Mantan Moreland
25 titles
Filmography
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Lucky Ghost
(1942)After a fortunate game of dice, a pair of down-on-their luck friends get mixed up with beautiful women, jealous gangsters and ghosts.

Shadows Over Chinatown
(1946)In 1940βs San Francisco, detective Charlie Chan, his son and his trusty driver investigate murders connected with an insurance racket in Chinatown.

Dark Alibi
(1946)Charlie, with help from his sidekick son and chauffeur, has just nine days to prove the innocence of an ex-con framed for bank robbery and murder.

The Trap
(1946)When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario & press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number 2 Son, Jimmy played by Victor Sen Yung, & comic chauffeur/butler, Birmingham Brown played by Mantan Moreland. Kirk Alyn who is also featured in the cast as Police Sgt. Reynolds, soon went on to portray Superman in 2 movie serials.

Irish Luck
(1939)A bellhop who prides himself an amateur detective helps a woman who becomes the prime suspect of a murder in his hotel.

The Scarlet Clue
(1945)In this classic film, Charlie Chan investigates the theft of government radar papers (the laboratory is located in the same building as a radio station!) with the help of Number Three Son Tommy and comic sidekick Birmingham Brown.

The Shanghai Cobra
(1945)Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) investigates.

Docks of New Orleans
(1948)When employees of a New Orleans chemical company start dropping dead, master sleuth Charlie Chan springs into action to investigate the case.

The Golden Eye
(1948)Chan discovers a conspiracy when a low paying gold mine seemingly starts to become profitable, and attempts are made on the owner's life. To help solve the crime, Roland Winters as "Charlie Chan" is assisted by his son, Victor Sen Yung as "Tommy Chan" and comic sidekick, Mantan Moreland as "Birmingham Brown", Charlie's chauffeur/butler.

Up in the Air
(1940)When a none-too-popular singer is murdered on the air in a radio studio, a page boy and his janitor pal work together to find the killer.

King of the Zombies
(1941)Stranded on a creepy island, a group of travelers discover a mad doctor and a scheme to harness the walking dead for the Axis powers.

Law of the Jungle
(1942)Nona Brooks, a former member of a stranded theatrical troupe, earns a temporary living singing in a cafe in Duakwa, British Rhodesia, Africa.

Freckles Comes Home
(1942)A small-town boy returns from college and stumbles into a counterfeit ring run by a group of city slickers eyeing the bank of his girlfriend's father.

Chasing Trouble
(1940)A flower delivery boy and amateur detective gets a chance to test his sleuthing skills when he learns his boss is mixed up with an espionage ring.

The Chinese Ring
(1947)Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the U.S. to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle. To help solve the crime, Roland Winters as "Charlie Chan" is assisted by his son, Victor Sen Yung as "Tommy Chan" and comic sidekick, Mantan Moreland as "Birmingham Brown", Chan's chauffeur/butler.

Gang Smashers
(1938)An undercover anti-gang agent works in a nightclub where a protection racket is headquartered.

Two-Gun Man from Harlem
(1938)When a murder is wrongly pinned on a straight-shooting cowpoke, he heads to Harlem and infiltrates a gang to sniff out the men who framed him.

Melody Parade
(1943)An ambitious busboy and a nightclub owner facing bankruptcy will do anything to keep their establishment open.

Watermelon Man
(1970)A white, bigoted insurance salesman living the comfortable middle class life wakes up one morning to discover that he has become a black man overnight and comes to see the many sides of racism and hostility that he once engendered himself.

Next Time I Marry
(1938)In order to become the richest girl in America, a heiress must marry in haste.