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
E. Alyn Warren
Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
George MacQuarrie
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Una Merkel
Ann Rutledge
Ian Keith
John Wilkes Booth
Helen Freeman
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Mary Forbes
Actress (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Confederate Courier (uncredited)
Cameron Prud'Homme
John Hay - Secretary to the President
Kay Hammond
Mary Todd Lincoln
Robert Keith
Union Courier (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel
Secretary of War Stanton
Ralph Lewis
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Walter Huston
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Kolker
New Englander (uncredited)
Robert Homans
A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
Lincoln's Employer
Jason Robards Sr.
Herndon
Scott Seaton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)
Helen Ware
Mrs. Edwards
Henry B. Walthall
Colonel Marshall
Maurice Black
Conspirator (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Armstrong
Lucille La Verne
Mid-Wife
Kernan Cripps
Conspirator (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Hobart Bosworth
General Robert E. Lee
Otto Hoffman
Offut
Frank Campeau
General Sheridan
Robert Brower
(uncredited)
Kathrin Clare Ward
Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)
Charles Crockett
Sheriff
William L. Thorne
Tom Lincoln
James Bradbury Sr.
Gen. Winfield Scott
Gordon Thorpe
Tad Lincoln
James Eagles
Young Soldier
Jane Keckley
Matchmaker (uncredited)
Herbert Sutch

Your rating