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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 21, 1893
Died
August 5, 1954
Place of Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
- Ernest R. Whitman
Ernest Whitman
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.5
Pit Crowd
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004
6.4
Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
🎬
6.5
Bill Jackson
The Beulah Show
1950
5.7
Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
Half-Pint Pygmy
1948
4.1
Tonga
Blonde Savage
1947
7.5
Uncle Jasper
Banjo
1947
6.0
Mr. Mordecai
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
7.6
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
1945
6.0
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1944
6.9
Jim Europe (uncredited)
Stormy Weather
1943
Credits
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
as Pit Crowd
2004
7.5
The Sun Shines Bright
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1953
6.4
🎬
The Beulah Show
as Bill Jackson
1950
6.5
Half-Pint Pygmy
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1948
5.7
Blonde Savage
as Tonga
1947
4.1
Banjo
as Uncle Jasper
1947
7.5
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Mordecai
1947
6.0
The Lost Weekend
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
1945
7.6
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1944
6.0
Stormy Weather
as Jim Europe (uncredited)
1943
6.9
Cabin in the Sky
as Jim Henry
1943
6.5
Among the Living
as Pompey
1941
6.0
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Feets Johnson
1941
0.0
The Get-Away
as Moose Jones
1941
5.4
Road to Zanzibar
as Whiteface
1941
6.3
Santa Fe Trail
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
1940
5.7
Mystery Sea Raider
as First Fisherman
1940
3.0
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Sam
1940
6.8
The Return of Frank James
as Pinky
1940
6.3
Maryland
as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
1940
6.2
Safari
as Witch doctor
1940
4.0
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Colored Gentleman
1940
0.0
Castle on the Hudson
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
1940
6.8
Congo Maisie
as Varnai
1940
3.7
Gone with the Wind
as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
1939
7.9
Tell No Tales
as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
1939
4.6
6,000 Enemies
as Willie (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Jesse James
as Pinkie
1939
6.5
Pacific Liner
as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
1939
5.2
Daughter of Shanghai
as Sam Blike
1937
5.1
Daughter of Shanghai
as Sam Blike (uncredited)
1937
5.1
They Gave Him a Gun
as Roustabout (uncredited)
1937
6.2
White Hunter
as Abdi
1936
0.0
The Green Pastures
as Pharaoh
1936
6.3
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Buck
1936
6.8
🎬
King for a Day
as Mr. Brown
1934
6.0