Ernest Whitman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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.

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Roles

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

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