Yankee Doodle Dandy

Get ready to Laugh, to Sing, to Shout! ...For here comes Uncle Sam's Star Spangled Yankee Doodle Dandy!

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

Drama Music

James Cagney

(George M. Cohan)

Joan Leslie

(Mary)

Walter Huston

(Jerry Cohan)

Richard Whorf

(Sam Harris)

Irene Manning

(Fay Templeton)

George Tobias

(Dietz)

Rosemary DeCamp

(Nellie Cohan)

Jeanne Cagney

(Josie Cohan)

Frances Langford

(Singer)

George Barbier

(Erlanger)

Walter Catlett

(Theatre Manager)

Douglas Croft

(George M. Cohan, as a boy of 13)

Eddie Foy Jr.

(Eddie Foy)

Minor Watson

(Albee)

Chester Clute

(Goff)

Odette Myrtil

(Madame Bartholdi)

Patsy Parsons

(Josie Cohan, as a girl of 12)

S.Z. Sakall

(Schwab)

Jack Young

(The President)

Ann Doran

(Receptionist (uncredited))

Frank Faylen

(Sergeant on Parade (uncredited))

Pat Flaherty

(Sgt. Lewis (uncredited))

Bert Moorhouse

(Maurice Ruppe (uncredited))

Dolores Moran

(The Pippirino (uncredited))

Poppy Wilde

(Chorus Girl for 'Little Johnny Jones' Number (uncredited))

Phyllis Kennedy

(Fanny (uncredited))

Doris Merrick

((uncredited role))

Jean Inness

(Reporter (uncredited))

Dorothy Kelly

Hazel Dohlman

(Theatre Patron (uncredited))

John Breen

(Soldier (uncredited))

Jack Deery

(Theatre Patron (uncredited))