Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

36

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-02-21

Day of Death

1954-08-05 (61 years old)

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.

Known For

Banjo

Banjo

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

Acting

The Get-Away

1941

The Get-Away

as

Moose Jones

Third Finger, Left Hand

1940

Third Finger, Left Hand

as

Sam

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

as

Buck

King for a Day

1934

King for a Day

as

Mr. Brown

Among the Living

1941

Among the Living

as

Pompey

Banjo

1947

Banjo

as

Uncle Jasper

6,000 Enemies

1939

6,000 Enemies

as

Willie (uncredited)

White Hunter

1936

White Hunter

as

Abdi

They Gave Him a Gun

1937

They Gave Him a Gun

as

Roustabout (uncredited)

Tell No Tales

1939

Tell No Tales

as

Slab Griffin (uncredited)

Pacific Liner

1939

Pacific Liner

as

Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)

Jesse James

1939

Jesse James

as

Pinkie

Gone with the Wind

1939

Gone with the Wind

as

Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)

Blonde Savage

1947

Blonde Savage

as

Tonga

The Lost Weekend

1945

The Lost Weekend

as

Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

The Sun Shines Bright

1953

The Sun Shines Bright

as

Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford

The Green Pastures

1936

The Green Pastures

as

Pharaoh

Stormy Weather

1943

Stormy Weather

as

Jim Europe (uncredited)

The Pittsburgh Kid

1941

The Pittsburgh Kid

as

Feets Johnson

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

1944

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

as

The Return of Frank James

1940

The Return of Frank James

as

Pinky

Santa Fe Trail

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as

Black Man in Barn (uncredited)

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940

Buck Benny Rides Again

as

Colored Gentleman

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

2004

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

as

Pit Crowd

Castle on the Hudson

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as

Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)

Mystery Sea Raider

1940

Mystery Sea Raider

as

First Fisherman

Maryland

1940

Maryland

as

Clarence "Dogface" Reems

Safari

1940

Safari

as

Witch doctor

Congo Maisie

1940

Congo Maisie

as

Varnai

Half-Pint Pygmy

1948

Half-Pint Pygmy

as

Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)

Cabin in the Sky

1943

Cabin in the Sky

as

Jim Henry

Road to Zanzibar

1941

Road to Zanzibar

as

Whiteface

My Brother Talks to Horses

1947

My Brother Talks to Horses

as

Mr. Mordecai

Daughter of Shanghai

1937

Daughter of Shanghai

as

Sam Blike

Daughter of Shanghai

1937

Daughter of Shanghai

as

Sam Blike (uncredited)

The Beulah Show

The Beulah Show

as

Bill Jackson

Production

Crew

Directing