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