Ernest Whitman
View on IMDb ↗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
White Hunter
Gone with the Wind
Banjo
The Lost Weekend
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
My Brother Talks to Horses
The Pittsburgh Kid
Third Finger, Left Hand
Castle on the Hudson
The Prisoner of Shark IslandFilmography (36)
- 2004
3: The Dale Earnhardt StoryPit Crowd - 1953
The Sun Shines BrightPleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford - 1950The Beulah ShowBill Jackson
- 1948
Half-Pint PygmyPygmy (voice) (uncredited) - 1947
BanjoUncle Jasper - 1947
My Brother Talks to HorsesMr. Mordecai - 1947
Blonde SavageTonga - 1945
The Lost WeekendBlack Man Talking to Himself (uncredited) - 1945
DillingerJack - Black Prisoner (uncredited) - 1944
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears - 1943
Stormy WeatherJim Europe (uncredited) - 1943
Cabin in the SkyJim Henry - 1941
The Pittsburgh KidFeets Johnson - 1941
Road to ZanzibarWhiteface - 1941
Among the LivingPompey - 1941
The Get-AwayMoose Jones - 1940
Third Finger, Left HandSam - 1940
Castle on the HudsonAlexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited) - 1940
MarylandClarence "Dogface" Reems - 1940
SafariWitch doctor - 1940
The Return of Frank JamesPinky - 1940
Mystery Sea RaiderFirst Fisherman - 1940
Santa Fe TrailBlack Man in Barn (uncredited) - 1940
Buck Benny Rides AgainColored Gentleman - 1940
Congo MaisieVarnai - 1939
Gone with the WindCarpetbagger's Friend (uncredited) - 1939
Jesse JamesPinkie - 1939
6,000 EnemiesWillie (uncredited) - 1939
Pacific LinerProfessor - Black Stoker (uncredited) - 1939
Tell No TalesSlab Griffin (uncredited) - 1937
They Gave Him a GunRoustabout (uncredited) - 1937
Daughter of ShanghaiSam Blike - 1936
White HunterAbdi - 1936
The Prisoner of Shark IslandBuck - 1936
The Green PasturesPharaoh - 1934King for a DayMr. Brown