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.
The Get-Away
Moose Jones
Third Finger, Left Hand
Sam
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Buck
Among the Living
Pompey
Banjo
Uncle Jasper
6,000 Enemies
Willie (uncredited)
White Hunter
Abdi
They Gave Him a Gun
Roustabout (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
Slab Griffin (uncredited)
Pacific Liner
Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
Jesse James
Pinkie
Gone with the Wind
Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
Blonde Savage
Tonga
The Lost Weekend
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
The Sun Shines Bright
Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
The Green Pastures
Pharaoh
Stormy Weather
Jim Europe (uncredited)
The Pittsburgh Kid
Feets Johnson
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
The Return of Frank James
Pinky
Santa Fe Trail
Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
Colored Gentleman
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Pit Crowd
Castle on the Hudson
Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Mystery Sea Raider
First Fisherman
Safari
Witch doctor
Maryland
Clarence "Dogface" Reems
Congo Maisie
Varnai
Half-Pint Pygmy
Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
Cabin in the Sky
Jim Henry
Road to Zanzibar
Whiteface
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mr. Mordecai
Daughter of Shanghai
Sam Blike (uncredited)
Daughter of Shanghai
Sam Blike (uncredited)