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