
Ernest Whitman
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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
Credits

Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)
as Pit Crowd

The Lost Weekend (1945)
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

Jesse James (1939)
as Pinkie

Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)

The Return of Frank James (1940)
as Pinky

The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as Buck

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
as Sam

Cabin in the Sky (1943)
as Jim Henry

Castle on the Hudson (1940)
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)

They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
as Roustabout (uncredited)

Stormy Weather (1943)
as Jim Europe (uncredited)

Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Colored Gentleman

My Brother Talks to Horses (1947)
as Mr. Mordecai

Maryland (1940)
as Clarence "Dogface" Reems

Road to Zanzibar (1941)
as Whiteface

The Green Pastures (1936)
as Pharaoh

The Get-Away (1941)
as Moose Jones

Blonde Savage (1947)
as Tonga

Among the Living (1941)
as Pompey

Dillinger (1945)
as Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)

Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
as Sam Blike

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944)
Actor

Tell No Tales (1939)
as Slab Griffin (uncredited)

Pacific Liner (1939)
as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)

Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
as First Fisherman

Congo Maisie (1940)
as Varnai

Banjo (1947)
as Uncle Jasper

Safari (1940)
as Witch doctor
King for a Day (1934)
as Mr. Brown

The Pittsburgh Kid (1941)
as Feets Johnson

6,000 Enemies (1939)
as Willie (uncredited)

White Hunter (1936)
as Abdi

Half-Pint Pygmy (1948)
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)





