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.
Acted in 34
2000s
- 2004
1940s
- 1948
Half-Pint Pygmy
Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
- 1947
Banjo
Uncle Jasper
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Mordecai
- 1945
- 1944
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Movie
- 1943
Stormy Weather
Jim Europe (uncredited)
- 1941
Among the Living
Pompey
The Pittsburgh Kid
Feets Johnson
The Get-Away
Moose Jones
Road to Zanzibar
Whiteface
- 1940
Mystery Sea Raider
First Fisherman
Third Finger, Left Hand
Sam
Maryland
Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Safari
Witch doctor
Buck Benny Rides Again
Colored Gentleman
Castle on the Hudson
Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Congo Maisie
Varnai
1930s
- 1939
Tell No Tales
Slab Griffin (uncredited)
6,000 Enemies
Willie (uncredited)
Pacific Liner
Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
- 1937
Daughter of Shanghai
Sam Blike, Sam Blike (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
Roustabout (uncredited)
- 1936
White Hunter
Abdi
The Green Pastures
Pharaoh
