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

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