Ernest Whitman

★ Acting #86,681

1893 - 1954 (age 61) • Acting

Born: 2/21/1893 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died: 8/5/1954 (age 61)

Known for: Acting

Ernest Whitman

★ Acting #86,681

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

Among the Living

61%

Pompey

1941

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

62%

1944

Half-Pint Pygmy

59%

Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)

1948

Blonde Savage

47%

Tonga

1947

The Get-Away

60%

Moose Jones

1941

The Beulah Show

73%

Bill Jackson

1950

Banjo

77%

Uncle Jasper

1947

My Brother Talks to Horses

75%

Mr. Mordecai

1947

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

76%

Pit Crowd

2004

The Sun Shines Bright

66%

Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford

1953

The Beulah Show

73%

Bill Jackson

1950

Half-Pint Pygmy

59%

Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)

1948

Blonde Savage

47%

Tonga

1947

Banjo

77%

Uncle Jasper

1947

My Brother Talks to Horses

75%

Mr. Mordecai

1947

The Lost Weekend

76%

Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

1945

Dillinger

59%

Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)

1945

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

62%

1944

Stormy Weather

69%

Jim Europe (uncredited)

1943

Cabin in the Sky

65%

Jim Henry

1943

Among the Living

61%

Pompey

1941

The Pittsburgh Kid

70%

Feets Johnson

1941

The Get-Away

60%

Moose Jones

1941

Road to Zanzibar

64%

Whiteface

1941

Santa Fe Trail

58%

Black Man in Barn (uncredited)

1940

Mystery Sea Raider

60%

First Fisherman

1940

Third Finger, Left Hand

70%

Sam

1940

The Return of Frank James

63%

Pinky

1940

Maryland

65%

Clarence "Dogface" Reems

1940

Safari

65%

Witch doctor

1940

Buck Benny Rides Again

50%

Colored Gentleman

1940

Castle on the Hudson

70%

Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)

1940

Congo Maisie

44%

Varnai

1940

Gone with the Wind

79%

Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)

1939

Tell No Tales

54%

Slab Griffin (uncredited)

1939

6,000 Enemies

61%

Willie (uncredited)

1939