Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 21, 1893
Died
August 5, 1954
Age
61
Place of Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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Ernest Whitman
Acting
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.
Also known as
Ernest R. Whitman
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Known For
7.9
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Movie
7.3
The Beulah Show
1950 · TV
7.6
The Lost Weekend
1945 · Movie
6.5
Jesse James
1939 · Movie
6.3
The Return of Frank James
1940 · Movie
5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Movie
6.5
The Sun Shines Bright
1953 · Movie
6.9
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · Movie
4.7
Blonde Savage
1947 · Movie
6.5
Cabin in the Sky
1943 · Movie
5.0
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940 · Movie
6.4
Road to Zanzibar
1941 · Movie
Filmography
2004
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Movie · Pit Crowd
7.6
1953
The Sun Shines Bright
Movie · Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
6.5
1950
The Beulah Show
TV · Bill Jackson
7.3
1948
Half-Pint Pygmy
Movie · Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
5.9
1947
Blonde Savage
Movie · Tonga
4.7
1947
Banjo
Movie · Uncle Jasper
7.7
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
Movie · Mr. Mordecai
7.5
1945
The Lost Weekend
Movie · Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
7.6
1945
Dillinger
Movie · Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
5.9
1944
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Movie
6.2
1943
Stormy Weather
Movie · Jim Europe (uncredited)
6.9
1943
Cabin in the Sky
Movie · Jim Henry
6.5
1941
Among the Living
Movie · Pompey
6.1
1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
Movie · Feets Johnson
7.0
1941
The Get-Away
Movie · Moose Jones
6.0
1941
Road to Zanzibar
Movie · Whiteface
6.4
1940
Santa Fe Trail
Movie · Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
5.8
1940
Mystery Sea Raider
Movie · First Fisherman
6.0
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
Movie · Sam
7.0
1940
The Return of Frank James
Movie · Pinky
6.3
1940
Maryland
Movie · Clarence "Dogface" Reems
6.5
1940
Safari
Movie · Witch doctor
6.5
1940
Buck Benny Rides Again
Movie · Colored Gentleman
5.0
1940
Castle on the Hudson
Movie · Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
7.0