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: 23

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)
Jesse James
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6

Jesse James

(1939) Pinkie
The Return of Frank James
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6
Santa Fe Trail
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6

Santa Fe Trail

(1940) Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Among the Living
Average
6

Among the Living

(1941) Pompey
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Average
7
Cabin in the Sky
Average
6

Cabin in the Sky

(1943) Jim Henry

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1953 Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
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
Roustabout (uncredited)
1936 Abdi
Buck
1934 Mr. Brown
Year Character Movie/Tv

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