Ernest Whitman
Known for
Acting
Life
1893 – 1954 (aged 61)
Born in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Credits
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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
15 Dec 1939
The Lost Weekend
29 Nov 1945
The Return of Frank James
10 Aug 1940
Jesse James
14 Jan 1939
Santa Fe Trail
20 Dec 1940
The Prisoner of Shark Island
28 Feb 1936
The Sun Shines Bright
02 May 1953
Stormy Weather
21 Jul 1943
Filmography
2004
- 3: The Dale Earnhardt Storyas Pit Crowd
1953
- The Sun Shines Brightas Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1950
- The Beulah Showas Bill Jackson2 episodes
1948
- Half-Pint Pygmyas Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1947
- Blonde Savageas Tonga
- Banjoas Uncle Jasper
- My Brother Talks to Horsesas Mr. Mordecai
1945
- The Lost Weekendas Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
- Dillingeras Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
1943
- Stormy Weatheras Jim Europe (uncredited)
- Cabin in the Skyas Jim Henry
1941
- Among the Livingas Pompey
- The Pittsburgh Kidas Feets Johnson
- The Get-Awayas Moose Jones
- Road to Zanzibaras Whiteface
1940
- Santa Fe Trailas Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
- Mystery Sea Raideras First Fisherman
- Third Finger, Left Handas Sam
- The Return of Frank Jamesas Pinky
- Marylandas Clarence "Dogface" Reems
- Safarias Witch doctor
- Buck Benny Rides Againas Colored Gentleman
- Castle on the Hudsonas Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
- Congo Maisieas Varnai
1939
- Gone with the Windas Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
- Tell No Talesas Slab Griffin (uncredited)
- 6,000 Enemiesas Willie (uncredited)
- Jesse Jamesas Pinkie
- Pacific Lineras Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
1937
- Daughter of Shanghaias Sam Blike (uncredited)
- They Gave Him a Gunas Roustabout (uncredited)
1936
- White Hunteras Abdi
- The Green Pasturesas Pharaoh
- The Prisoner of Shark Islandas Buck
1934
- King for a Dayas Mr. Brown