Ernest Whitman
Acting
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
20043: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Pit Crowd
1953The Sun Shines Bright
Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1948Half-Pint Pygmy
Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1947Banjo
Uncle Jasper
1947Blonde Savage
Tonga
1947My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Mordecai
1945The Lost Weekend
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
1945Dillinger
Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
1944Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1943Stormy Weather
Jim Europe (uncredited)
1943Cabin in the Sky
Jim Henry
1941The Get-Away
Moose Jones
1941Among the Living
Pompey
1941The Pittsburgh Kid
Feets Johnson
1941Road to Zanzibar
Whiteface
1940Third Finger, Left Hand
Sam
1940The Return of Frank James
Pinky
1940Santa Fe Trail
Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
1940Buck Benny Rides Again
Colored Gentleman
1940Castle on the Hudson
Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
1940Mystery Sea Raider
First Fisherman
1940Safari
Witch doctor
1940Maryland
Clarence "Dogface" Reems
1940Congo Maisie
Varnai