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