Mantan Moreland


Actor
Mantan Moreland

About

Also Known As
Manton Moreland
Birth Place
Monroe, Louisiana, USA
Born
September 03, 1902
Died
September 28, 1973

Biography

Mantan Moreland was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Moreland's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the George Houston western "Frontier Scout" (1938), "Irish Luck" (1939) and "Chasing Trouble" (1940). He also appeared in "Mr. Washington Goes to Town" (1940), "Cracked Nuts" (1941) and "The Gang's All Here" (1941). His film career continued thr...

Biography

Mantan Moreland was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Moreland's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the George Houston western "Frontier Scout" (1938), "Irish Luck" (1939) and "Chasing Trouble" (1940). He also appeared in "Mr. Washington Goes to Town" (1940), "Cracked Nuts" (1941) and "The Gang's All Here" (1941). His film career continued throughout the forties in productions like "Law of the Jungle" (1942), "Professor Creeps" (1942) and "Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost" (1942) with Lupe Velez. He also appeared in "Lucky Ghost" (1942). Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in the Sidney Toler adventure "The Shanghai Cobra" (1945), the Richard Conte mystery adaptation "The Spider" (1945) and "Dark Alibi" (1946). He also appeared in "Shadows Over Chinatown" (1946) and "The Trap" (1946). Moreland was most recently credited in the comedy "Spider Baby" (1994) with Lon Chaney Jr.. Moreland passed away in September 1973 at the age of 71.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Young Nurses (1973)
The Biscuit Eater (1972)
Waiter
Marriage: Year One (1971)
Watermelon Man (1970)
Counterman
Spider Baby (1968)
Enter Laughing (1967)
Subway rider
Rockin' the Blues (1956)
She's Too Mean for Me (1949)
Mantan
Come on, Cowboy! (1949)
Mantan Moreland
The Sky Dragon (1949)
Birmingham Brown
Shanghai Chest (1948)
Birmingham
The Feathered Serpent (1948)
Birmingham
The Golden Eye (1948)
Birmingham
Docks of New Orleans (1948)
Birmingham Brown
Best Man Wins (1948)
Vendor
What a Guy (1947)
What-a-Hotel Manager [also known as Mantan]
Return of Mandy's Husband (1947)
Mantan [also known as Prince Alabastar Amsterdam]
Mantan Runs for Mayor (1947)
Mantan
The Chinese Ring (1947)
Birmingham
Tall, Tan and Terrific (1946)
Himself
Dark Alibi (1946)
Birmingham Brown
The Trap (1946)
Birmingham
Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
Birmingham
Mantan Messes Up (1946)
Office boy [also known as Mantan]
The Spider (1945)
Henry
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
Porter
The Scarlet Clue (1945)
Birmingham Brown
The Jade Mask (1945)
Birmingham Brown
The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
Birmingham Brown
Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
Pinto
Swing Fever (1944)
Woodie
Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
Porter
Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)
Porter
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
Birmingham Brown
The Chinese Cat (1944)
Birmingham Brown
South of Dixie (1944)
Porter
Bowery to Broadway (1944)
Alabam
Pin Up Girl (1944)
Red Cap
This Is the Life (1944)
Porter
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Waiter
We've Never Been Licked (1943)
Willie
It Comes Up Love (1943)
Janitor
Hi' Ya, Sailor (1943)
Sam
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)
Porter
She's for Me (1943)
Sam
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
First Idea Man
Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
Jeff
Melody Parade (1943)
Skidmore
Crime Smasher (1943)
Eustace Smith
Sarong Girl (1943)
Maxwell
My Kingdom for a Cook (1943)
Train porter
Hit the Ice (1943)
Redcap
He Hired the Boss (1943)
Shoeshine man
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Sam, caretaker
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Waiter in diner
Footlight Serenade (1942)
Dresser
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)
Lightnin'
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
Horatio [Pitts Washington]
Treat 'Em Rough (1942)
"Snake-Eyes"
Professor Creeps (1942)
Washington
Lucky Ghost (1942)
Washington [Delaware Jones]
Law of the Jungle (1942)
Jefferson Jones
Freckles Comes Home (1942)
Jeff
Eyes in the Night (1942)
Alistair
Phantom Killer (1942)
Nicodemus
Girl Trouble (1942)
Edward
Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
Prentiss
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
Porter
Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
Attendant
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Black trumpet player
It Started with Eve (1941)
Porter
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)
Roy
Sleepers West (1941)
Porter
Footlight Fever (1941)
Willie
Hello Sucker (1941)
Elevator boy
Cracked Nuts (1941)
Burgess
Four Shall Die (1941)
Beefus
Up Jumped the Devil (1941)
Washington
You're Out of Luck (1941)
Jeff
King of the Zombies (1941)
Jefferson Jackson
Sign of the Wolf (1941)
Ben
The Gang's All Here (1941)
Jeff
Let's Go Collegiate (1941)
Jeff
Accent on Love (1941)
Prisoner
World Premiere (1941)
R. R. porter
Marry the Bo$$'$ Daughter (1941)
Buck
Dressed to Kill (1941)
Sam
City of Chance (1940)
Anxious black man
Girl in 313 (1940)
Porter
Millionaire Playboy (1940)
Bellhop
Chasing Trouble (1940)
Jefferson
Laughing at Danger (1940)
Jefferson
Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1940)
Schenectady
On the Spot (1940)
Jefferson
While Thousands Cheer (1940)
Nash
Drums of the Desert (1940)
Sergeant Williams
Up in the Air (1940)
Jeff
Pier 13 (1940)
Sam
Viva Cisco Kid (1940)
Memphis
Star Dust (1940)
Waiter
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
Robbins
Tell No Tales (1939)
Sporty Black
Irish Luck (1939)
Jefferson
Riders of the Frontier (1939)
Cookie
Gang Smashers (1939)
One Dark Night (1939)
Brown
There's That Woman Again (1938)
Porter
Spirit of Youth (1938)
Creighton "Crickie" Fitzgibbons
Next Time I Marry (1938)
Tilby
Two Gun Man from Harlem (1938)
Bill
Frontier Scout (1938)
Butler
Harlem on the Prairie (1937)
Mistletoe, Tall One

Cast (Short)

That's the Spirit (1933)

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