Ernest Whitman
ActingErnest 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
Santa Fe Trail
Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Stormy Weather
Jim Europe (uncredited)
The Sun Shines Bright
Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
Cabin in the Sky
Jim Henry
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Buck
Third Finger, Left Hand
Sam
Filmography — Acting
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
Santa Fe Trail
Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Stormy Weather
Jim Europe (uncredited)
The Sun Shines Bright
Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
Cabin in the Sky
Jim Henry
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Buck
Third Finger, Left Hand
Sam
Dillinger
Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Safari
Witch doctor
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Pit Crowd
Among the Living
Pompey
Road to Zanzibar
Whiteface
Daughter of Shanghai
Sam Blike
Banjo
Uncle Jasper
The Green Pastures
Pharaoh
Buck Benny Rides Again
Colored Gentleman
Blonde Savage
Tonga
Maryland
Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Tell No Tales
Slab Griffin (uncredited)
Congo Maisie
Varnai
6,000 Enemies
Willie (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
Roustabout (uncredited)
The Get-Away
Moose Jones
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Mordecai
The Pittsburgh Kid
Feets Johnson
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Pacific Liner
Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
White Hunter
Abdi
King for a Day
Mr. Brown
Mystery Sea Raider
First Fisherman
Half-Pint Pygmy
Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)