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

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