| Ernest Whitman | |
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Ernest Whitman with Amanda Randolph in Beulah (1953) |
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| Born | Ernest Whitman February 21, 1893 Fort Smith, Arkansas |
| Died | August 5, 1954 (aged 61) Hollywood, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
Ernest Whitman (February 21, 1893 Fort Smith, Arkansas – August 5, 1954 Hollywood, California) was an African American television and film actor.[1]
He appeared in a number of films, including King for a Day (1934), The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936), The Green Pastures (1936), Jesse James (1939), Gone With the Wind (1939), Among the Living (1941), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Cabin in the Sky (1943), Stormy Weather (1943), The Lost Weekend (1945), My Brother Talk to Horses (1947), Banjo (1947) and The Sun Shines Bright (1953), his last movie.
He portrayed the character Bill Jackson in The Beulah Show on radio from 1952 to 1953.[2]
Whitman died of a liver ailment on August 5, 1954 in Hollywood.[3]