Ernest Whitman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 21, 1893
- Died
- August 5, 1954 (aged 61)
- Birthplace
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Movie · as Pit Crowd
The Sun Shines Bright
Movie · as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
The Beulah Show
TV · as Bill Jackson · 2 eps
Half-Pint Pygmy
Movie · as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
Banjo
Movie · as Uncle Jasper
Blonde Savage
Movie · as Tonga
My Brother Talks to Horses
Movie · as Mr. Mordecai
The Lost Weekend
Movie · as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Dillinger
Movie · as Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Movie
Stormy Weather
Movie · as Jim Europe (uncredited)
Cabin in the Sky
Movie · as Jim Henry
The Get-Away
Movie · as Moose Jones
Among the Living
Movie · as Pompey
The Pittsburgh Kid
Movie · as Feets Johnson
Road to Zanzibar
Movie · as Whiteface
Third Finger, Left Hand
Movie · as Sam
The Return of Frank James
Movie · as Pinky
Santa Fe Trail
Movie · as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
Movie · as Colored Gentleman
Castle on the Hudson
Movie · as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Mystery Sea Raider
Movie · as First Fisherman
Safari
Movie · as Witch doctor
Maryland
Movie · as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Congo Maisie
Movie · as Varnai
6,000 Enemies
Movie · as Willie (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
Movie · as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
Pacific Liner
Movie · as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
Jesse James
Movie · as Pinkie
Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
Movie · as Roustabout (uncredited)
Daughter of Shanghai
Movie · as Sam Blike, Sam Blike (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Movie · as Buck
White Hunter
Movie · as Abdi
The Green Pastures
Movie · as Pharaoh
King for a Day
Movie · as Mr. Brown