Person
Ernest Whitman
Acting · 1893–1954 · 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.
Known for
Gone with the Wind
Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
The Beulah Show
Bill Jackson
The Lost Weekend
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
The Return of Frank James
Pinky
Jesse James
Pinkie
Santa Fe Trail
Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Pit Crowd
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Buck
They Gave Him a Gun
Roustabout (uncredited)
The Sun Shines Bright
Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
Filmography
- 20043: The Dale Earnhardt StoryPit Crowd
- 1953The Sun Shines BrightPleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
- 1950The Beulah ShowBill Jackson
- 1948Half-Pint PygmyPygmy (voice) (uncredited)
- 1947Blonde SavageTonga
- 1947BanjoUncle Jasper
- 1947My Brother Talks to HorsesMr. Mordecai
- 1945The Lost WeekendBlack Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
- 1945DillingerJack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1944Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
- 1943Stormy WeatherJim Europe (uncredited)
- 1943Cabin in the SkyJim Henry
- 1941Among the LivingPompey
- 1941The Pittsburgh KidFeets Johnson
- 1941The Get-AwayMoose Jones
- 1941Road to ZanzibarWhiteface
- 1940Santa Fe TrailBlack Man in Barn (uncredited)
- 1940Mystery Sea RaiderFirst Fisherman
- 1940Third Finger, Left HandSam
- 1940The Return of Frank JamesPinky
- 1940MarylandClarence "Dogface" Reems
- 1940SafariWitch doctor
- 1940Buck Benny Rides AgainColored Gentleman
- 1940Castle on the HudsonAlexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
- 1940Congo MaisieVarnai
- 1939Gone with the WindCarpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
- 1939Tell No TalesSlab Griffin (uncredited)
- 19396,000 EnemiesWillie (uncredited)
- 1939Jesse JamesPinkie
- 1939Pacific LinerProfessor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
- 1937Daughter of ShanghaiSam Blike
- 1937They Gave Him a GunRoustabout (uncredited)
- 1936White HunterAbdi
- 1936The Green PasturesPharaoh
- 1936The Prisoner of Shark IslandBuck
- 1934King for a DayMr. Brown
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