Mantan Moreland
Actor
Born Sep 3, 1902 · Monroe, Louisiana, USA
Active 1933–1973
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.
Filmography
Ebony Parade — MantanSpider Baby (1967) — MessengerTarzan's New York Adventure (1942) — Sam, the Nightclub Janitor (uncredited)Adam-12 (1968) — Philip RichardsWatermelon Man (1970) — Joe the CountermanIt Started with Eve (1941) — Railway Porter (uncredited)Cabin in the Sky (1943) — First Idea ManThe Patsy (1964) — Barber Shop PorterA-Haunting We Will Go (1942) — Porter (uncredited)Up Jumped the Devil (1941) — WashingtonMoon Over Las Vegas (1944) — PorterShe's Too Mean for Me (1948)Bowery to Broadway (1944) — AlabamSouth of Dixie (1944) — The PorterBlack Magic (1944) — Birmingham BrownEyes in the Night (1942) — AlistairThe Trap (1946) — Birmingham BrownDressed to Kill (1941) — RustyCharlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) — Birmingham BrownHit the Ice (1943) — Porter with Snowshoes (uncredited)Dark Alibi (1946) — Birmingham BrownKing of the Zombies (1941) — Jefferson 'Jeff' JacksonCharlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944) — Birmingham Brown, Taxi DriverLaughing at Danger (1940) — Jefferson