Mantan Moreland
Acting
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 continually topped each other in…
Filmography
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The Young Nurses
1973
Watermelon Man
1970
The Comic
1969
Love, American Style
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
Adam-12
1968
Julia
1968
Spider Baby
1967
Enter Laughing
1967
The Patsy
1964
Sky Dragon
1949
Come On, Cowboy!
1949
The Feathered Serpent
1948
The Golden Eye
1948
She's Too Mean for Me
1948
The Shanghai Chest
1948
The Dreamer
1948
Docks of New Orleans
1948
What a Guy
1948
The Chinese Ring
1947
Return of Mandy's Husband
1947
The Trap
1946
Mantan Runs for Mayor
1946
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946
Tall, Tan and Terrific
1946
Dark Alibi
1946
Riverboat Rhythm
1946
Mantan Messes Up
1946
The Spider
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
The Shanghai Cobra
1945
The Scarlet Clue
1945
The Jade Mask
1945
Bowery to Broadway
1944
Black Magic
1944
South of Dixie
1944
This Is the Life
1944
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
1944
Pin Up Girl
1944
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
1944
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
Swing Fever
1943
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
1943
Revenge of the Zombies
1943
Melody Parade
1943
We've Never Been Licked
1943
Sarong Girl
1943
Hit the Ice
1943
He Hired the Boss
1943
Slightly Dangerous
1943
Cabin in the Sky
1943
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
1943
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
Eyes in the Night
1942
Girl Trouble
1942
Phantom Killer
1942
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Footlight Serenade
1942
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942
Mr. Washington Goes to Town
1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942
Professor Creeps
1942
Lucky Ghost
1942
Law of the Jungle
1942
Treat 'Em Rough
Treat 'Em Rough
1942
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
Freckles Comes Home
1942
Marry the Boss's Daughter
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941
Birth of the Blues
1941
It Started with Eve
1941
Let's Go Collegiate
1941
Dressed to Kill
1941
Cracked Nuts
1941
The Gang's All Here
1941
King of the Zombies
1941
Sign of the Wolf
1941