Person Details

Birthday: 1893-02-21 11:47:08

Death: 1954-08-05 11:47:08

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Fort Smitth, AR

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Movie Involvements: 27

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Gone with the Wind
Average
8

Gone with the Wind

(1939) Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
Average
8

The Lost Weekend

(1945) Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
The Return of Frank James
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6
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Average
7
Jesse James
Average
6

Jesse James

(1939) Pinkie
Santa Fe Trail
Average
6

Santa Fe Trail

(1940) Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Stormy Weather
Average
7

Stormy Weather

(1943) Jim Europe (uncredited)
Daughter of Shanghai
Average
6

Daughter of Shanghai

(1937) Sam Blike (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2004 Pit Crowd
1953 Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1950 Bill Jackson
1948 Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1947 Tonga
Uncle Jasper
Mr. Mordecai
1945 Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
1944 N/A
1943 Jim Europe (uncredited)
Jim Henry
1941 Pompey
Feets Johnson
Moose Jones
Whiteface
1940 Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
First Fisherman
Sam
Pinky
Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Witch doctor
Colored Gentleman
Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Varnai
1939 Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
Slab Griffin (uncredited)
Willie (uncredited)
Pinkie
Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
1937 Sam Blike
Sam Blike (uncredited)
Roustabout (uncredited)
1936 Abdi
Pharaoh
Buck
1934 Mr. Brown
Year Character Movie/Tv

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