Actor
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 |
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
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