Acting
Ernest Whitman
EN cinema · 35 credits
Born
21 February 1893
Died
5 August 1954 (aged 61)
Birthplace
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Also known as Ernest R. Whitman
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
as Pit Crowd
The Sun Shines Bright
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
Half-Pint Pygmy
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
Banjo
as Uncle Jasper
Blonde Savage
as Tonga
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Mordecai
The Lost Weekend
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Dillinger
as Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Stormy Weather
as Jim Europe (uncredited)
Cabin in the Sky
as Jim Henry
The Get-Away
as Moose Jones
Among the Living
as Pompey
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Feets Johnson
Road to Zanzibar
as Whiteface
Santa Fe Trail
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Colored Gentleman
Castle on the Hudson
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Mystery Sea Raider
as First Fisherman
Maryland
as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Safari
as Witch doctor
Congo Maisie
as Varnai
6,000 Enemies
as Willie (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
Pacific Liner
as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
Jesse James
as Pinkie
Gone with the Wind
as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
as Roustabout (uncredited)
Daughter of Shanghai
as Sam Blike, as Sam Blike (uncredited)
White Hunter
as Abdi
The Green Pastures
as Pharaoh
King for a Day
1934
King for a Day
as Mr. Brown