Ernest Whitman

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.

Actor

1934

[ ] King for a Day (Mr. Brown)

1936

[ ] The Prisoner of Shark Island (Buck)
[ ] White Hunter (Abdi)
[ ] The Green Pastures (Pharaoh)

1937

[ ] They Gave Him a Gun (Roustabout (uncredited))
[ ] Daughter of Shanghai (Sam Blike)
[ ] Daughter of Shanghai (Sam Blike (uncredited))

1939

[ ] 6,000 Enemies (Willie (uncredited))
[ ] Tell No Tales (Slab Griffin (uncredited))
[ ] Pacific Liner (Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited))
[ ] Jesse James (Pinkie)
[ ] Gone with the Wind (Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited))

1940

[ ] Third Finger, Left Hand (Sam)
[ ] The Return of Frank James (Pinky)
[ ] Santa Fe Trail (Black Man in Barn (uncredited))
[ ] Buck Benny Rides Again (Colored Gentleman)
[ ] Castle on the Hudson (Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited))
[ ] Mystery Sea Raider (First Fisherman)
[ ] Maryland (Clarence "Dogface" Reems)
[ ] Safari (Witch doctor)
[ ] Congo Maisie (Varnai)

1941

[ ] The Get-Away (Moose Jones)
[ ] Among the Living (Pompey)
[ ] The Pittsburgh Kid (Feets Johnson)
[ ] Road to Zanzibar (Whiteface)

1943

[ ] Stormy Weather (Jim Europe (uncredited))
[ ] Cabin in the Sky (Jim Henry)

1944

[ ] Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (????)

1945

[ ] The Lost Weekend (Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited))

1947

[ ] Banjo (Uncle Jasper)
[ ] Blonde Savage (Tonga)
[ ] My Brother Talks to Horses (Mr. Mordecai)

1948

[ ] Half-Pint Pygmy (Pygmy (voice) (uncredited))

1953

[ ] The Sun Shines Bright (Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford)

2004

[ ] 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (Pit Crowd)