History Drama
An episodic dramatization of the 18th President of the United States' life, including his early years, affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, debates with Stephen A. Douglas, the election of 1860, his presidency during the Civil War, and finally his assassination at Ford's Theater in 1865.
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Mary Forbes
Actress (uncredited)
Lucille La Verne
Mid-Wife
Henry B. Walthall
Colonel Marshall
Una Merkel
Ann Rutledge
Jason Robards Sr.
Herndon
Oscar Apfel
Secretary of War Stanton
Walter Huston
Abraham Lincoln
Robert Keith
Union Courier (uncredited)
Robert Homans
A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
New Englander (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
Lincoln's Employer
Hobart Bosworth
General Robert E. Lee
Francis Ford
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Armstrong
Carl Stockdale
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Ian Keith
John Wilkes Booth
E. Alyn Warren
Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
Otto Hoffman
Offut
Ed Brady
Confederate Courier (uncredited)
Ralph Lewis
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Frank Campeau
General Sheridan
Maurice Black
Conspirator (uncredited)
Helen Freeman
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Jane Keckley
Matchmaker (uncredited)
Kay Hammond
Mary Todd Lincoln
Kathrin Clare Ward
Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Conspirator (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)
Charles Crockett
Sheriff
Scott Seaton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert Brower
(uncredited)
William L. Thorne
Tom Lincoln
George MacQuarrie
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
James Bradbury Sr.
Gen. Winfield Scott
Harry Stubbs
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Cameron Prud'Homme
John Hay - Secretary to the President
Helen Ware
Mrs. Edwards
Gordon Thorpe
Tad Lincoln
James Eagles
Young Soldier
Herbert Sutch

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