Ernest Whitman

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Ernest Whitman

Acting February 21, 1893

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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 Jam…

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Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

7.9 1939 Movie
The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

7.6 1945 Movie
The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James

6.4 1940 Movie
Jesse James

Jesse James

6.6 1939 Movie
Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail

5.8 1940 Movie
The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island

6.9 1936 Movie
Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky

6.5 1943 Movie
The Sun Shines Bright

The Sun Shines Bright

6.6 1953 Movie
Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather

6.8 1943 Movie
Road to Zanzibar

Road to Zanzibar

6.4 1941 Movie
Dillinger

Dillinger

5.9 1945 Movie
Among the Living

Among the Living

6.1 1941 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2004
    3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

    Movie Pit Crowd

  2. 1953
    The Sun Shines Bright

    Movie Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford

  3. 1950
    The Beulah Show

    TV show Bill Jackson

  4. 1948
    Half-Pint Pygmy

    Movie Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)

  5. 1947
    Blonde Savage

    Movie Tonga

  6. 1947
    Banjo

    Movie Uncle Jasper

  7. 1947
    My Brother Talks to Horses

    Movie Mr. Mordecai

  8. 1945
    The Lost Weekend

    Movie Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

  9. 1945
    Dillinger

    Movie Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)

  10. 1944
    Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

    Movie

  11. 1943
    Stormy Weather

    Movie Jim Europe (uncredited)

  12. 1943
    Cabin in the Sky

    Movie Jim Henry

  13. 1941
    Among the Living

    Movie Pompey

  14. 1941
    The Pittsburgh Kid

    Movie Feets Johnson

  15. 1941
    The Get-Away

    Movie Moose Jones

  16. 1941
    Road to Zanzibar

    Movie Whiteface

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  1. 1940
    Santa Fe Trail

    Movie Black Man in Barn (uncredited)

  2. 1940
    Mystery Sea Raider

    Movie First Fisherman

  3. 1940
    Third Finger, Left Hand

    Movie Sam

  4. 1940
    The Return of Frank James

    Movie Pinky

  5. 1940
    Maryland

    Movie Clarence "Dogface" Reems

  6. 1940
    Safari

    Movie Witch doctor

  7. 1940
    Buck Benny Rides Again

    Movie Colored Gentleman

  8. 1940
    Castle on the Hudson

    Movie Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)

  9. 1940
    Congo Maisie

    Movie Varnai

  10. 1939
    Gone with the Wind

    Movie Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)

  11. 1939
    Tell No Tales

    Movie Slab Griffin (uncredited)

  12. 1939
    6,000 Enemies

    Movie Willie (uncredited)

  13. 1939
    Jesse James

    Movie Pinkie

  14. 1939
    Pacific Liner

    Movie Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)

  15. 1937
    Daughter of Shanghai

    Movie Sam Blike

  16. 1937
    They Gave Him a Gun

    Movie Roustabout (uncredited)

  17. 1936
    White Hunter

    Movie Abdi

  18. 1936
    The Green Pastures

    Movie Pharaoh

  19. 1936
    The Prisoner of Shark Island

    Movie Buck

  20. 1934
    King for a Day

    Movie Mr. Brown