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