The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

From the log cabin to the White House-from a home made cradle to history's page

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

History Drama

George A. Billings

(Abraham Lincoln)

Danny Hoy

(Abraham Lincoln, 7 years old)

Ruth Clifford

(Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart)

Nell Craig

(Mary Todd / Mrs. Lincoln)

Irene Hunt

(Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Mother)

Westcott Clarke

(Thomas Lincoln, Father)

Fay McKenzie

(Sarah Lincoln)

Charles K. French

(Isom Enlow, Neighbor)

Calvert Carter

(Mr. Gollaher, Neighbor)

Madge Hunt

(Mrs. Gollaher)

Raymond Lee

(Austin Gollaher)

Ida McKenzie

(Sarah Lincoln, 10 years old)

Ed Burns

(John McNeil)

Pat Hartigan

(Jack Armstrong, leader of Clary Grove gang)

Otis Harlan

(Denton Offut, Employer of Lincoln)

Jules Hanft

(James Rutledge)

Julia Hesse

(Mrs. Rutledge)

Louise Fazenda

(Sally, a country girl)

Robert Bolder

(A country politician)

William Humphrey

(Stephen A. Douglas)

William McIllwain

(Dr. Allen)

Fred Kohler

(Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market)

Robert Milasch

(Southern planter)

George Reehm

(Another planter)

Genevieve Blinn

(Mary Todd's sister, Mrs. Ninian Edwards)

Mickey Moore

(Willie Lincoln)

Newton Hall

(Tad Lincoln)

Francis Powers

(Richard J. Oglesby)

Homer Willits

(John Hay, Secretary to the President)

Jim Blackwell

(Tom, colored servant)

A. Edward Sutherland

(William Scott, Union soldier)

Frances Raymond

(Scott's mother)

Jack Rollings

(Union sentry)

Merrill McCormick

(Corporal of guard)

Frank Newburg

(Bixby, Union soldier)

William F. Moran

(John Wilkes Booth)

John Steppling

(Chairman of delegation)

Wanda Crazer

(Dancer)

Walter Rogers

(Gen U.S. Grant)

Alfred Allen

(Gen. George Meade)

James Welch

(Gen. Robert E. Lee)

Myles McCarthy

(Major, afterward General, Anderson)

Earl Schenck

(Colonel Rathbone)

Dolly McClean

(Miss Harris)

Cordelia Callahan

(Mrs. Surratt)

Dallas Hope

(Stable boy)

Jack Winn

(Ned Spangler)

Lawrence Grant

(Actor at Ford's)

Ivy Livingston

(Actress at Ford's)

Kathleen Chambers

(Another actress)

Henry Rattenbury

(Stagehand)

W. L. McPheeters

(Allan Pinkerton, Chief of Secret Service)

Willis Marks

(William H. Seward, Secretary of State)

Nick Cogley

(Simon Cameron, Secretary of War)

Charles Smiley

(Salmon P. Chase, Sec. of Treasury / Hugh McCulloch)

R. G. Dixon

(Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy)

Harry Kelsey

(Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of Interior)

Joseph Mills

(Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General)

Fred Manly

(Edward Bates, Attorney-General)

William von Hardenburg

(James Speed, Attorney-General)

R. J. Duston

(William Dennison, Postmaster-General)

Dorothy Seay

(Abe Lincoln's step-sister)

Richard Johnson

(Bartender)