Ernest Whitman

Ernest Whitman
Ernest Whitman as "Bill" with Amanda Randolph in the title role of The Beulah Show on radio (1953)
Born	Ernest Whitman (1893-02-21)February 21, 1893 Fort Smith, Arkansas. U.S.
Died	August 5, 1954(1954-08-05) (aged 61) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor

Ernest Whitman (February 21, 1893 - August 5, 1954) was an American stage and screen actor. His nickname was Bubbles.

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), Third Finger, Left Hand (1940), Among the Living (1941), Road to Zanzibar (1941), Cabin in the Sky (1943), Stormy Weather (1943), The Lost Weekend (1945), My Brother Talks to Horses (1947), Banjo (1947) and The Sun Shines Bright (1953), his last movie.

Whitman also performed on stage, with a role in The Last Mile and various other productions.

Whitman was the wartime host of the Armed Forces Radio Service Jubilee radio show which was designed for African-American troops and featured mostly African-American entertainers. He portrayed the character Bill Jackson in The Beulah Show on radio from 1952 to 1953.

Broadway roles

Whitman as Vincent Jackson in the Broadway play, The Last Mile, 1930.

• The Last Mile (1930) as Vincent Jackson
• Chamberlain Brown's Scrap Book (1932) as Ashley the penitent

Death

Whitman died of a liver ailment on August 5, 1954 in Hollywood.

Partial filmography

• King for a Day (1934, Short) - Mr. Brown
• The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) - 'Buck' Milford
• The Green Pastures (1936) - Pharaoh
• White Hunter (1936) - Abdi
• They Gave Him a Gun (1937) - Roustabout (uncredited)
• Nothing Sacred (1937) - Policeman (uncredited)
• Daughter of Shanghai (1937) - Sam Blike (uncredited)
• Pacific Liner (1939) - Professor - Black Stoker (uncredited)
• Jesse James (1939) - Pinkie
• Tell No Tales (1939) - Slab Griffin (uncredited)
• 6,000 Enemies (1939) - Black Prisoner Willie Johnson (uncredited)
• Gone With the Wind (1939) - carpetbagger's Friend (uncredited)
• Congo Maisie (1940) - Varnai
• Castle on the Hudson (1940) - Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton (uncredited)
• Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) - Colored Gentleman (uncredited)
• Safari (1940) - Witch doctor (uncredited)
• Maryland (1940) - Dogface
• Mystery Sea Raider (1940) - First Fisherman (uncredited)
• The Return of Frank James (1940) - Pinky
• Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) - Sam
• Santa Fe Trail (1940) - Black Man in Barn (uncredited)
• Back Street (1941) - Porter #1 (uncredited)
• Road to Zanzibar (1941) - Whiteface
• The Get-Away (1941) - 'Moose'
• The Pittsburgh Kid (1941) - Feets Johnson
• Married Bachelor (1941) - Black Men's Room Attendant (uncredited)
• Birth of the Blues (1941) - Fancy-Pants, Doorman (uncredited)
• Blues in the Night (1941) - Black Prisoner #1 (uncredited)
• Among the Living (1941) - Pompey
• Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941) - Sam (uncredited)
• The Bugle Sounds (1942) - Cartaret
• Drums of the Congo (1942) - King Malaba
• Arabian Nights (1942) - Nubian Slave (uncredited)
• The Human Comedy (1943) - Black Man on Train (uncredited)
• Cabin in the Sky (1943) - Jim Henry
• Stormy Weather (1943) - Jim Europe (uncredited)
• The Impostor (1944) - Ekoua
• The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - Stoker (uncredited)
• Dillinger (1945) - Jack - Black Prisoner (uncredited)
• The Lost Weekend (1945) - Black Man Talking to Himself (uncredited)
• She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945) - Train Bartender (uncredited)
• My Brother Talks to Horses (1947) - Mr. Mordecai
• Banjo (1947) - Uncle Jasper
• Blonde Savage (1947) - Tonga
• The Sun Shines Bright (1953) - Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford (final film role)

External links

• Ernest Whitman at IMDb
• Ernest Whitman at the Internet Broadway Database