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