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

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