Mantan Moreland
Man Tan Moreland · Manton Moreland · Manten Moreland · Carter & Moreland · Moreland
- Туған күні:
- 1902-09-03
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 1973-09-28
- Туған жері:
- Monroe, Louisiana, USA
Өмірбаяны
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 mid-sentence, as if reading each other's mind (i.e., "Say, did you see...?" "Saw him just yesterday...didn't look so good"). Mantan's focus gradually shifted his trade toward film, where he initially appeared in servile bits (shoeshine men, porters, waiters). However, his talent for making people laugh couldn't be overlooked and he soon earned featured status in Harlem-styled western parodies and grade "A" comedy films playing the superstitious, ever-terrified manservant running from any kind of impending doom. Moreland's peak in movies came with his recurring role as Birmingham, the skittish chauffeur, in the "Charlie Chan" series, where he was forever forewarning his boss to stay away from an obviously dangerous case or situation. Though haunted mansions were an ideal place for setting off his stereotyped character, Mantan would be haunted in a different way by this Hollywood success in years to follow. By the 1950s, racial attitudes began to change and, with the rise of the civil rights movement, what was once considered hilarious was now interpreted as demeaning and offensive to both blacks and whites. Mantan and others, such as Stepin Fetchit, were ostracized and ridiculed by Hollywood for their past negative portrayals. It took decades for audiences to forgive and newer generations to forget the Depression-era comedy of Mantan Moreland in order for the actor to come back. In the late 1960s he managed a modest resurgence on TV and in commercials and occasional films, allowing him to work again with such comic heavyweights as Bill Cosby, Godfrey Cambridge and director Carl Reiner. It was all too brief, however, for Mantan, long suffering from ill health, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1973, just as he was settling in to his renewed popularity. Today, audiences tend to be kinder and more understanding of Moreland, remembering him as a highly talented comic who, in the only way he knew, broke major barriers and opened the doors for others black actors to follow.
Фильмографиясы
Молодые медсестры
1973
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Old Man
Watermelon Man
1970
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Joe the Counterman
The Comic
1969
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)
Ребенок паука
1967
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Messenger
Enter Laughing
1967
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Subway Rider
The Patsy
1964
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Barber Shop Porter
Rockin' the Blues
1956
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Self
Sky Dragon
1949
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Birmingham Brown
Come On, Cowboy!
1949
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mantan
The Feathered Serpent
1948
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Birmingham Brown
The Golden Eye
1948
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Birmingham Brown
She's Too Mean for Me
1948
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Shanghai Chest
1948
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Birmingham Brown
The Dreamer
1948
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Docks of New Orleans
1948
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Birmingham Brown
What a Guy
1948
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Chinese Ring
1947
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Birmingham Brown
Return of Mandy's Husband
1947
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mantan
Ловушка
1946
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Birmingham Brown
Mantan Runs for Mayor
1946
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Тени над Китайским кварталом
1946
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Birmingham Brown
Tall, Tan and Terrific
1946
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mantan Moreland
Тёмное алиби
1946
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Birmingham Brown
Riverboat Rhythm
1946
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mantan
Mantan Messes Up
1946
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Mantan
The Spider
1945
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Harry
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Porter (uncredited)
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Pinto
Шанхайская кобра
1945
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Birmingham Brown
Алый ключ
1945
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Birmingham Brown, Chauffeur
Нефритовая маска
1945
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Birmingham Brown
Bowery to Broadway
1944
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Alabam
Чёрная магия
1944
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Birmingham Brown
South of Dixie
1944
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Porter
This Is the Life
1944
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Porter (uncredited)
Китайский кот
1944
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver
Pin Up Girl
1944
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Train Station Porter (uncredited)
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Porter
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Train Porter (uncredited)
Секретная служба
1944
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Birmingham Brown
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Porter
Свинговая лихорадка
1943
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Woody
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
1943
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Porter
Месть зомби
1943
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Jefferson 'Jeff' Johnson
Melody Parade
1943
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Skidmore
We've Never Been Licked
1943
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Willie
Sarong Girl
1943
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Maxwell
Hit the Ice
1943
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Porter with Snowshoes (uncredited)
He Hired the Boss
1943
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Bootblack
Slightly Dangerous
1943
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Waiter at Swade's (uncredited)
Хижина на небесах
1943
TMDb 6.5 / 10
First Idea Man
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
1943
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Eustace Smith
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Prentiss - The Benedict Butler (uncredited)
Eyes in the Night
1942
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Alistair
Girl Trouble
1942
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Flint's Chauffeur
Phantom Killer
1942
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Nicodemus
Авось прорвёмся!
1942
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Porter (uncredited)
Footlight Serenade
1942
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Amos
Мексиканская злючка видит привидение
1942
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Lightnin'
Mr. Washington Goes to Town
1942
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Schenectady Washington
Приключения Тарзана в Нью-Йорке
1942
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sam, the Nightclub Janitor (uncredited)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Horatio B.Fitz Washington
Professor Creeps
1942
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Washington
Lucky Ghost
1942
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Washington
Law of the Jungle
1942
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Jefferson "Jeff" Jones
Treat 'Em Rough
1942
TMDb 8.0 / 10
'Snake-Eyes'
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Cicero - Wash Room Attendant (uncredited)
Freckles Comes Home
1942
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Jeff the porter
Marry the Boss's Daughter
1941
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Diner Cook
Рождение блюза
1941
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Black Trumpet Player (uncredited)
Всё началось с Евы
1941
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Railway Porter (uncredited)
Let's Go Collegiate
1941
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Jeff
Dressed to Kill
1941
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Rusty
Cracked Nuts
1941
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Burgess
The Gang's All Here
1941
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Jefferson 'Jeff' Smith
Король зомби
1941
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson
Sign of the Wolf
1941
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Ben
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Roy
Sleepers West
1941
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Porter (uncredited)
You're Out of Luck
1941
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Jeff Jefferson
Up Jumped the Devil
1941
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Washington
Four Shall Die
1940
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Beefus - Touissant's Chauffeur
Drums of the Desert
1940
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Sergeant 'Blue' Williams
While Thousands Cheer
1940
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Nash
Up in the Air
1940
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Jeff Jefferson
Laughing at Danger
1940
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Jefferson
Maryland
1940
TMDb 6.5 / 10
On the Spot
1940
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Jefferson White
Girl in 313
1940
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Porter
Viva Cisco Kid
1940
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Memphis - The Cook
Star Dust
1940
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Waiter on Train
Millionaire Playboy
1940
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Bellhop
Chasing Trouble
1940
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Thomas H. Jefferson
City of Chance
1940
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Anxious Man
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Robbins
Irish Luck
1939
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Jefferson
Riders of the Frontier
1939
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Chappie, the Cook
Tell No Tales
1939
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Sport Black at the Wake (uncredited)
One Dark Night
1939
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Samson Brown
Gang Smashers
1938
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Gloomy
Next Time I Marry
1938
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Tilby
Frontier Scout
1938
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Norris Family Butler
Two-Gun Man from Harlem
1938
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Bill Blake
Spirit of Youth
1938
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Creighton 'Crickie' Fitzgibbons
Harlem on the Prairie
1937
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Mistletoe
The Green Pastures
1936
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Angel Removing Hat (uncredited)
That's the Spirit
1933
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Night Watchman
Ebony Parade
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TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mantan