Mantan Moreland: movies and TV shows
Mantan Moreland has 113 credits in the archive: 109 films and 4 TV series, from 1933 to 1973. Highest rated: Adam-12 (7.1/10).
Career timeline
1933 – 1973 · busiest year: 1942 (16 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | The Young Nurses | Old Man | Film | 4.0 | 70 |
| 1970 | Watermelon Man | Joe the Counterman | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Stranger | TV | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Uncle Dewey | TV | 5.5 | 66 |
| 1969 | The Comic | Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled) | Film | 6.1 | 66 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Philip Richards | TV | 7.1 | 65 |
| 1968 | Julia | Harry James | TV | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1967 | Spider Baby | Messenger | Film | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1967 | Enter Laughing | Subway Rider | Film | 4.8 | 64 |
| 1964 | The Patsy | Barber Shop Porter | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1956 | Rockin' the Blues | Self | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1949 | Come On, Cowboy! | Mantan | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1949 | Sky Dragon | Birmingham Brown | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1948 | The Dreamer | Film | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1948 | Docks of New Orleans | Birmingham Brown | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1948 | The Feathered Serpent | Birmingham Brown | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1948 | She's Too Mean for Me | Film | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 1948 | The Shanghai Chest | Birmingham Brown | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1948 | The Golden Eye | Birmingham Brown | Film | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1948 | What a Guy | Film | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1947 | The Chinese Ring | Birmingham Brown | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1947 | Return of Mandy's Husband | Mantan | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1946 | The Trap | Birmingham Brown | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1946 | Shadows Over Chinatown | Birmingham Brown | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1946 | Dark Alibi | Birmingham Brown | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1946 | Mantan Messes Up | Mantan | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1946 | Tall, Tan and Terrific | Mantan Moreland | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1946 | Riverboat Rhythm | Mantan | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1946 | Mantan Runs for Mayor | Film | 8.0 | 43 | |
| 1945 | The Shanghai Cobra | Birmingham Brown | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1945 | Captain Tugboat Annie | Pinto | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1945 | The Scarlet Clue | Birmingham Brown, Chauffeur | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1945 | The Jade Mask | Birmingham Brown | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1945 | The Spider | Harry | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Porter (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1944 | Black Magic | Birmingham Brown | Film | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1944 | Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat | Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1944 | See Here, Private Hargrove | Train Porter (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1944 | South of Dixie | The Porter | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1944 | Chip Off the Old Block | Porter | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1944 | Bowery to Broadway | Alabam | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1944 | This Is the Life | Porter (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1944 | Moon Over Las Vegas | Porter | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1944 | Pin Up Girl | Train Station Porter (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1944 | Charlie Chan in the Secret Service | Birmingham Brown | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1943 | Swing Fever | Woody | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1943 | Swing Fever | Woody, Nick's Valet (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1943 | Hit the Ice | Porter with Snowshoes (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Waiter at Swade's (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1943 | Cabin in the Sky | First Idea Man | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1943 | Sarong Girl | Maxwell | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1943 | Revenge of the Zombies | Jefferson 'Jeff' Johnson | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1943 | We've Never Been Licked | Willie | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1943 | Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher | Eustace Smith | Film | 4.6 | 40 |
| 1943 | You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith | Porter | Film | 3.5 | 40 |
| 1943 | Melody Parade | Skidmore | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1943 | He Hired the Boss | Bootblack | Film | 5.3 | 40 |
| 1942 | Girl Trouble | Flint's Chauffeur | Film | 8.3 | 39 |
| 1942 | Tarzan's New York Adventure | Sam, the Nightclub Janitor (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1942 | Eyes in the Night | Alistair | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1942 | Four Jacks and a Jill | Cicero - Wash Room Attendant (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1942 | A-Haunting We Will Go | Porter (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1942 | Law of the Jungle | Jefferson "Jeff" Jones | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1942 | Mr. Washington Goes to Town | Schenectady Washington | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1942 | Footlight Serenade | Amos | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1942 | Andy Hardy's Double Life | Prentiss - The Benedict Butler (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1942 | The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | Horatio B.Fitz Washington | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1942 | Phantom Killer | Nicodemus | Film | 5.3 | 39 |
| 1942 | Lucky Ghost | Washington | Film | 5.4 | 39 |
| 1942 | Freckles Comes Home | Jeff the porter | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost | Lightnin' | Film | 4.8 | 39 |
| 1942 | Treat 'Em Rough | 'Snake-Eyes' | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1942 | Professor Creeps | Washington | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1941 | The Gang's All Here | Jefferson 'Jeff' Smith | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1941 | Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Roy | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1941 | Dressed to Kill | Rusty | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve | Railway Porter (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1941 | Sign of the Wolf | Ben | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1941 | King of the Zombies | Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson | Film | 5.2 | 38 |
| 1941 | Sleepers West | Porter (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1941 | Birth of the Blues | Black Trumpet Player (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1941 | Let's Go Collegiate | Jeff | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1941 | Cracked Nuts | Burgess | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1941 | Up Jumped the Devil | Washington | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1941 | You're Out of Luck | Jeff Jefferson | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1941 | Marry the Boss's Daughter | Diner Cook | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1940 | Millionaire Playboy | Bellhop | Film | 4.5 | 37 |
| 1940 | Four Shall Die | Beefus - Touissant's Chauffeur | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Robbins | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1940 | City of Chance | Anxious Man | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1940 | Star Dust | Waiter on Train | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1940 | Viva Cisco Kid | Memphis - The Cook | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1940 | Girl in 313 | Porter | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1940 | Maryland | Film | 6.5 | 37 | |
| 1940 | Up in the Air | Jeff Jefferson | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1940 | On the Spot | Jefferson White | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1940 | Drums of the Desert | Sergeant 'Blue' Williams | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1940 | Laughing at Danger | Jefferson | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1940 | Chasing Trouble | Thomas H. Jefferson | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1940 | While Thousands Cheer | Nash | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1939 | One Dark Night | Samson Brown | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Sport Black at the Wake (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1939 | Irish Luck | Jefferson | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1939 | Riders of the Frontier | Chappie, the Cook | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1938 | Next Time I Marry | Tilby | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1938 | Frontier Scout | Norris Family Butler | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1938 | Two-Gun Man from Harlem | Bill Blake | Film | 4.8 | 35 |
| 1938 | Gang Smashers | Gloomy | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1938 | Spirit of Youth | Creighton 'Crickie' Fitzgibbons | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1937 | Harlem on the Prairie | Mistletoe | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1936 | The Green Pastures | Angel Removing Hat (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1933 | That's the Spirit | Night Watchman | Film | 5.7 | 30 |
| Ebony Parade | Mantan | Film | 7.0 | — |