Ernest Whitman
Date of birth: 1893-02-21
Place of birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ernest R. 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.
Movie Credits
The Get-Away
1941-06-13
A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940-10-11
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleague
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936-02-28
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of Presid
King for a Day
1934-06-29
A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership
Among the Living
1941-12-12
A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for hi
Banjo
1947-05-15
Family drama about a young farm girl, suddenly orphaned, who must give up her beloved dog when she's
6,000 Enemies
1939-06-09
A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery char
White Hunter
1936-11-25
Safari guide Capt. Clark Rutledge is hired by the man Michael Varek who was responsible for his fat
They Gave Him a Gun
1937-05-07
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
Tell No Tales
1939-06-12
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save
Pacific Liner
1939-01-06
The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's
Jesse James
1939-01-14
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn t
Gone with the Wind
1939-12-15
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical prof
Blonde Savage
1947-11-22
An expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall Caucasian blonde woman.
The Lost Weekend
1945-11-29
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... b
The Sun Shines Bright
1953-05-02
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involve
The Green Pastures
1936-08-01
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described
Stormy Weather
1943-07-21
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941-08-29
Unable to sign boxer Joe Louis to movie contract, Republic Pictures had to make do with the losers o
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1944-09-02
The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting i
The Return of Frank James
1940-08-10
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, G
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940-05-31
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of ri
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004-12-11
A biopic of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr., documenting the driver's career from his earliest day
Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Mystery Sea Raider
1940-10-26
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship"
Maryland
1940-07-19
A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with ho
Safari
1940-06-14
Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hu
Congo Maisie
1940-01-19
Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, cro
Half-Pint Pygmy
1948-08-07
George and Junior hunt for the world's smallest pygmy.
Cabin in the Sky
1943-03-24
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where h
Road to Zanzibar
1941-04-11
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring t
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947-02-04
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horse
Daughter of Shanghai
1937-12-17
A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.
Daughter of Shanghai
1937-12-17
A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.