Ernest Whitman

Ernest Whitman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

21/02/1893

Day of Death

05/08/1954
(61) years old

Place of Birth

Oklahoma 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

Cast

1953

The Sun Shines Bright

as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford

1948

Half-Pint Pygmy

as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)

1947

Blonde Savage

as Tonga

1947

Banjo

as Uncle Jasper

1947

My Brother Talks to Horses

as Mr. Mordecai

1945

The Lost Weekend

as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited...

1943

Stormy Weather

as Jim Europe (uncredited)

1943

Cabin in the Sky

as Jim Henry

1941

Among the Living

as Pompey

1941

The Pittsburgh Kid

as Feets Johnson

1941

The Get-Away

as Moose Jones

1941

Road to Zanzibar

as Whiteface

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)

1940

Mystery Sea Raider

as First Fisherman

1940

Maryland

as Clarence "Dogface" Reems

1940

Safari

as Witch doctor

1940

Buck Benny Rides Again

as Colored Gentleman

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)

1940

Congo Maisie

as Varnai

1939

Gone with the Wind

as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)

1939

Tell No Tales

as Slab Griffin (uncredited)

1939

6,000 Enemies

as Willie (uncredited)

1939

Jesse James

as Pinkie

1939

Pacific Liner

as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)

1937

Daughter of Shanghai

as Sam Blike

1937

Daughter of Shanghai

as Sam Blike (uncredited)

1937

They Gave Him a Gun

as Roustabout (uncredited)

1936

White Hunter

as Abdi

1936

The Green Pastures

as Pharaoh

1934

King for a Day

as Mr. Brown