phantom Killer

as Nicodemus

1942

A-Haunting We Will Go

as Porter (uncredited)

1942

Mr. Washington Goes to Town

as Schenectady Washington

1942

Tarzan's New York Adventure

as Sam, the Nightclub Janitor (uncredited)

1942

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

as Horatio B.Fitz Washington

1942

Professor Creeps

as Washington

1942

Lucky Ghost

as Washington

1942

Law of the Jungle

as Jefferson "Jeff" Jones

1942

Treat 'Em Rough

as 'Snake-Eyes'

1942

Four Jacks and a Jill

as Cicero - Wash Room Attendant (uncredited...

1942

Freckles Comes Home

as Jeff the porter

1941

Marry the Boss's Daughter

as Diner Cook

1941

Birth of the Blues

as Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)

1941

It Started with Eve

as Railway Porter (uncredited)

1941

Dressed to Kill

as Rusty

1941

Cracked Nuts

as Burgess

1941

The Gang's All Here

as Jefferson 'Jeff' Smith

1941

King of the Zombies

as Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson

1941

Sleepers West

as Porter (uncredited)

1941

You're Out of Luck

as Jeff Jefferson

1941

Up Jumped the Devil

as Washington

1940

Four Shall Die

as Beefus - Touissant's Chauffeur

1940

Drums of the Desert

as Sergeant 'Blue' Williams

1940

Up in the Air

as Jeff Jefferson

1940

Laughing at Danger

as Jefferson

1940

On the Spot

as Jefferson White

1940

Girl in 313

as Porter

1940

Viva Cisco Kid

as Memphis - The Cook

1940

Star Dust

as Waiter on Train

1940

Millionaire Playboy

as Bellhop

1940

Chasing Trouble

as Thomas H. Jefferson

1940

City of Chance

as Anxious Man

1939

Irish Luck

as Jefferson

1939

Riders of the Frontier

as Chappie, the Cook

1939

Tell No Tales

as Sport Black at the Wake (uncredited)

1939

One Dark Night

as Samson Brown

1938

Gang Smashers

as Gloomy

1938

Next Time I Marry

as Tilby

1938

Frontier Scout

as Norris Family Butler

1938

Two-Gun Man from Harlem

as Bill Blake

1938

Spirit of Youth

as Creighton 'Crickie' Fitzgibbons

1937

Harlem on the Prairie

as Mistletoe

1936

The Green Pastures

as Angel Removing Hat (uncredited)

1933

That's the Spirit

as Night Watchman