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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Character: Pit Crowd
MOVIE • 2004
The Sun Shines Bright
Character: Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
MOVIE • 1953
The Beulah Show
Character: Bill Jackson
TV • 1950
Half-Pint Pygmy
Character: Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1948
Blonde Savage
Character: Tonga
MOVIE • 1947
Banjo
Character: Uncle Jasper
MOVIE • 1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
Character: Mr. Mordecai
MOVIE • 1947
The Lost Weekend
Character: Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1945
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Character:
MOVIE • 1944
Stormy Weather
Character: Jim Europe (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1943
Cabin in the Sky
Character: Jim Henry
MOVIE • 1943
Among the Living
Character: Pompey
MOVIE • 1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
Character: Feets Johnson
MOVIE • 1941
The Get-Away
Character: Moose Jones
MOVIE • 1941
Road to Zanzibar
Character: Whiteface
MOVIE • 1941
Santa Fe Trail
Character: Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1940
Mystery Sea Raider
Character: First Fisherman
MOVIE • 1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
Character: Sam
MOVIE • 1940
The Return of Frank James
Character: Pinky
MOVIE • 1940
Maryland
Character: Clarence "Dogface" Reems
MOVIE • 1940