Ernest Whitman

Personal Info

Birthday

February 21, 1893

Day of Death

1954-08-05

(61 years old)

Place of Birth

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Also Known As

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

Gone with the Wind

Santa Fe Trail

The Beulah Show

Jesse James

The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Return of Frank James

Stormy Weather

The Sun Shines Bright

Filmography

2004
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
as Pit Crowd
1953
The Sun Shines Bright
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1948
Half-Pint Pygmy
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1947
Blonde Savage
as Tonga
Banjo
as Uncle Jasper
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)
Cabin in the Sky
as Jim Henry
1941
Among the Living
as Pompey
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Feets Johnson
The Get-Away
as Moose Jones
Road to Zanzibar
as Whiteface
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Mystery Sea Raider
as First Fisherman
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Sam
The Return of Frank James
as Pinky
Maryland
as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Safari
as Witch doctor
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Colored Gentleman
Castle on the Hudson
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Congo Maisie
as Varnai
1939
Gone with the Wind
as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
6,000 Enemies
as Willie (uncredited)
Jesse James
as Pinkie
Pacific Liner
as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
1937
Daughter of Shanghai
as Sam Blike
They Gave Him a Gun
as Roustabout (uncredited)
1936
White Hunter
as Abdi
The Green Pastures
as Pharaoh
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Buck
1934
King for a Day
as Mr. Brown