Ernest Whitman
- Acting
- February 21, 1893 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- August 5, 1954
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, Sam Blike (uncredited)
- 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