Mantan Moreland
1902-09-03THE 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
ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES
King of the Zombies
⭐ 5.2
It Started with Eve
⭐ 7.148
Spider Baby
⭐ 6.87
Watermelon Man
⭐ 6.4
Footlight Serenade
⭐ 0
The Spider
⭐ 5.3
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
⭐ 6.4
The Shanghai Cobra
⭐ 5.7
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
⭐ 5.9
Black Magic
⭐ 6.833
The Scarlet Clue
⭐ 5.9
Shadows Over Chinatown
⭐ 5.7
The Jade Mask
⭐ 6.1
Dark Alibi
⭐ 6.1
The Trap
⭐ 6.7
Sleepers West
⭐ 6.3
Docks of New Orleans
⭐ 5.9
The Chinese Ring
⭐ 4.9
The Shanghai Chest
⭐ 6.1
The Feathered Serpent
⭐ 5.8
Eyes in the Night
⭐ 6
The Golden Eye
⭐ 5.4
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
⭐ 5.1
Lucky Ghost
⭐ 6.2
Tarzan's New York Adventure
⭐ 6.4
Up in the Air
⭐ 5.5
Cabin in the Sky
⭐ 6.3
Birth of the Blues
⭐ 5.3
She Wouldn't Say Yes
⭐ 5.9
On the Spot
⭐ 5.3
Frontier Scout
⭐ 4.5
Phantom Killer
⭐ 4.3
Sign of the Wolf
⭐ 6
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
⭐ 4
Melody Parade
⭐ 0
Swing Fever
⭐ 5
Freckles Comes Home
⭐ 5
The Gang's All Here
⭐ 5
Revenge of the Zombies
⭐ 5.2
Mantan Messes Up
⭐ 0
You're Out of Luck
⭐ 6
Four Jacks and a Jill
⭐ 6
Next Time I Marry
⭐ 6.8
Spirit of Youth
⭐ 5.5
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
⭐ 4.5
Mr. Washington Goes to Town
⭐ 3
Irish Luck
⭐ 5.8
Pin Up Girl
⭐ 6.1
Sarong Girl
⭐ 0
Let's Go Collegiate
⭐ 5
Riverboat Rhythm
⭐ 5
Andy Hardy's Double Life
⭐ 4.6
Dressed to Kill
⭐ 6.357
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
⭐ 5.3
Captain Tugboat Annie
⭐ 0
Rockin' the Blues
⭐ 0
Enter Laughing
⭐ 4
Chip Off the Old Block
⭐ 4
Harlem on the Prairie
⭐ 5
Return of Mandy's Husband
⭐ 0
Professor Creeps
⭐ 0
Up Jumped the Devil
⭐ 0
Girl Trouble
⭐ 6.5
Tell No Tales
⭐ 5.3
Law of the Jungle
⭐ 5.1
Riders of the Frontier
⭐ 0
Moon Over Las Vegas
⭐ 0
Chasing Trouble
⭐ 5
Come On, Cowboy!
⭐ 0
Millionaire Playboy
⭐ 2.7
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
⭐ 4
Viva Cisco Kid
⭐ 5.5Treat 'Em Rough
⭐ 6
Star Dust
⭐ 4.7
The Green Pastures
⭐ 6.3
Laughing at Danger
⭐ 0
Drums of the Desert
⭐ 5.5
Four Shall Die
⭐ 0
He Hired the Boss
⭐ 3
A-Haunting We Will Go
⭐ 5.986
Mantan Runs for Mayor
⭐ 0
The Dreamer
⭐ 0
Ebony Parade
⭐ 0
She's Too Mean for Me
⭐ 0
What a Guy
⭐ 0
Girl in 313
⭐ 5.6
Maryland
⭐ 6.2
City of Chance
⭐ 5.2
Sky Dragon
⭐ 7.7Gang Smashers
⭐ 0
Cracked Nuts
⭐ 0
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
⭐ 4.4
Slightly Dangerous
⭐ 5.8
Bowery to Broadway
⭐ 0
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
⭐ 3.5
South of Dixie
⭐ 0
We've Never Been Licked
⭐ 0
Hit the Ice
⭐ 5.917
That's the Spirit
⭐ 2
Tall, Tan and Terrific
⭐ 0
See Here, Private Hargrove
⭐ 6Swing Fever
⭐ 5
The Patsy
⭐ 6.2
The Young Nurses
⭐ 4.2Marry the Boss's Daughter
⭐ 0
One Dark Night
⭐ 0
While Thousands Cheer
⭐ 0
The Comic
⭐ 5.9
⭐ 5.167
⭐ 6
⭐ 7.1
⭐ 6