Ernest Whitman
Born: 1893-02-21 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 1954-08-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2004
- 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story as Pit Crowd
1953
- The Sun Shines Bright as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1950
- The Beulah Show as Bill Jackson
1948
- Half-Pint Pygmy as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1947
- My Brother Talks to Horses as Mr. Mordecai
- Blonde Savage as Tonga
- Banjo as Uncle Jasper
1945
- The Lost Weekend as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
1943
- Stormy Weather as Jim Europe (uncredited)
- Cabin in the Sky as Jim Henry
1941
- The Get-Away as Moose Jones
- Road to Zanzibar as Whiteface
- Among the Living as Pompey
- The Pittsburgh Kid as Feets Johnson
1940
- Maryland as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
- Safari as Witch doctor
- The Return of Frank James as Pinky
- Congo Maisie as Varnai
- Third Finger, Left Hand as Sam
- Mystery Sea Raider as First Fisherman
- Santa Fe Trail as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
- Buck Benny Rides Again as Colored Gentleman
- Castle on the Hudson as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
- Jesse James as Pinkie
- Pacific Liner as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
- Tell No Tales as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
- 6,000 Enemies as Willie (uncredited)
1937
- Daughter of Shanghai as Sam Blike
- They Gave Him a Gun as Roustabout (uncredited)
1936
- White Hunter as Abdi
- The Green Pastures as Pharaoh
- The Prisoner of Shark Island as Buck
1934
- King for a Day as Mr. Brown