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Ernest Whitman

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Ernest Whitman

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Born: February 21, 1893
Died: August 5, 1954
From: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Also known as

Ernest R. 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

The Return of Frank James

The Lost Weekend

Jesse James

Half-Pint Pygmy

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Among the Living

Road to Zanzibar

Filmography

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2004

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

Acting (Pit Crowd)

1953

The Sun Shines Bright

Acting (Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford)

1950

The Beulah Show

Acting (Bill Jackson) 2 EP

1948

Half-Pint Pygmy

Acting (Pygmy (voice) (uncredited))

1947

Blonde Savage

Acting (Tonga)

Acting (Uncle Jasper)

My Brother Talks to Horses

Acting (Mr. Mordecai)

1945

The Lost Weekend

Acting (Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited))

Acting (Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited))

1944

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

1943

Stormy Weather

Acting (Jim Europe (uncredited))

Cabin in the Sky

Acting (Jim Henry)

1941

Among the Living

Acting (Pompey)

The Pittsburgh Kid

Acting (Feets Johnson)

The Get-Away

Acting (Moose Jones)

Road to Zanzibar

Acting (Whiteface)

1940

Santa Fe Trail

Acting (Black Man in Barn (uncredited))

Mystery Sea Raider

Acting (First Fisherman)

Third Finger, Left Hand

Acting (Sam)

The Return of Frank James

Acting (Pinky)

Acting (Clarence "Dogface" Reems)

Acting (Witch doctor)

Buck Benny Rides Again

Acting (Colored Gentleman)

Castle on the Hudson

Acting (Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited))

Congo Maisie

Acting (Varnai)

1939

Gone with the Wind

Acting (Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited))

Tell No Tales

Acting (Slab Griffin (uncredited))

6,000 Enemies

Acting (Willie (uncredited))

Jesse James

Acting (Pinkie)

Pacific Liner

Acting (Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited))

1937

Daughter of Shanghai

Acting (Sam Blike) Acting (Sam Blike (uncredited))

They Gave Him a Gun

Acting (Roustabout (uncredited))