Ernest Whitman
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-02-21 (61 years old)
Deathday
1954-08-05
Place of Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Also known As
Ernest R. Whitman
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.
Acting
1941
as Moose Jones
1940
as Sam
1936
as Buck
1934
as Mr. Brown
1941
as Pompey
1947
as Uncle Jasper
1939
as Willie (uncredited)
1936
as Abdi
1937
as Roustabout (uncredited)
1939
as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
1939
as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
1939
as Pinkie
1939
as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
1947
as Tonga
1945
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
1953
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1936
as Pharaoh
1943
as Jim Europe (uncredited)
1941
as Feets Johnson
1940
as Pinky
1940
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
1940
as Colored Gentleman
2004
as Pit Crowd
1940
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
1940
as First Fisherman
1940
as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
1940
as Witch doctor
1940
as Varnai
1948
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1943
as Jim Henry
1941
as Whiteface
1947
as Mr. Mordecai
1937
as Sam Blike
1937
as Sam Blike (uncredited)
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