Movies with Mantan Moreland are always fun to watch. Here’s a few. So, pop some Popcorn and Enjoy!
Who was this man? Here’s a Great Read…we must not forget our past and Mandan Moreland is a real part of our past.
A Great Comedian!
At the age of fourteen, he successfully ran away and joined a circus, and performed in the “Chitlin’ circuit,” of black vaudeville shows. Moreland was first hired as a comedian in 1927, appearing at Connie’s Inn, a Harlem, New York nightclub. He then worked in the Broadway musical Blackbirds of 1928, which ran for five hundred and eighteen performances. He spent a few years performing in other Broadway shows and touring in Europe before getting his big break in movies in the 1933 film That’s the Spirit.
Mantan Moreland (September 3, 1902 – September 28, 1973) was an American actor and comedian most popular in the 1930s and 1940s.[1] He starred in numerous films. His daughter Marcella Moreland appeared as a child actress in several films.
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- That’s the Spirit (1933) as Night Watchman
- The Green Pastures (1936) as Angel Removing Hat (uncredited)
- Harlem on the Prairie (1937) as Mistletoe
- Spirit of Youth (1938) as Creighton ‘Crickie’ Fitzgibbons
- Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938) as Bill Blake
- Frontier Scout (1938) as Norris Family Butler
- Next Time I Marry (1938) as Tilby
- Gang Smashers (1938) as Gloomy
- There’s Always a Woman (1939) as Porter (uncredited)
- Tell No Tales (1939) as Sport Black at the Wake (uncredited)
- Riders of the Frontier (1939) as Chappie (Cookie in credits)
- Irish Luck (1939) as Jefferson
- One Dark Night (1939) as Samson Brown
- The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk (1940) as Robbins (uncredited)
- City of Chance (1940) as Anxious Man (uncredited)
- Chasing Trouble (1940) as Thomas H. Jefferson
- Millionaire Playboy (1940) as Bellhop
- Viva Cisco Kid (1940) as Memphis – The Cook (uncredited)
- Star Dust (1940) as George, Dining Car Steward (uncredited)
- Girl in 313 (1940) as Porter
- On the Spot (1940) as Jefferson White
- Maryland (1940) (uncredited)
- Pier 13 (1940) as Sam – Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- Laughing at Danger (1940) as Jefferson
- Up in the Air (1940) as Jeff
- While Thousands Cheer (1940) as Nash
- Drums of the Desert (1940) as Sergeant ‘Blue’ Williams
- Four Shall Die (1940) as Beefus – Touissant’s Chauffeur
- Lady from Louisiana (1941) as Servant (uncredited)
- You’re Out of Luck (1941) as Jeff Jefferson
- Sleepers West (1941) as Porter (uncredited)
- Footlight Fever (1941) as Willie Hamsure – Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- Ellery Queen’s Penthouse Mystery (1941) as Roy
- Sign of the Wolf (1941) as Ben
- Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941) as Schenectady Jones
- King of the Zombies (1941) as Jeff
- Hello, Sucker (1941) as Elevator Boy
- Bachelor Daddy (1941) as Club Janitor (uncredited)
- The Gang’s All Here (1941) as Jefferson ‘Jeff’ Smith
- Cracked Nuts (1941) as Burgess
- Accent on Love (1941) as Prisoner in Courtroom (uncredited)
- Dressed to Kill (1941) as Rusty
- World Premiere (1941) as Train Porter (uncredited)
- Let’s Go Collegiate (1941) as Jeff
- It Started with Eve (1941) as Railway Porter (uncredited)
- Birth of the Blues (1941) as Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)
- Marry the Boss’s Daughter (1941) as Cook (uncredited)
- Up Jumped the Devil (1941) as Washington
- Freckles Comes Home (1942) as Jeff – the Hotel Porter
- Treat ‘Em Rough (1942) as ‘Snake-Eyes’
- Four Jacks and a Jill (1942) as Cicero – Wash Room Attendant (uncredited)
- Law of the Jungle (1942) as Jefferson ‘Jeff’ Jones
- Lucky Ghost (1942) as Washington
