Ernest Whitman
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday21 February 1893
Died5 August 1954 (age 61)
Place of birthOklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Known credits36
Biography
Ernest Whitman was born on February 21, 1893, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was a Negro actor, known for Road to Zanzibar (1941), Cabin in the Sky (1943) and The Return of Frank James (1940). He died on August 5, 1954, in Hollywood, California, of a heart attack.
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004 · Pit Crowd
The Sun Shines Bright
1953 · Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
The Beulah Show
1950 · Bill Jackson
Half-Pint Pygmy
1948 · Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
Blonde Savage
1947 · Tonga
Banjo
1947 · Uncle Jasper
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947 · Mr. Mordecai
The Lost Weekend
1945 · Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Dillinger
1945 · Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1944
Stormy Weather
1943 · Jim Europe (uncredited)
Cabin in the Sky
1943 · Jim Henry
Among the Living
1941 · Pompey
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941 · Feets Johnson
The Get-Away
1941 · Moose Jones
Road to Zanzibar
1941 · Whiteface
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Mystery Sea Raider
1940 · First Fisherman
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 · Sam
The Return of Frank James
1940 · Pinky
Maryland
1940 · Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Safari
1940 · Witch doctor
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940 · Colored Gentleman
Castle on the Hudson
1940 · Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Congo Maisie
1940 · Varnai
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
1939 · Slab Griffin (uncredited)
6,000 Enemies
1939 · Willie (uncredited)
Jesse James
1939 · Pinkie
Pacific Liner
1939 · Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
Daughter of Shanghai
1937 · Sam Blike
Daughter of Shanghai
1937 · Sam Blike (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
1937 · Roustabout (uncredited)
White Hunter
1936 · Abdi
The Green Pastures
1936 · Pharaoh
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · Buck
King for a Day
1934 · Mr. Brown
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