The Birth of a Nation (1915) | Full Cast

D.W. Griffith

DIRECTOR

Lillian Gish

Elsie - Stoneman's Daughter

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron - the Pet Sister

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron aka The Little Colonel

Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron - the Elder Sister

Mary Alden

Lydia Brown - Stoneman's Mulatto Housekeeper

Ralph Lewis

Hon. Austin Stoneman - Leader of the House

George Siegmann

Silas Lynch - Mulatto Lieut. Governor

Walter Long

Gus - A Renegade Negro

Robert Harron

Tod - Stoneman's Younger Son

Wallace Reid

Jeff - The Blacksmith

Joseph Henabery

Abraham Lincoln

Elmer Clifton

Phil - Stoneman's Elder Son

Josephine Crowell

Mrs. Cameron

Spottiswoode Aitken

Dr. Cameron

George Beranger

Wade Cameron - the Second Son

Maxfield Stanley

Duke Cameron - the Youngest Son

Jennie Lee

Mammy - The Faithful Servant

Donald Crisp

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

Howard Gaye

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Bennie Billings

Childuncredited

Monte Blue

Minor Roleuncredited

Harry Braham

Cameron's Male Servantuncredited

Beulah Burns

Sick woman's childuncredited

Bob Burns

Klan Leaderuncredited

Edmund Burns

Klansmanuncredited

Edward Burns

Klansmanuncredited

Fred Burns

Klansmanuncredited

Thelma Burns

Sick Woman's Childuncredited

David Butler

Northern Soldieruncredited

David Cisneros

Young Girl in Cabinuncredited

William E. Cassidy

Minor Roleuncredited

Dark Cloud

General at Appomatox Surrenderuncredited

Lenore Cooper

Elsie's Maiduncredited

Sam De Grasse

Senator Charles Sumneruncredited

William De Vaull

Nelse - An Old-Fashioned Negrouncredited

Charles Eagle Eye

Man Who Falls from Roofuncredited

John Ford

Klansman on Horse Holding Up Hood with Handuncredited

Alberta Franklin

Minor Roleuncredited

William Freeman

Jakeuncredited

Gibson Gowland

Undetermined Secondary Roleuncredited

Olga Grey

Laura Keeneuncredited

D.W. Griffith

Self (1931 reissue version)uncredited

Fred Hamer

Minor Roleuncredited

Russell Hicks

Minor Roleuncredited

Walter Huston

Walter Huston (1930 re-release promotion)uncredited

Alberta Lee

Mrs. Lincolnuncredited

Elmo Lincoln

White-Arm Joe - Blacksmithuncredited

Betty Marsh

Child with Dr. Cameronuncredited

Donna Montran

Belle of 1861uncredited

Eugene Pallette

Union Soldieruncredited

Vester Pegg

Minor Roleuncredited

Jack Pickford

Negrouncredited

Hayes E. Robertson

Man Going Inside While Ku Klux Klan is Watchinguncredited

Alma Rubens

Belle of 1861uncredited

Allan Sears

Klansmanuncredited

Charles Stevens

Volunteer Who Reports Piedmont Raiduncredited

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Black Woman - Dr. Cameron's Taunteruncredited

Erich von Stroheim

Man Who Falls From Roofuncredited

George Walsh

Minor Roleuncredited

Raoul Walsh

John Wilkes Boothuncredited

Jules White

Confederate Soldieruncredited

Violet Wilkey

Flora Cameron as a Childuncredited

Tom Wilson

Stoneman's Servantuncredited

Mary Wynn

Minor Roleuncredited