Acting
Mantan Moreland
Born September 3, 1902 · Monroe, Louisiana, USA
Died September 28, 1973 · aged 71
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 t…
Known For
Girl Trouble · 1942Girl Trouble
★ 8.31942
MovieComedy
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
Swing Fever · 1943Swing Fever
★ 6.01943
MovieComedyRomance
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
See Here, Private Hargrove · 1944See Here, Private Hargrove
★ 6.51944
MovieComedyRomance
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.
Captain Tugboat Annie · 1945Captain Tugboat Annie
★ 8.01945
MovieComedyDrama
This tale of two tugboats focuses upon the rivalries between two operators competing to win a major shipping contract. Meanwhile a tugboat office secretary and an ex-con who wants to go straight, fall in love. Tugboat Annie is put in charge of a child violinist. When a waterfront fire breaks out, the two warring captains join forces to put it out.
Millionaire Playboy · 1940Millionaire Playboy
★ 4.51940
MovieComedy
A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
The Gang's All Here · 1941The Gang's All Here
★ 5.41941
MovieAdventureComedy
Two friends take jobs as truck drivers, unaware that the trucking company is being targeted by a gang of saboteurs who will stop at nothing, including murder, to stop them.
The Shanghai Cobra · 1945The Shanghai Cobra
★ 6.01945
MovieMysteryThriller
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.
Dressed to Kill · 1941Dressed to Kill
★ 6.31941
MovieMysteryThriller
A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
Movies
Girl Trouble · 1942Girl Trouble
★ 8.31942
MovieComedy
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
Swing Fever · 1943Swing Fever
★ 6.01943
MovieComedyRomance
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
See Here, Private Hargrove · 1944See Here, Private Hargrove
★ 6.51944
MovieComedyRomance
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.
Captain Tugboat Annie · 1945Captain Tugboat Annie
★ 8.01945
MovieComedyDrama
This tale of two tugboats focuses upon the rivalries between two operators competing to win a major shipping contract. Meanwhile a tugboat office secretary and an ex-con who wants to go straight, fall in love. Tugboat Annie is put in charge of a child violinist. When a waterfront fire breaks out, the two warring captains join forces to put it out.
Millionaire Playboy · 1940Millionaire Playboy
★ 4.51940
MovieComedy
A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
The Gang's All Here · 1941The Gang's All Here
★ 5.41941
MovieAdventureComedy
Two friends take jobs as truck drivers, unaware that the trucking company is being targeted by a gang of saboteurs who will stop at nothing, including murder, to stop them.
The Shanghai Cobra · 1945The Shanghai Cobra
★ 6.01945
MovieMysteryThriller
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.
Dressed to Kill · 1941Dressed to Kill
★ 6.31941
MovieMysteryThriller
A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
Black Magic · 1944Black Magic
★ 7.11944
MovieMysteryComedy
Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.
Watermelon Man · 1970Watermelon Man
★ 6.31970
MovieComedy
A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.
Spider Baby · 1967Spider Baby
★ 6.91967
MovieComedyHorror
In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes them to mentally regress from the age of 10 or so on as they physically develop. The family chauffeur looks out for them and covers up their indiscretions. Trouble comes when greedy distant relatives and their lawyer arrive to dispossess the family of its home.
Eyes in the Night · 1942Eyes in the Night
★ 6.11942
MovieThrillerMystery
Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.
The Trap · 1946The Trap
★ 6.81946
MovieCrimeMystery
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
The Young Nurses · 1973The Young Nurses
★ 4.01973
MovieThrillerDrama
Sexy young nurses administer a special kind of therapy on their daily rounds as they battle a drug ring operating outside the hospital.
Sarong Girl · 1943Sarong Girl
★ 7.01943
MovieMusicComedy
A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed.
King of the Zombies · 1941King of the Zombies
★ 5.21941
MovieHorrorComedy
During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.
Cabin in the Sky · 1943Cabin in the Sky
★ 6.51943
MovieMusicFantasy
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx · 1942The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
★ 5.21942
MovieHorrorMystery
Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.
The Chinese Ring · 1947The Chinese Ring
★ 5.11947
MovieThrillerCrime
Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
A-Haunting We Will Go · 1942A-Haunting We Will Go
★ 6.21942
MovieComedyCrime
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
Slightly Dangerous · 1943Slightly Dangerous
★ 6.01943
MovieComedyRomance
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
Tarzan's New York Adventure · 1942Tarzan's New York Adventure
★ 6.41942
MovieActionAdventure
Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York.
The Green Pastures · 1936The Green Pastures
★ 6.31936
MovieDramaFantasy
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
Up Jumped the Devil · 1941Up Jumped the Devil
★ 10.01941
MovieComedy
Two ne'er-do-wells, Washington and Jefferson, just out of prison are looking for jobs so they won't get arrested for vagrancy. They find out that the wealthy Mrs. Brown is looking to hire a butler and a maid, and Jefferson talks Washington into dressing up as a woman so they can get both jobs. They get the jobs, but they soon run into Bad News Johnson, a crook they met in prison. They find out that Johnson is planning to pull a con on Mrs. Brown and he wants them to go in on it with him. Complications ensue.
TV Shows
Love, American Style · 1969Love, American Style
★ 6.21969
SeriesComedy
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.
Adam-12 · 1968Adam-12
★ 7.11968
SeriesCrimeDrama
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
Julia · 1968Julia
★ 6.41968
SeriesComedy
Julia is an American sitcom notable for being one of the first weekly series to depict an African American woman in a non-stereotypical role. Previous television series featured African American lead characters, but the characters were usually servants. The show stars actress and singer Diahann Carroll, and ran for 86 episodes on NBC from September 17, 1968 to March 23, 1971. The series was produced by Savannah Productions, Inc., Hanncar Productions, Inc., and 20th Century-Fox Television.
During pre-production, the proposed series title was Mama's Man. The series was also unique in that it was among the few situation comedies in the late 1960s that did not use a laugh track; however, 20th Century-Fox Television added them when the series was reissued for syndication and cable rebroadcasts in the late 1980s.
The Bill Cosby Show · 1969The Bill Cosby Show
★ 5.51969
SeriesComedy
The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made in the series. It marked Bill Cosby's first solo foray in television, after his co-starring role with Robert Culp in I Spy. The series also marked the first time an African American starred in his or her own eponymous comedy series.