Acting credits
34
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Ernest Whitman
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 34Series: 0
TMDB ID: 96258
IMDb ID: nm0926137
Known for: Acting
Born: February 21, 1893
Died: August 5, 1954
Age: 61
Place of birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1936 - 2004
Years active: 69
Average TMDB rating: 6.68
Wikidata: Q3057212
Also known as
Ernest R. 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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ernest Whitman.
as Pit Crowd
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004 • Movie
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
The Sun Shines Bright
1953 • Movie
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
Half-Pint Pygmy
1948 • Movie
as Tonga
Blonde Savage
1947 • Movie
as Uncle Jasper
Banjo
1947 • Movie
as Mr. Mordecai
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947 • Movie
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
1945 • Movie
as Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Dillinger
1945 • Movie
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1944 • Movie
as Jim Europe (uncredited)
Stormy Weather
1943 • Movie
as Jim Henry
Cabin in the Sky
1943 • Movie
as Pompey
Among the Living
1941 • Movie
as Feets Johnson
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941 • Movie
as Moose Jones
The Get-Away
1941 • Movie
as Whiteface
Road to Zanzibar
1941 • Movie
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
1940 • Movie
as First Fisherman
Mystery Sea Raider
1940 • Movie
as Sam
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 • Movie
as Pinky
The Return of Frank James
1940 • Movie
as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Maryland
1940 • Movie
as Witch doctor
Safari
1940 • Movie
as Colored Gentleman
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940 • Movie
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
1940 • Movie
as Varnai
Congo Maisie
1940 • Movie