Ernest Whitman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 21 February 1893 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- 5 August 1954
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
Acting 35
- 20043: The Dale Earnhardt Story as Pit Crowd
- 1953The Sun Shines Bright as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
- 1948Half-Pint Pygmy as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
- 1947Blonde Savage as Tonga
- 1947Banjo as Uncle Jasper
- 1947My Brother Talks to Horses as Mr. Mordecai
- 1945The Lost Weekend as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
- 1945Dillinger as Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1944Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
- 1943Stormy Weather as Jim Europe (uncredited)
- 1943Cabin in the Sky as Jim Henry
- 1941Among the Living as Pompey
- 1941The Pittsburgh Kid as Feets Johnson
- 1941The Get-Away as Moose Jones
- 1941Road to Zanzibar as Whiteface
- 1940Santa Fe Trail as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
- 1940Mystery Sea Raider as First Fisherman
- 1940Third Finger, Left Hand as Sam
- 1940The Return of Frank James as Pinky
- 1940Maryland as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
- 1940Safari as Witch doctor
- 1940Buck Benny Rides Again as Colored Gentleman
- 1940Castle on the Hudson as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
- 1940Congo Maisie as Varnai
- 1939Gone with the Wind as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
- 1939Tell No Tales as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
- 19396,000 Enemies as Willie (uncredited)
- 1939Jesse James as Pinkie
- 1939Pacific Liner as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
- 1937Daughter of Shanghai as Sam Blike (uncredited)
- 1937They Gave Him a Gun as Roustabout (uncredited)
- 1936White Hunter as Abdi
- 1936The Green Pastures as Pharaoh
- 1936The Prisoner of Shark Island as Buck
- 1934King for a Day as Mr. Brown