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- Although his bulgy-eyed brand of humor was once popular and considered funny, "second banana" character actor Mantan Moreland, who maintained a steadfast career playing cocky but jittery characters in late 1930s and early 1940s comedy, would later be ostracized for it.
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Mar 16, 2016 · Black men as servants and chauffeurs were not seen as funny so much as demeaning. It didn’t help that Moreland’s shtick was to play the skittish, frightened man—another stereotype.
Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown in "The Trap" Moreland's last featured role was in the darkly humorous horror film Spider Baby (1968, filmed in 1964), which was patterned after Universal's thrillers of the 1940s.
Although his bulgy-eyed brand of humor was once popular and considered funny, "second banana" character actor Mantan Moreland, who maintained a steadfast career playing cocky but jittery characters in late 1930s and early 1940s comedy, would later be ostracized for it.
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Although his bulgy-eyed brand of humor was once popular and considered funny, "second banana" character actor Mantan Moreland, who maintained a steadfast career playing cocky but jittery characters in late 1930s and early 1940s comedy, would later be ostracized for it.
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Feb 23, 2011 · One such actor who made a living walking the line between stereotypical Hollywood roles and working in independent, all-black “race films,” and whose talents were rediscovered years after his passing, was fast-talking funnyman Mantan Moreland.
Jan 30, 2007 · He often was the only bright spot in some pretty dismal programmers. Mantan did scared as well and as funny as Lou Costello. And he never was annoying as was Nicodemus Stewart in most of his role in GO WEST YOUNG MAN.
Although his brand of humor has been reviled for decades, Negro character actor Mantan Moreland parlayed his cocky but jittery character into a recognizable presence in the late 1930s and early 1940s, appearing in a long string of comedy thrillers . . . and was considered quite funny at the time!
