Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 21, 1893
Place of Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Also Known As
- Ernest R. Whitman
Ernest 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.
Known For - Movies
Gone with the Wind
as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
as Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Jesse James
as Pinkie
Stormy Weather
as Jim Europe (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Buck
Santa Fe Trail
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
The Green Pastures
as Pharaoh
The Sun Shines Bright
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
as Pit Crowd
The Return of Frank James
as Pinky