Ernest Whitman

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.

Cast

The Get-Away

Moose Jones

Third Finger, Left Hand

Sam

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Buck

King for a Day

Mr. Brown

Among the Living

Pompey

Banjo

Uncle Jasper

6,000 Enemies

Willie (uncredited)

White Hunter

Abdi

They Gave Him a Gun

Roustabout (uncredited)

Tell No Tales

Slab Griffin (uncredited)

Pacific Liner

Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)

Jesse James

Pinkie

Gone with the Wind

Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)

Blonde Savage

Tonga

The Lost Weekend

Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

The Sun Shines Bright

Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford

The Green Pastures

Pharaoh

Stormy Weather

Jim Europe (uncredited)

The Pittsburgh Kid

Feets Johnson

Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears

Unknown

The Return of Frank James

Pinky

Santa Fe Trail

Black Man in Barn (uncredited)

Buck Benny Rides Again

Colored Gentleman

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

Pit Crowd

Castle on the Hudson

Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)

Mystery Sea Raider

First Fisherman

Maryland

Clarence "Dogface" Reems

Safari

Witch doctor

Congo Maisie

Varnai

Half-Pint Pygmy

Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)

Cabin in the Sky

Jim Henry

Road to Zanzibar

Whiteface

My Brother Talks to Horses

Mr. Mordecai

Daughter of Shanghai

Sam Blike, Sam Blike (uncredited)