
Ernest Whitman
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 Return of Frank James
Pinky
Jesse James
Pinkie
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Buck
Stormy Weather
Jim Europe (uncredited)
Cabin in the Sky
Jim Henry
The Sun Shines Bright
Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
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Filmography
Acting (36)
Movies (35)
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004as Pit Crowd
The Sun Shines Bright
1953as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
Half-Pint Pygmy
1948as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947as Mr. Mordecai
Blonde Savage
1947as Tonga
Banjo
1947as Uncle Jasper
The Lost Weekend
1945as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Dillinger
1945as Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1944
Stormy Weather
1943as Jim Europe (uncredited)
Cabin in the Sky
1943as Jim Henry
Road to Zanzibar
1941as Whiteface
Among the Living
1941as Pompey
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941as Feets Johnson
The Get-Away
1941as Moose Jones
The Return of Frank James
1940as Pinky
Santa Fe Trail
1940as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Safari
1940as Witch doctor
Maryland
1940as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Mystery Sea Raider
1940as First Fisherman
Castle on the Hudson
1940as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940as Colored Gentleman
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940as Sam
Congo Maisie
1940as Varnai
Gone with the Wind
1939as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
Jesse James
1939as Pinkie
6,000 Enemies
1939as Willie (uncredited)
Pacific Liner
1939as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
1939as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
Daughter of Shanghai
1937as Sam Blike
They Gave Him a Gun
1937as Roustabout (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936as Buck
The Green Pastures
1936as Pharaoh
White Hunter
1936as Abdi
King for a Day
1934as Mr. Brown
Television (1)
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