The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

120 minutes

2/2/1924

Overview

A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

Cast List

George A. Billings
as Abraham Lincoln
Danny Hoy
as Abraham Lincoln, 7 years old
Ruth Clifford
as Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
Nell Craig
as Mary Todd / Mrs. Lincoln
Irene Hunt
as Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Mother
Westcott Clarke
as Thomas Lincoln, Father
Fay McKenzie
as Sarah Lincoln
Charles K. French
as Isom Enlow, Neighbor
Calvert Carter
as Mr. Gollaher, Neighbor
Madge Hunt
as Mrs. Gollaher
Raymond Lee
as Austin Gollaher
Ida Mae McKenzie
as Sarah Lincoln, 10 years old
Ed Burns
as John McNeil
Pat Hartigan
as Jack Armstrong, leader of Clary Grove gang
Otis Harlan
as Denton Offut, Employer of Lincoln
Jules Hanft
as James Rutledge
Julia Hesse
as Mrs. Rutledge
Louise Fazenda
as Sally, a country girl
Robert Bolder
as A country politician
William Humphrey
as Stephen A. Douglas
William McIllwain
as Dr. Allen
Fred Kohler
as Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
Robert Milasch
as Southern planter
George Reehm
as Another planter
Genevieve Blinn
as Mary Todd's sister, Mrs. Ninian Edwards
Mickey Moore
as Willie Lincoln
Newton Hall
as Tad Lincoln
Francis Powers
as Richard J. Oglesby
Homer Willits
as John Hay, Secretary to the President
Jim Blackwell
as Tom, colored servant
A. Edward Sutherland
as William Scott, Union soldier
Frances Raymond
as Scott's mother
Jack Rollings
as Union sentry
Merrill McCormick
as Corporal of guard
Frank Newburg
as Bixby, Union soldier
William F. Moran
as John Wilkes Booth
John Steppling
as Chairman of delegation
Wanda Crazer
as Dancer
Walter Rogers
as Gen U.S. Grant
Alfred Allen
as Gen. George Meade
James Welch
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
Myles McCarthy
as Major, afterward General, Anderson
Earl Schenck
as Colonel Rathbone
Dolly McClean
as Miss Harris
Cordelia Callahan
as Mrs. Surratt
Dallas Hope
as Stable boy
Jack Winn
as Ned Spangler
Lawrence Grant
as Actor at Ford's
Ivy Livingston
as Actress at Ford's
Kathleen Chambers
as Another actress
Henry Rattenbury
as Stagehand
W. L. McPheeters
as Allan Pinkerton, Chief of Secret Service
Willis Marks
as William H. Seward, Secretary of State
Nick Cogley
as Simon Cameron, Secretary of War
Charles Smiley
as Salmon P. Chase, Sec. of Treasury / Hugh McCulloch
R. G. Dixon
as Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy
Harry Kelsey
as Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of Interior
Joseph Mills
as Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General
Fred Manly
as Edward Bates, Attorney-General
William von Hardenburg
as James Speed, Attorney-General
R. J. Duston
as William Dennison, Postmaster-General
Dorothy Seay
as Abe Lincoln's step-sister
Richard Johnson
as Bartender