Birthday
1893/02/21
Day of death
1954/08/05 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Also know as
Ernest R. Whitman
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.
(1941) The Get-Away
as Moose Jones
(1940) Third Finger, Left Hand
as Sam
(1936) The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Buck
(1934) King for a Day
as Mr. Brown
(1941) Among the Living
as Pompey
(1947) Banjo
as Uncle Jasper
(1939) 6,000 Enemies
as Willie (uncredited)
(1936) White Hunter
as Abdi
(1937) They Gave Him a Gun
as Roustabout (uncredited)
(1939) Tell No Tales
as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
(1939) Pacific Liner
as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
(1939) Jesse James
as Pinkie
(1939) Gone with the Wind
as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
(1947) Blonde Savage
as Tonga
(1945) The Lost Weekend
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
(1953) The Sun Shines Bright
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
(1936) The Green Pastures
as Pharaoh
(1943) Stormy Weather
as Jim Europe (uncredited)
(1941) The Pittsburgh Kid
as Feets Johnson
(1944) Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
as ---
(1940) The Return of Frank James
as Pinky
(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
(1940) Buck Benny Rides Again
as Colored Gentleman
(2004) 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
as Pit Crowd
(1940) Castle on the Hudson
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
(1940) Mystery Sea Raider
as First Fisherman
(1940) Maryland
as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
(1940) Safari
as Witch doctor
(1940) Congo Maisie
as Varnai
(1948) Half-Pint Pygmy
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) Cabin in the Sky
as Jim Henry
(1941) Road to Zanzibar
as Whiteface
(1947) My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Mordecai
(1937) Daughter of Shanghai
as Sam Blike
(1937) Daughter of Shanghai
as Sam Blike (uncredited)
(1950) The Beulah Show
as Bill Jackson