- Professor Creeps (1942) as Washington
- The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942) as Horatio B.Fitz Washington
- Tarzan’s New York Adventure (1942) as Sam, the Nightclub Janitor (uncredited)
- Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942) as Lightnin’
- Footlight Serenade (1942) as Amos. Tommy’s Dresser
- A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) as Porter (uncredited)
- Phantom Killer (1942) as Nicodemus
- Girl Trouble (1942) as Edward
- Eyes in the Night (1942) as Alistair
- The Palm Beach Story (1942) as Diner Waiter (uncredited)
- Andy Hardy’s Double Life (1942) as Prentiss the Benedict Butler (uncredited)
- It Comes Up Love (1943) as Janitor (uncredited)
- Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (1943) as Eustace Smith
- Cabin in the Sky (1943) as First Idea Man
- Slightly Dangerous (1943) as Waiter at Swade’s (uncredited)
- He Hired the Boss (1943) as Shoeshine Man (uncredited)
- Sarong Girl (1943) as Maxwell
- Hit the Ice (1943) as Porter with Snowshoes (uncredited)
- We’ve Never Been Licked (1943) as Willie
- Melody Parade (1943) as Skidmore
- Revenge of the Zombies (1943) as Jeff
- Hi’ya, Sailor (1943) as Sam
- You’re a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943) as Porter
- My Kingdom for a Cook (1943) as Train Porter (uncredited)
- Swing Fever (1943) as Woody, Nick’s Valet (uncredited)
- She’s for Me (1943) as Sam
- Chip Off the Old Block (1944) as Porter
- Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) as Birmingham Brown
- See Here, Private Hargrove (1944) as Porter on Train (uncredited)
- Moon Over Las Vegas (1944) as Porter
- Pin-Up Girl (1944) as Red Cap #2 (uncredited)
- This Is the Life (1944) as Porter (uncredited)
- The Chinese Cat (1944) as Birmingham Brown
- South of Dixie (1944) as The Porter
- Black Magic (1944) as Birmingham Brown
- Mystery of the River Boat (1944, serial) as Napoleon the ship steerer
- Bowery to Broadway (1944) as Alabam
- The Jade Mask (1945) as Birmingham Brown
- The Scarlet Clue (1945) as Birmingham Brown
- The Shanghai Cobra (1945) as Birmingham Brown
- Captain Tugboat Annie (1945) as Pinto
- She Wouldn’t Say Yes (1945) as porter (uncredited)
- The Spider (1945) as Henry
- Mantan Messes Up (1946) as Mantan
- Riverboat Rhythm (1946) as Mantan
- Dark Alibi (1946) as Birmingham Brown
- Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) as Birmingham Brown
- The Trap (1946) as Birmingham Brown
- Tall, Tan, and Terrific (1946) as Mantan Moreland
- Mantan Runs for Mayor (1946)
- The Chinese Ring (1947) as Birmingham Brown
- Ebony Parade (1947) as Mantan
- What a Guy (1948)
- Docks of New Orleans (1948) as Birmingham Brown
- Best Man Wins (1948) as Ice Cream Vendor (uncredited)
- Shanghai Chest (1948) as Birmingham Brown
- The Golden Eye (1948) as Birmingham Brown
- The Feathered Serpent (1948) as Birmingham Brown
- The Return of Mandy’s Husband (1948)
- She’s Too Mean for Me (1948)
- Come On, Cowboy! (1948)
- Sky Dragon (1949) as Birmingham Brown
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Revue (1955) as Himself
- Basin Street Revue (1956) as Himself
- The Patsy (1964) as Barbershop Porter (uncredited)
- Alvarez Kelly (1966) as Bartender (uncredited)
- Enter Laughing (1967) as Subway Rider
- Spider Baby (1968) as Messenger
- The Comic (1969) as Passerby at Billy’s Funeral (uncredited)
- Watermelon Man (1970) as counterman
- The Biscuit Eater (1972) as Waiter
- The Young Nurses (1973) as Old man (final film role)
Television
- 1957 Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode)
- 1969 Julia (1 episode)
- 1969 Love, American Style (1 episode)
- 1970 The Bill Cosby Show (1 episode)
- 1970 Adam-12 (1 episode)
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