Known for
Acting
Credits
35
Gender
Man
Birthday
21 Feb 1893
Day of death
5 Aug 1954 (61)
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
Acting roles
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
---|---|---|
2004 | 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story | Pit Crowd |
1953 | The Sun Shines Bright | Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford |
1950 | The Beulah Show | Bill Jackson |
1948 | Half-Pint Pygmy | Pygmy (voice) (uncredited) |
1947 | Blonde Savage | Tonga |
1947 | Banjo | Uncle Jasper |
1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Mr. Mordecai |
1945 | The Lost Weekend | Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited) |
1944 | Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears | |
1943 | Stormy Weather | Jim Europe (uncredited) |
1943 | Cabin in the Sky | Jim Henry |
1941 | Road to Zanzibar | Whiteface |
1941 | Among the Living | Pompey |
1941 | The Get-Away | Moose Jones |
1941 | The Pittsburgh Kid | Feets Johnson |
1940 | The Return of Frank James | Pinky |
1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Black Man in Barn (uncredited) |
1940 | Third Finger, Left Hand | Sam |
1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited) |
1940 | Congo Maisie | Varnai |
1940 | Maryland | Clarence "Dogface" Reems |
1940 | Mystery Sea Raider | First Fisherman |
1940 | Safari | Witch doctor |
1940 | Buck Benny Rides Again | Colored Gentleman |
1939 | Gone with the Wind | Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited) |
1939 | Jesse James | Pinkie |
1939 | Pacific Liner | Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited) |
1939 | 6,000 Enemies | Willie (uncredited) |
1939 | Tell No Tales | Slab Griffin (uncredited) |
1937 | Daughter of Shanghai | Sam Blike |
1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | Roustabout (uncredited) |
1936 | The Prisoner of Shark Island | Buck |
1936 | The Green Pastures | Pharaoh |
1936 | White Hunter | Abdi |
1934 | King for a Day | Mr. Brown |