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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-02-21 (132 years old)

Place of Birth

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Ernest 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.

Known For

Acting

2004

1953

The Sun Shines Bright as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford

1950

The Beulah Show as Bill Jackson

1948

Half-Pint Pygmy as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)

1947

Banjo as Uncle Jasper
Blonde Savage as Tonga

1945

The Lost Weekend as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)

1944

1943

Stormy Weather as Jim Europe (uncredited)
Cabin in the Sky as Jim Henry

1941

The Get-Away as Moose Jones
The Pittsburgh Kid as Feets Johnson
Road to Zanzibar as Whiteface

1940

Santa Fe Trail as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again as Colored Gentleman
Castle on the Hudson as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Mystery Sea Raider as First Fisherman
Safari as Witch doctor
Maryland as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Congo Maisie as Varnai

1939

6,000 Enemies as Willie (uncredited)
Tell No Tales as Slab Griffin (uncredited)
Pacific Liner as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
Jesse James as Pinkie
Gone with the Wind as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)

1937

They Gave Him a Gun as Roustabout (uncredited)
Daughter of Shanghai as Sam Blike (uncredited)

1936

White Hunter as Abdi

1934

King for a Day as Mr. Brown