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      • Mantan Moreland (September 3, 1902 – September 28, 1973) was an American actor and comedian most popular in the 1930s and 1940s. He starred in numerous films. His daughter Marcella Moreland appeared as a child actress in several films.
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  2. Mantan Moreland (September 3, 1902 – September 28, 1973) was an American actor and comedian most popular in the 1930s and 1940s. [1] He starred in numerous films. His daughter Marcella Moreland appeared as a child actress in several films.

  3. Mar 16, 2016 · Mel Watkins, a black comedy historian, noted that to black audiences, it was as well-known a classic as “Who’s on First?” was to white audiences. Once so famous that his films bore his real-life name (Mantan Runs for Mayor and Mantan Messes Up, 1946), the actor is certainly not a household name today. While he deserves rediscovery, one ...

  4. Born to a Dixieland bandleader just after the turn of the century in Louisiana on September 3, 1902, Mantan developed the itch to perform and often times ran away from home at age 14 to join circuses, minstrel shows and medicine shows.

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  5. Mantan Moreland. Actor: Charlie Chan in the Secret Service. 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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  6. Jan 20, 2021 · Mantan Moreland was an American actor, most popular for his role as the “google-eyed” chauffeur “Birmingham Brown” in the Charlie Chan movies. Moreland was born On September 3, 1902 to Marcella and Frank Moreland in Ouachita Parish, Monroe, Louisiana.

  7. 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!

  8. Mantan Moreland (September 3, 1902 – September 28, 1973) was an American actor and comedian most popular in the 1930s and 1940s.During the 1940s, he teamed u...

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