Ernest Whitman

Ernest Whitman

Acting • Born 1893-02-21 – Died 1954-08-05

Acting0Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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.

Filmography

37 credits
The Get-Away

The Get-Away

Movie • 1941

Moose Jones

Third Finger, Left Hand

Third Finger, Left Hand

Movie • 1940

Sam

The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Movie • 1936

Buck

King for a Day

King for a Day

Movie • 1934

Mr. Brown

Among the Living

Among the Living

Movie • 1941

Pompey

Banjo

Banjo

Movie • 1947

Uncle Jasper

6,000 Enemies

6,000 Enemies

Movie • 1939

Willie (uncredited)

White Hunter

White Hunter

Movie • 1936

Abdi

They Gave Him a Gun

They Gave Him a Gun

Movie • 1937

Roustabout (uncredited)

Tell No Tales

Tell No Tales

Movie • 1939

Slab Griffin (uncredited)

Pacific Liner

Pacific Liner

Movie • 1939

Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)

Jesse James

Jesse James

Movie • 1939

Pinkie

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

Movie • 1939

Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)

Blonde Savage

Blonde Savage

Movie • 1947

Tonga

The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

Movie • 1945

Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

The Sun Shines Bright

The Sun Shines Bright

Movie • 1953

Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford

The Green Pastures

The Green Pastures

Movie • 1936

Pharaoh

Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather

Movie • 1943

Jim Europe (uncredited)

The Pittsburgh Kid

The Pittsburgh Kid

Movie • 1941

Feets Johnson

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

Movie • 1944

The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James

Movie • 1940

Pinky

Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail

Movie • 1940

Black Man in Barn (uncredited)

Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again

Movie • 1940

Colored Gentleman

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

Movie • 2004

Pit Crowd

Castle on the Hudson

Castle on the Hudson

Movie • 1940

Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)

Mystery Sea Raider

Mystery Sea Raider

Movie • 1940

First Fisherman

Maryland

Maryland

Movie • 1940

Clarence "Dogface" Reems

Safari

Safari

Movie • 1940

Witch doctor

Congo Maisie

Congo Maisie

Movie • 1940

Varnai

Half-Pint Pygmy

Half-Pint Pygmy

Movie • 1948

Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)

Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky

Movie • 1943

Jim Henry

Road to Zanzibar

Road to Zanzibar

Movie • 1941

Whiteface

My Brother Talks to Horses

My Brother Talks to Horses

Movie • 1947

Mr. Mordecai

Daughter of Shanghai

Daughter of Shanghai

Movie • 1937

Sam Blike

Daughter of Shanghai

Daughter of Shanghai

Movie • 1937

Sam Blike (uncredited)

Dillinger

Dillinger

Movie • 1945

Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)

The Beulah Show

The Beulah Show

TV • 1950

Bill Jackson

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