Ernest Whitman
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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
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Jesse James (1939)
as Pinkie
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as Buck
The Return of Frank James (1940)
as Pinky
Road to Zanzibar (1941)
as Whiteface
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
Dillinger (1945)
as Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Blonde Savage (1947)
as Tonga
Tell No Tales (1939)
as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)
as Pit Crowd
Stormy Weather (1943)
as Jim Europe (uncredited)
King for a Day (1934)
as Mr. Brown
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
as Roustabout (uncredited)
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
as Sam
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
as Jim Henry
Castle on the Hudson (1940)
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Congo Maisie (1940)
as Varnai
The Pittsburgh Kid (1941)
as Feets Johnson
Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
as Sam Blike
Pacific Liner (1939)
as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
Maryland (1940)
as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
The Green Pastures (1936)
as Pharaoh
Safari (1940)
as Witch doctor
My Brother Talks to Horses (1947)
as Mr. Mordecai
Among the Living (1941)
as Pompey
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Colored Gentleman
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944)
Actor
Banjo (1947)
as Uncle Jasper
White Hunter (1936)
as Abdi
6,000 Enemies (1939)
as Willie (uncredited)
Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
as First Fisherman
The Get-Away (1941)
as Moose Jones
Half-Pint Pygmy (1948)
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)