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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.

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
as Pit Crowd

The Sun Shines Bright
as Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
The Beulah Show
as Bill Jackson

Half-Pint Pygmy
as Pygmy (voice) (uncredited)

Blonde Savage
as Tonga

Banjo
as Uncle Jasper

My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mr. Mordecai

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)

Cabin in the Sky
as Jim Henry

Among the Living
as Pompey

The Pittsburgh Kid
as Feets Johnson

The Get-Away
as Moose Jones

Road to Zanzibar
as Whiteface

Santa Fe Trail
as Black Man in Barn (uncredited)

Mystery Sea Raider
as First Fisherman

Third Finger, Left Hand
as Sam

The Return of Frank James
as Pinky

Maryland
as Clarence "Dogface" Reems

Safari
as Witch doctor

Buck Benny Rides Again
as Colored Gentleman

Castle on the Hudson
as Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)

Congo Maisie
as Varnai

Gone with the Wind
as Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)

Tell No Tales
as Slab Griffin (uncredited)

6,000 Enemies
as Willie (uncredited)

Jesse James
as Pinkie

Pacific Liner
as Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)

Daughter of Shanghai
as Sam Blike

They Gave Him a Gun
as Roustabout (uncredited)

White Hunter
as Abdi

The Green Pastures
as Pharaoh

The Prisoner of Shark Island
as Buck
King for a Day
as Mr. Brown