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.
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Acting History
2004
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story as Pit Crowd
1953The Sun Shines Bright as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1950The Beulah Show as Bill Jackson
1948Half-Pint Pygmy as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1947Blonde Savage as Tonga
1947Banjo as Uncle Jasper
1947My Brother Talks to Horses as Mr. Mordecai
1945The Lost Weekend as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
1944Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1943Stormy Weather as Jim Europe (uncredited)
1943Cabin in the Sky as Jim Henry
1941Among the Living as Pompey
1941The Pittsburgh Kid as Feets Johnson
1941The Get-Away as Moose Jones
1941Road to Zanzibar as Whiteface
1940Santa Fe Trail as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
1940Mystery Sea Raider as First Fisherman
1940Third Finger, Left Hand as Sam
1940The Return of Frank James as Pinky
1940Maryland as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
1940Safari as Witch doctor
1940Buck Benny Rides Again as Colored Gentleman
1940Castle on the Hudson as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
1940Congo Maisie as Varnai
1939Gone with the Wind as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
1939Tell No Tales as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
19396,000 Enemies as Willie (uncredited)
1939Jesse James as Pinkie
1939Pacific Liner as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
1937Daughter of Shanghai as Sam Blike
1937Daughter of Shanghai as Sam Blike (uncredited)
1937They Gave Him a Gun as Roustabout (uncredited)
1936White Hunter as Abdi
1936The Green Pastures as Pharaoh
1936The Prisoner of Shark Island as Buck
1934King for a Day as Mr. Brown