Mantan Moreland Overview:

Legendary actor, Mantan Moreland, was born on Sep 3, 1902 in Monroe, LA. Moreland died at the age of 71 on Sep 28, 1973 in Hollywood, CA .

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Moreland was never nominated for an Academy Award.

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Mantan Moreland Quotes:

Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson: [hearing voodoo drums] It ain't Gene Krupa!


Charlie Chan: Not glad to see me, Birmingham?
Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver: Oh, it's nothing personal, Mr. Chan, but the last time we met was in Washington. If I remember right, there was two or three murders.
Charlie Chan: Murder is my business.
Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver: Murder's all right, Mr. Chan, but you wholesale it!


Jeff: That was my Grandpappy, he worked in a circus.
Roxbury B. Brown, III: You don't say. What'd he do?
Jeff: Oh he dove off a 200 foot platform into a damp rag.
Roxbury B. Brown, III: That's pretty good. How often did he do that?
Jeff: Oh just once. The rag wasn't damp enough.


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He was the in-house comic relief artist for poverty-row Monogram Pictures. Most audiences will remember him best for his recurring role as Birmingham Brown in Monogram's "Charlie Chan" series. Unlike other studios' treatment of their black performers, however, Monogram considered him of such importance to them that his name always appeared high on the cast list of his films.

Father of Marcella Moreland.

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