Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 21, 1893
Died
Aug 05, 1954
Place of Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Credits
36 titles
Ernest Whitman
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
Pit Crowd
The Sun Shines Bright
Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
The Beulah Show
Bill Jackson
Half-Pint Pygmy
Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
Blonde Savage
Tonga
Banjo
Uncle Jasper
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Mordecai
The Lost Weekend
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Dillinger
Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Stormy Weather
Jim Europe (uncredited)
Cabin in the Sky
Jim Henry
Among the Living
Pompey
The Pittsburgh Kid
Feets Johnson
The Get-Away
Moose Jones
Road to Zanzibar
Whiteface
Santa Fe Trail
Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Mystery Sea Raider
First Fisherman
Third Finger, Left Hand
Sam
The Return of Frank James
Pinky
Maryland
Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Safari
Witch doctor
Buck Benny Rides Again
Colored Gentleman
Castle on the Hudson
Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Congo Maisie
Varnai
Gone with the Wind
Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
Slab Griffin (uncredited)
6,000 Enemies
Willie (uncredited)
Jesse James
Pinkie
Pacific Liner
Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
Daughter of Shanghai
Sam Blike
They Gave Him a Gun
Roustabout (uncredited)
White Hunter
Abdi
The Green Pastures
Pharaoh
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Buck
King for a Day
Mr. Brown