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