The Birth of a Nation - Cast

Lillian Gish

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Actor

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron
Actor

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron
Actor

Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron
Actor

Mary Alden

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Actor

Ralph Lewis

Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Actor

George Siegmann

Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Actor

Walter Long

Gus
Actor

Robert Harron

Tod
Actor

Wallace Reid

Jeff, the Blacksmith
Actor

Joseph Henabery

Abraham Lincoln
Actor

Elmer Clifton

Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Actor

Josephine Crowell

Mrs. Cameron
Actor

Spottiswoode Aitken

Dr. Cameron
Actor

George Beranger

Wade Cameron
Actor

Maxfield Stanley

Duke Cameron
Actor

Jennie Lee

Mammy
Actor

Donald Crisp

Gen. U.S. Grant
Actor

Howard Gaye

Gen. Robert E. Lee
Actor

Sam De Grasse

Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Actor

Tom Wilson

Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Actor

Fred Burns

Klansman (uncredited)
Actor

Allan Sears

Klansman (uncredited)
Actor

Elmo Lincoln

Blacksmith (uncredited)
Actor

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Black Woman (uncredited)
Actor

Raoul Walsh

John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Actor

Monte Blue

(uncredited)
Actor

Bob Burns

Klan Leader (uncredited)
Actor

Edmund Burns

Klansman (uncredited)
Actor

Peggy Cartwright

Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
Actor

Dark Cloud

General (uncredited)
Actor

John Ford

Klansman (uncredited)
Actor

Olga Grey

Laura Keene (uncredited)
Actor

Alberta Lee

Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Actor

Eugene Pallette

Union Soldier (uncredited)
Actor

Alma Rubens

Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Actor

Charles Stevens

Volunteer (uncredited)
Actor

Jules White

Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Actor

David Butler

Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Actor

Mary Wynn

Actor