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Ernest Whitman

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

Born: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, 1893-02-21

Died: 1954-08-05

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	King for a Day	Mr. Brown	60
2	1936	The Prisoner of Shark Island	Buck	68
3	1936	The Green Pastures	Pharaoh	63
4	1936	White Hunter	Abdi	0
5	1937	They Gave Him a Gun	Roustabout (uncredited)	62
6	1937	Daughter of Shanghai	Sam Blike	54
7	1937	Daughter of Shanghai	Sam Blike (uncredited)	54
8	1939	Pacific Liner	Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)	53
9	1939	Jesse James	Pinkie	64
10	1939	6,000 Enemies	Willie (uncredited)	60
11	1939	Tell No Tales	Slab Griffin (uncredited)	53
12	1939	Gone with the Wind	Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)	79
13	1940	Congo Maisie	Varnai	42
14	1940	Castle on the Hudson	Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)	68
15	1940	Buck Benny Rides Again	Colored Gentleman	0
16	1940	Safari	Witch doctor	40
17	1940	Maryland	Clarence "Dogface" Reems	62
18	1940	The Return of Frank James	Pinky	63
19	1940	Third Finger, Left Hand	Sam	68
20	1940	Mystery Sea Raider	First Fisherman	30
21	1940	Santa Fe Trail	Black Man in Barn (uncredited)	57
22	1941	Road to Zanzibar	Whiteface	63
23	1941	The Get-Away	Moose Jones	54
24	1941	The Pittsburgh Kid	Feets Johnson	0
25	1941	Among the Living	Pompey	60
26	1943	Cabin in the Sky	Jim Henry	65
27	1943	Stormy Weather	Jim Europe (uncredited)	69
28	1944	Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears		58
29	1945	The Lost Weekend	Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)	76
30	1947	My Brother Talks to Horses	Mr. Mordecai	60
31	1947	Banjo	Uncle Jasper	75
32	1947	Blonde Savage	Tonga	41
33	1948	Half-Pint Pygmy	Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)	60
34	1953	The Sun Shines Bright	Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford	65
35	2004	3: The Dale Earnhardt Story	Pit Crowd	75

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The Beulah Show	Bill Jackson	70