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Mantan Moreland

1902–1973

United States

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Mantan Moreland (born Manton 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, and is best known to today's audiences as Birmingham Brown, the chauffeur in the Charlie Chan movies of the 1940s. His daughter Marcella Moreland appeared as a child actor in several films.

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