Ernest Whitman
Personal Info
Ernest Whitman
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
Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
1939The Beulah Show
Bill Jackson
1950
The Lost Weekend
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
1945
Maryland
Clarence "Dogface" Reems
1940
Jesse James
Pinkie
1939
Congo Maisie
Varnai
1940
Stormy Weather
Jim Europe (uncredited)
1943
Safari
Witch doctor
1940
Blonde Savage
Tonga
1947
The Return of Frank James
Pinky
1940
Santa Fe Trail
Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
1940
Dillinger
Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
1945
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Pit Crowd
2004
Road to Zanzibar
Whiteface
1941
Among the Living
Pompey
1941
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Buck
1936
Third Finger, Left Hand
Sam
1940
Daughter of Shanghai
Sam Blike
1937Daughter of Shanghai
Sam Blike (uncredited)
1937
White Hunter
Abdi
1936
The Sun Shines Bright
Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1953
Tell No Tales
Slab Griffin (uncredited)
1939
Castle on the Hudson
Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
1940
Cabin in the Sky
Jim Henry
1943
Pacific Liner
Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
1939
Banjo
Uncle Jasper
1947
Buck Benny Rides Again
Colored Gentleman
1940
The Green Pastures
Pharaoh
1936
The Get-Away
Moose Jones
1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
Feets Johnson
1941
They Gave Him a Gun
Roustabout (uncredited)
1937
6,000 Enemies
Willie (uncredited)
1939
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Mordecai
1947King for a Day
Mr. Brown
1934
Mystery Sea Raider
First Fisherman
1940
Half-Pint Pygmy
Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1948