Ernest Whitman
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.205 |
| Birthday | 1893-02-21 |
| Place of Birth | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA |
| Also Known As | Ernest R. Whitman, |
1941
The Get-Away
5.2/6
A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
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The Get-Away
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
6.8/12
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jef...
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Third Finger, Left Hand
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
6.9/49
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865...
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
1934
King for a Day
6/1
A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.
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King for a Day
1941
Among the Living
6/26
A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.
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Among the Living
1947
Banjo
7.5/2
Family drama about a young farm girl, suddenly orphaned, who must give up her beloved dog when she's sent to live with her aunt in Boston.
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Banjo
1939
6,000 Enemies
6/6
A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.
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6,000 Enemies
1936
White Hunter
0/0
Safari guide Capt. Clark Rutledge is hired by the man Michael Varek who was responsible for his father's death...
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White Hunter
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
6.2/5
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
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They Gave Him a Gun
1939
Tell No Tales
5.3/5
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
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Tell No Tales
1939
Pacific Liner
5.2/11
An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief eng...
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Pacific Liner
1939
Jesse James
6.4/94
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
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Jesse James
1939
Gone with the Wind
7.9/3980
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruc...
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Gone with the Wind
1947
Blonde Savage
4.7/7
An expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall Caucasian blonde woman.
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Blonde Savage
1945
The Lost Weekend
7.6/571
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Eva...
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The Lost Weekend
1953
The Sun Shines Bright
6.4/40
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a yo...
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The Sun Shines Bright
1936
The Green Pastures
6.3/14
God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black...
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The Green Pastures
1943
Stormy Weather
6.9/39
Dancing great Bill Williamson sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: Just back from World War I, he meets lovely singer...
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Stormy Weather
1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
0/0
Unable to sign boxer Joe Louis to movie contract, Republic Pictures had to make do with the losers of Louis' heavyweight championship bouts. One of th...
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The Pittsburgh Kid
1944
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
5.8/16
The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad W...
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Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1940
The Return of Frank James
6.3/123
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth...
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The Return of Frank James
1940
Santa Fe Trail
5.6/46
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assign...
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Santa Fe Trail
1940
Buck Benny Rides Again
0/0
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing...
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Buck Benny Rides Again
2004
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
7.5/18
A biopic of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr., documenting the driver's career from his earliest days onward and also looking at the family he built a...
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3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
1940
Castle on the Hudson
6.8/12
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
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Castle on the Hudson
1940
Mystery Sea Raider
3/1
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
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Mystery Sea Raider
1940
Safari
4/1
Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds unplanned ad...
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Safari
1940
Maryland
6.2/2
A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his fa...
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Maryland
1940
Congo Maisie
4.2/5
Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors. The romantic jungle has...
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Congo Maisie
1948
Half-Pint Pygmy
6/7
George and Junior hunt for the world's smallest pygmy.
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Half-Pint Pygmy
1943
Cabin in the Sky
6.3/37
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for si...
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Cabin in the Sky
1941
Road to Zanzibar
6.3/29
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.
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Road to Zanzibar
1947
My Brother Talks to Horses
6/1
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races. Wh...
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My Brother Talks to Horses
1937
Daughter of Shanghai
5.3/12
A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.
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