History Drama
A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Francis Ford
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
Una Merkel
Ann Rutledge
Ralph Lewis
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
Lincoln's Employer
Hobart Bosworth
General Robert E. Lee
Scott Seaton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel
Secretary of War Stanton
Mary Forbes
Actress (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren
Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
Walter Huston
Abraham Lincoln
Henry B. Walthall
Colonel Marshall
Ed Brady
Confederate Courier (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Herndon
Robert Homans
A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
Kay Hammond
Mary Todd Lincoln
Henry Kolker
New Englander (uncredited)
Robert Keith
Union Courier (uncredited)
Helen Ware
Mrs. Edwards
Lucille La Verne
Mid-Wife
Hank Bell
Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Armstrong
Otto Hoffman
Offut
Helen Freeman
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Harry Stubbs
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Maurice Black
Conspirator (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Conspirator (uncredited)
George MacQuarrie
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Ian Keith
John Wilkes Booth
Frank Campeau
General Sheridan
Carl Stockdale
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Robert Brower
(uncredited)
Kathrin Clare Ward
Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)
Charles Crockett
Sheriff
James Bradbury Sr.
Gen. Winfield Scott
William L. Thorne
Tom Lincoln
Cameron Prud'Homme
John Hay - Secretary to the President
Gordon Thorpe
Tad Lincoln
James Eagles
Young Soldier
Jane Keckley
Matchmaker (uncredited)
Herbert Sutch

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