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

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