Personal Info
Known Credits
35
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1893-02-21 (132 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known For
Ernest R. Whitman
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
Acting
2004 --
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
| Pit Crowd
1953 --
The Sun Shines Bright
| Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1948 --
Half-Pint Pygmy
| Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1947 --
Blonde Savage
| Tonga
1947 --
Banjo
| Uncle Jasper
1947 --
My Brother Talks to Horses
| Mr. Mordecai
1945 --
The Lost Weekend
| Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
1944 --
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
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1943 --
Stormy Weather
| Jim Europe (uncredited)
1943 --
Cabin in the Sky
| Jim Henry
1941 --
Among the Living
| Pompey
1941 --
The Pittsburgh Kid
| Feets Johnson
1941 --
The Get-Away
| Moose Jones
1941 --
Road to Zanzibar
| Whiteface
1940 --
Santa Fe Trail
| Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
1940 --
Mystery Sea Raider
| First Fisherman
1940 --
Third Finger, Left Hand
| Sam
1940 --
The Return of Frank James
| Pinky
1940 --
Maryland
| Clarence "Dogface" Reems
1940 --
Safari
| Witch doctor
1940 --
Buck Benny Rides Again
| Colored Gentleman
1940 --
Castle on the Hudson
| Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
1940 --
Congo Maisie
| Varnai
1939 --
Gone with the Wind
| Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
1939 --
Tell No Tales
| Slab Griffin (uncredited)
1939 --
6,000 Enemies
| Willie (uncredited)
1939 --
Jesse James
| Pinkie
1939 --
Pacific Liner
| Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
1937 --
Daughter of Shanghai
| Sam Blike (uncredited)
1937 --
Daughter of Shanghai
| Sam Blike
1937 --
They Gave Him a Gun
| Roustabout (uncredited)
1936 --
White Hunter
| Abdi
1936 --
The Green Pastures
| Pharaoh
1936 --
The Prisoner of Shark Island
| Buck
1934 --
King for a Day
| Mr. Brown