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