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Mantan Moreland was an American actor and comedian most popular in the 1930s and 1940s.
Born
Wednesday, 03 September 1902
Died
Friday, 28 September 1973
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The One and Only Dick Gregory | Self | 2021 |
| The History of Comedy | Self | 2017 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Messenger | 2014 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Horrible Horror | Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson / Messenger, In clips from 'King of the Zombies' and 'Spider Baby' / Jefferson Jackson in 'King of the Zombies' | 1986 |
| The Young Nurses | Old Man | 1973 |
| The Biscuit Eater | Waiter | 1972 |
| Marriage: Year One | Mechanic | 1971 |
| Watermelon Man | Counterman | 1970 |
| The Comic | Passerby at Billy's Funeral | 1969 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The One and Only Dick Gregory | Self | 2021 |
| The History of Comedy | Self | 2017 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Messenger | 2014 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Horrible Horror | Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson / Messenger, In clips from 'King of the Zombies' and 'Spider Baby' / Jefferson Jackson in 'King of the Zombies' | 1986 |
| The Young Nurses | Old Man | 1973 |
| The Biscuit Eater | Waiter | 1972 |
| Marriage: Year One | Mechanic | 1971 |
| Watermelon Man | Counterman | 1970 |
| The Comic | Passerby at Billy's Funeral | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Roscoe (segment "Love and the Hustler") / Stranger (segment "Love and the Fur Coat") | 1969 |
| The Bill Cosby Show | Uncle Dewey | 1969 |
| Adam-12 | Philip Richards | 1968 |
| Julia | Harry James | 1968 |
| Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed | Self | 1968 |
| The Rosey Grier Show | Self | 1968 |
| Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told | Messenger | 1967 |
| Enter Laughing | Subway Rider / Man on Subway | 1967 |
| Alvarez Kelly | Bartender | 1966 |
| The Patsy | Barbershop Porter / Barber Shop Porter | 1964 |
| Rockin' the Blues | Self | 1956 |
| Basin Street Revue | Self | 1956 |
| Rock 'n' Roll Revue | Self | 1955 |
| Rhythm and Blues Revue | Self | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Waiter | 1954 |
| The Sky Dragon | Birmingham Brown | 1949 |
| The Feathered Serpent | Birmingham Brown | 1948 |
| The Golden Eye | Birmingham Brown | 1948 |
| Shanghai Chest | Birmingham Brown / Birmingham | 1948 |
| Best Man Wins | Ice Cream Vendor | 1948 |
| Docks of New Orleans | Birmingham Brown | 1948 |
| The Return of Mandy's Husband | 1948 | |
| She's Too Mean for Me | 1948 | |
| The Chinese Ring | Birmingham Brown | 1947 |
| Ebony Parade | Mantan | 1947 |
| The Trap | Birmingham Brown | 1946 |
| Shadows Over Chinatown | Birmingham Brown | 1946 |
| Dark Alibi | Birmingham Brown | 1946 |
| Riverboat Rhythm | Mantan | 1946 |
| Mantan Messes Up | Mantan | 1946 |
| Mantan Runs for Mayor | 1946 | |
| The Spider | Henry / Harry | 1945 |
| She Wouldn't Say Yes | Porter | 1945 |
| Captain Tugboat Annie | Pinto | 1945 |
| The Shanghai Cobra | Birmingham Brown | 1945 |
| The Scarlet Clue - Sidney Toler As Charlie Chan | Birmingham Brown / Birmingham Brown, Chauffeur | 1945 |
| The Jade Mask | Birmingham Brown | 1945 |
| Bowery to Broadway | Alabam | 1944 |
| Mystery of the River Boat | Napoleon | 1944 |
| Black Magic | Birmingham Brown | 1944 |
| South of Dixie | The Porter | 1944 |
| Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat | Birmingham Brown / Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver | 1944 |
| This Is the Life | Porter | 1944 |
| Pin Up Girl | Train Station Porter / Red Cap #2 | 1944 |
| Moon Over Las Vegas | Porter | 1944 |
| See Here, Private Hargrove | Porter on Train / Train Porter | 1944 |
| Charlie Chan in the Secret Service | Birmingham Brown | 1944 |
