Ernest Anderson

Ernest Anderson

Ernest Anderson was born in Lynn MA and earned his high school diploma in Washington D.C. at Dunbar High School, formerly named The Preparatory High School for Colored Youth. Founded in 1891, it was America's first public high school for black students. He earned his bachelor's degree at Northwestern University's School of Drama and Speech. He moved to Hollywood and was working in the service department when Bette Davis arranged for him to interview for the role of Perry Clay in the film "In This Our Life" (1942). Mr. Anderson persuaded the director, John Huston, to change the racist dialog of his character typical of Hollywood in that era, to one of dignified intelligence and emotion. After serving his country in WWII, he returned to Warner Brothers where he continued to humanize the roles of America's black performers. He remained active in film until the late 1960's. He died in DeLand, Florida, on March 5, 2011.

  • Title : Ernest Anderson
  • Popularity : 1.158
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1915-08-25
  • Place of Birth : Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
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Ernest Anderson Movies

  • 1951
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    The Well

    The Well

    7 1951 HD

    In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing...

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  • 1942
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    In This Our Life

    In This Our Life

    6.7 1942 HD

    An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

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  • 1946
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    Without Reservations

    Without Reservations

    6.3 1946 HD

    Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who...

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  • 1947
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    Sport of Kings

    Sport of Kings

    1 1947 HD

    Two brothers from the North try to gain favor in the South after they inherit a horse farm in Kentucky.

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  • 1945
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    Lady on a Train

    Lady on a Train

    6.5 1945 HD

    While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one...

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  • 1949
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    East Side, West Side

    East Side, West Side

    7 1949 HD

    A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.

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  • 1952
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    Three for Bedroom C

    Three for Bedroom C

    1 1952 HD

    After beginning their train trip to California, a famous film actress and her daughter discover their compartment has also been assigned to a...

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  • 1959
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    North by Northwest

    North by Northwest

    8 1959 HD

    Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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  • 1950
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    Backfire

    Backfire

    5.8 1950 HD

    When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on...

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  • 1947
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    The Peanut Man

    The Peanut Man

    1 1947 HD

    At the offices of Consolidated Producers Corporation, producer Tony Paton is determined to make a film about the great African American chemist,...

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  • 1911
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    Lost in the Jungle

    Lost in the Jungle

    5 1911 HD

    Jan Kruga and his daughter Meta live on a farm in the Transvaal. The nearest neighbor, Sir John Morgan, lives 20 miles away, and it is only on rare...

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  • 1970
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    Tick... Tick... Tick...

    Tick... Tick... Tick...

    6.5 1970 HD

    Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

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  • 1950
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    Buccaneer's Girl

    Buccaneer's Girl

    5.6 1950 HD

    A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.

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  • 1962
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    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    7.9 1962 HD

    A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

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  • 1943
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    Princess O'Rourke

    Princess O'Rourke

    6.4 1943 HD

    A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.

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  • 1952
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    The Iron Mistress

    The Iron Mistress

    4.5 1952 HD

    In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge...

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  • 1978
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    Last of the Good Guys

    Last of the Good Guys

    1 1978 HD

    Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away...

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  • 1950
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    No Way Out

    No Way Out

    6.9 1950 HD

    Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.

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  • 1947
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    Riff-Raff

    Riff-Raff

    6.1 1947 HD

    A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oilfields when he hides a valuable map in plain sight.

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  • 1968
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    The Legend of Lylah Clare

    The Legend of Lylah Clare

    6.1 1968 HD

    A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.

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  • 1952
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6.125 1952 HD

    Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer...

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