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: 6.56
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.
7.5
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
as Pit Crowd
2004 Movie
6.4
The Sun Shines Bright
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1953 Movie
5.7
Half-Pint Pygmy
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1948 Movie
4.1
Blonde Savage
as Tonga
1947 Movie
7.5
Banjo
as Uncle Jasper
1947 Movie
6.0
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Mordecai
1947 Movie
7.6
The Lost Weekend
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
1945 Movie
5.8
Dillinger
as Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
1945 Movie
6.0
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1944 Movie
6.9
Stormy Weather
as Jim Europe (uncredited)
1943 Movie
6.5
Cabin in the Sky
as Jim Henry
1943 Movie
6.0
Among the Living
as Pompey
1941 Movie
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Feets Johnson
1941 Movie
5.4
The Get-Away
as Moose Jones
1941 Movie
6.3
Road to Zanzibar
as Whiteface
1941 Movie
5.7
Santa Fe Trail
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
1940 Movie
3.0
Mystery Sea Raider
as First Fisherman
1940 Movie
6.8
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Sam
1940 Movie
6.3
The Return of Frank James
as Pinky
1940 Movie
6.2
Maryland
as Clarence "Dogface" Reems
1940 Movie
4.0
Safari
as Witch doctor
1940 Movie
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Colored Gentleman
1940 Movie
6.8
Castle on the Hudson
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
1940 Movie
3.7
Congo Maisie
as Varnai
1940 Movie