Acting
Ernest Whitman
Born February 21, 1893 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Died August 5, 1954 · aged 61
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
Gone with the Wind · 1939Gone with the Wind
★ 7.91939
MovieDramaWar
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
The Return of Frank James · 1940The Return of Frank James
★ 6.41940
MovieWestern
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
The Prisoner of Shark Island · 1936The Prisoner of Shark Island
★ 6.81936
MovieDramaHistory
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
The Lost Weekend · 1945The Lost Weekend
★ 7.61945
MovieDrama
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
Jesse James · 1939Jesse James
★ 6.61939
MovieWestern
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
Santa Fe Trail · 1940Santa Fe Trail
★ 5.81940
MovieWestern
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
Dillinger · 1945Dillinger
★ 5.91945
MovieDramaAction
The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.
Castle on the Hudson · 1940Castle on the Hudson
★ 7.01940
MovieCrimeDrama
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Filmography
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Gone with the Wind · 1939Gone with the Wind
★ 7.91939
MovieDramaWar
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend · 1945The Lost Weekend
★ 7.61945
MovieDrama
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
Dillinger · 1945Dillinger
★ 5.91945
MovieDramaAction
The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.
Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson · 1940Castle on the Hudson
★ 7.01940
MovieCrimeDrama
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
Tell No Tales · 1939Tell No Tales
★ 5.41939
MovieCrimeMystery
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
Slab Griffin (uncredited)
