Edison, the Man

Spencer Tracy as Thomas A. Edison Henry Travers as Ben Els George Chandler as Gold Exchange Clerk Eddie Gribbon as Cashier Louis Natheaux as Broker George Ovey as Lamplighter Hale Hamilton as Broker Ann Gillis as Nancy Grey Hooper Atchley as Broker Harry Humphrey as Broker Erville Alderson as First Lecturer Walter Fenner as Man at Banquet Wilfred Lucas as Broker Cyril Ring as Reporter Harry Strang as Minor Role Charles Trowbridge as Clark Emmett Vogan as Secretary Lynne Overman as Bunt Cavatt Gene Lockhart as Mr. Taggart Peter Godfrey as Ashton Arthur Aylesworth as Bigelow Irving Bacon as Sheriff George Meader as Minister Harold Minjir as Blair Rita Johnson as Mary Stilwell Milton Kibbee as Workman Byron Foulger as Edwin Hall George Lessey as Toastmaster Charles Waldron as First Commissioner Fritzi Brunette as Minor Role Nell Craig as Woman Guy D'Ennery as Lundstrom Milton Parsons as 'Acid' Graham Edward Earle as Broker Edward Keane as Lecturer Charles Lane as Second Lecturer Eric Mayne as Party Guest Gene Reynolds as Jimmy Price Grant Mitchell as Snade Maurice Costello as Broker Edward LeSaint as Doctor Forbes Murray as Broker Lloyd Whitlock as Broker Harlan Briggs as Bisbee Edgar Dearing as Policeman John Dilson as Broker Donald Douglas as Jordan Addison Richards as Mr. Johnson Harry C. Bradley as Preacher Frank Faylen as Galbreath Edward Hearn as Broker Felix Bressart as Michael Simon Paul Hurst as Sheriff Charles Coburn as General Powell Billy Bletcher as Reporter Jimmy Conlin as Waiter Arthur Stuart Hull as Broker William H. O'Brien as Waiter

Clarence Brown Director Dore Schary Original Story Herbert Stothart Music