Ernest Whitman (February 21, 1893 – August 5, 1954) was an American stage and screen actor.

[5] 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.

On radio, Whitman was the wartime host of the Armed Forces Radio Service's Jubilee, which was designed for African-American troops and featured mostly African-American entertainers.

[7] He played Bill Jackson on Beulah on radio[6] and on TV.

[8] Whitman died at his home[9] of a liver ailment on August 5, 1954, in Hollywood,[10] aged 61.