Cast and credits of The Birth of a Nation

Directed by

D.W. Griffith

Starring (View all) :

Lillian Gish

Elsie Stoneman

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron (as Henry Walthall)

Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden

Lydia Brown

Ralph Lewis

Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann

George Siegmann

Silas Lynch (as George Seigmann)

Walter Long

Gus

Robert Harron

Tod Stoneman

Wallace Reid

Jeff (blacksmith) (as Wallace Reed)

Joseph Henabery

Joseph Henabery

Abraham Lincoln / 13 other bits (as Jos. Henabery)

Elmer Clifton

Phil Stoneman

Josephine Crowell

Josephine Crowell

Mrs. Cameron

Spottiswoode Aitken

Spottiswoode Aitken

Dr. Cameron

George Beranger

George Beranger

Wade Cameron (as J.A. Beringer)

Maxfield Stanley

Maxfield Stanley

Duke Cameron

Jennie Lee

Mammy

Donald Crisp

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Howard Gaye

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Tom Wilson

Stoneman's servant (as Thomas Wilson)

Monte Blue

Bit Role (uncredited)

Bobby Burns

Klan leader (uncredited)

Edmund Burns

Klansman (uncredited)

Edward Burns

Klansman (uncredited)

Fred Burns

Klansman (uncredited)

David Butler

Northern soldier / Confederate soldier (uncredited

Peggy Cartwright

Peggy Cartwright

Young girl (uncredited)

William E. Cassidy

William E. Cassidy

Bit Role (uncredited)

Dark Cloud

A general (uncredited)

Lenore Cooper

Elsie's maid (uncredited)

Sam De Grasse

Sen. Sumner (uncredited)

William De Vaull

William De Vaull

Jake (uncredited)

Charles Eagle Eye

Charles Eagle Eye

Man who falls from roof (uncredited)

John Ford

Klansman on horse holding up hood with hand (uncre

Alberta Franklin

Alberta Franklin

(uncredited)

William Freeman

William Freeman

The sentry (uncredited)

Gibson Gowland

Bit Role (uncredited)

Olga Grey

Laura Keene (uncredited)

D.W. Griffith

Himself (1931 reissue version) (uncredited)

Fred Hamer

(uncredited)

Russell Hicks

(uncredited)

Walter Huston

Himself (1931 reissue version) (uncredited)

Charles King

Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Alberta Lee

Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln

Blacksmith (uncredited)

Donna Montran

Belles of 1861 (uncredited)

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

Union soldier (uncredited)

Vester Pegg

(uncredited)

Alma Rubens

Belles of 1861 (uncredited)

Allan Sears

Klansman (uncredited)

Charles Stevens

Charles Stevens

Volunteer (uncredited)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Black woman (Dr. Cameron's taunter) (uncredited)

Raoul Walsh

John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)

Jules White

(uncredited)

Violet Wilkey

Flora as a child (uncredited)

Mary Wynn

(uncredited)

Written by (View all) :

Thomas F. Dixon Jr.

Thomas F. Dixon Jr.

(novel The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the

D.W. Griffith

(writer)

Frank E. Woods

(writer)