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