Personal Info
Ernest R. Whitman
Ernest Whitman
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
as Pit Crowd
The Sun Shines Bright
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
Half-Pint Pygmy
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Mordecai
Banjo
as Uncle Jasper
Blonde Savage
as Tonga
The Lost Weekend
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Dillinger
as Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Stormy Weather
as Jim Europe (uncredited)
