Actor
Ernest Whitman
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 James (1940). He died on August 5, 1954, in Hollywood, California, of a heart attack.
Notable work
Often works with
Oscar Polk
3 titles together
Gone with the Wind, Cabin in the Sky, The Green Pastures
John Carradine
3 titles together
The Return of Frank James, Jesse James, The Prisoner of Shark Island
Donald Meek
3 titles together
The Return of Frank James, Jesse James, Third Finger, Left Hand
Henry O'Neill
3 titles together
Santa Fe Trail, The Sun Shines Bright, Castle on the Hudson
Olivia de Havilland
2 titles together
Gone with the Wind, Santa Fe Trail
Butterfly McQueen
2 titles together
Gone with the Wind, Cabin in the Sky
Full filmography · 35
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
as Pit Crowd
20047.6
The Sun Shines Bright
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
19536.5
Half-Pint Pygmy
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1948
Blonde Savage
as Tonga
1947
Banjo
as Uncle Jasper
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Mordecai
1947
Dillinger
as Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
19455.9
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
cast
1944
Stormy Weather
as Jim Europe (uncredited)
19436.9
Cabin in the Sky
as Jim Henry
19436.5
Among the Living
as Pompey
19416.1
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Feets Johnson
1941