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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.
Mantan Moreland (3 de septiembre de 1902 – 28 de septiembre de 1973) fue un actor y comediante de nacionalidad estadounidense, popular principalmente en las décadas de 1930 y 1940. [1]
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.
- January 1, 1
- Monroe, Louisiana, USA
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, California, USA
16 de mar. de 2016 · Moreland’s defining role was that of Birmingham Brown, the loyal chauffeur to master detective Charlie Chan in fifteen films made by Monogram Studios in the 1940s. In 1959, he told a Cleveland newspaper that he would “NEVER play another stereotype, regardless of what Hollywood offers.”
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.
- September 3, 1902
- September 28, 1973
20 de ene. de 2021 · Mantan Moreland died of a cerebral hemorrhage on September 28, 1973, in Hollywood, California at the age of 71. He was survived by his wife Hazel (Henry) (1902-1982) and daughter Marcella. Moreland was inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame in 2004.
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!
