

Cast & creator
Best known for Gone with the Wind, The Beulah Show, The Lost Weekend
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.
Also known as: Ernest R. Whitman
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film credits
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television credits
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1934–2004 · acting roles
6.5
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Signature credits
Across film & television
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Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
1939Bill Jackson
1950
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
1945
Buck
1936
Pinkie
1939
Pit Crowd
2004
Pinky
1940
Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
1953
Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
1940
Sam
1940
Jim Henry
1943
Roustabout (uncredited)
1937
Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
1940
Colored Gentleman
1940
Mr. Mordecai
1947
Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
1939
Jim Europe (uncredited)
1943
Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
1945
Whiteface
1941

Sam Blike
1937
Sam Blike (uncredited)
1937
Pharaoh
1936
Slab Griffin (uncredited)
1939
Pompey
1941
Clarence "Dogface" Reems
1940
Tonga
1947
First Fisherman
1940
Moose Jones
1941
Witch doctor
1940
Willie (uncredited)
1939Mr. Brown
1934
Uncle Jasper
1947
Varnai
1940
Feets Johnson
1941
Abdi
1936
Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)
1948