| Chip Off the Old Block | Porter | 1944 |
| She's for Me | Sam | 1943 |
| Swing Fever | Woody / Woody, Nick's Valet | 1943 |
| My Kingdom for a Cook | Train Porter | 1943 |
| You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith | Porter / Train Porter | 1943 |
| Hi Ya, Sailor | Sam | 1943 |
| Revenge of the Zombies | Jeff | 1943 |
| We've Never Been Licked | Willie | 1943 |
| Melody Parade | Skidmore | 1943 |
| Sarong Girl | Maxwell | 1943 |
| Hit the Ice | Porter with Snowshoes | 1943 |
| It Comes Up Love | Janitor | 1943 |
| He Hired the Boss | Bootblack / Shoeshine Man | 1943 |
| Slightly Dangerous | Waiter at Swade's | 1943 |
| Cabin in the Sky | First Idea Man | 1943 |
| Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher | Eustace Smith | 1943 |
| Andy Hardy's Double Life | Prentiss - The Benedict Butler | 1942 |
| Eyes in the Night | Alistair | 1942 |
| Girl Trouble | Edward / Flint's Chauffeur | 1942 |
| Phantom Killer | Nicodemus | 1942 |
| The Palm Beach Story | Diner Waiter | 1942 |
| A-Haunting We Will Go | Porter | 1942 |
| Footlight Serenade | Amos - Porter / Amos | 1942 |
| Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost | Lightnin' | 1942 |
| Tarzan's New York Adventure | Sam, the Nightclub Janitor | 1942 |
| The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | Horatio B.Fitz Washington | 1942 |
| Professor Creeps | Washington | 1942 |
| Lady Luck | Washington | 1942 |
| Law of the Jungle | Jefferson 'Jeff' Jones / Jefferson "Jeff" Jones | 1942 |
| Four Jacks and a Jill | Cicero - Wash Room Attendant | 1942 |
| Treat 'Em Rough | 'Snake-Eyes' | 1942 |
| Freckles Comes Home | Jeff / Jeff the porter | 1942 |
| Marry the Boss's Daughter | Cook / Diner Cook | 1941 |
| Birth of the Oases | Black Trumpet Player | 1941 |
| Birth of the Blues | Black Trumpet Player | 1941 |
| It Started with Eve | Railway Porter | 1941 |
| Let's Go Collegiate | Jeff | 1941 |
| World Premiere | Train Porter | 1941 |
| Dressed to Kill | Rusty | 1941 |
| Accent on Love | Prisoner in Courtroom | 1941 |
| Cracked Nuts | Burgess | 1941 |
| The Gang's All Here | Jefferson 'Jeff' Smith | 1941 |
| Bachelor Daddy | Club Janitor | 1941 |
| Hello, Sucker | Elevator Boy | 1941 |
| King of the Zombies | Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson | 1941 |
| Sign of the Wolf | Ben | 1941 |
| Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Roy | 1941 |
| Footlight Fever | Willie Hamsure - Elevator Operator | 1941 |
| Sleepers West | Porter | 1941 |
| You're Out of Luck | Jeff Jefferson | 1941 |
| Mr. Washington Goes to Town | Schenectady Jones | 1941 |
| Drums of the Desert | Sergeant 'Blue' Williams / Sgt. 'Blue' Williams | 1940 |
| While Thousands Cheer | Nash | 1940 |
| Up in the Air | Jeff Jefferson | 1940 |
| Laughing at Danger | Jefferson / Jeff Jefferson | 1940 |
| Pier 13 | Sam - Elevator Operator | 1940 |
| Maryland | 1940 | |
| On the Spot | Jefferson White | 1940 |
| Girl in 313 | Porter | 1940 |
| Viva Cisco Kid | Memphis - The Cook | 1940 |
| Star Dust | Waiter on Train / George, Dining Car Steward | 1940 |
| Millionaire Playboy | Bellhop | 1940 |
| Chasing Trouble | Thomas H. Jefferson | 1940 |
| City of Chance | Anxious Man | 1940 |
| The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Robbins | 1940 |
| One Dark Night | Samson Brown | 1939 |
| Irish Luck | Jefferson | 1939 |
| Riders of the Frontier | Chappie (Cookie in credits) / Chappie, the Cook | 1939 |
| Tell No Tales | Sport Black at the Wake | 1939 |
| Gang Smashers | Gloomy | 1938 |
| There's That Woman Again | Porter | 1938 |
| Next Time I Marry | Tilby | 1938 |
| Frontier Scout | Norris Family Butler | 1938 |
| Two-Gun Man from Harlem | Bill Blake | 1938 |
| Spirit of Youth | Creighton 'Crickie' Fitzgibbons | 1938 |
| Harlem on the Prairie | Mistletoe | 1937 |
| The Green Pastures | Angel Removing Hat | 1936 |
| That's the Spirit | Night Watchman | 1933 |
