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.
Filmography
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004
as Pit Crowd
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
Half-Pint Pygmy
1948
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
Blonde Savage
1947
as Tonga
Banjo
1947
as Uncle Jasper
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
Among the Living
1941
as Pompey
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
as Feets Johnson
The Get-Away
1941
as Moose Jones
Road to Zanzibar
1941
as Whiteface
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Mystery Sea Raider
1940
as First Fisherman
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
as Sam
The Return of Frank James
1940
as Pinky
Maryland
1940
as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Safari
1940
as Witch doctor
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
as Colored Gentleman
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Congo Maisie
1940
as Varnai