The Birth of a Nation

Walter Long as Gus Wallace Reid as Jeff, the Blacksmith Fred Burns as Klansman (uncredited) Edmund Burns as Klansman (uncredited) Peggy Cartwright as Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited) John Ford as Klansman (uncredited) Eugene Pallette as Union Soldier (uncredited) David Butler as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited) George Beranger as Wade Cameron Howard Gaye as Gen. Robert E. Lee Olga Grey as Laura Keene (uncredited) Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Black Woman (uncredited) Josephine Crowell as Mrs. Cameron Allan Sears as Klansman (uncredited) Jules White as Confederate Soldier (uncredited) Mary Wynn Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron Spottiswoode Aitken as Dr. Cameron Monte Blue as (uncredited) Ralph Lewis as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman Joseph Henabery as Abraham Lincoln Alma Rubens as Belle of 1861 (uncredited) Charles Stevens as Volunteer (uncredited) Donald Crisp as Gen. U.S. Grant Bob Burns as Klan Leader (uncredited) Elmo Lincoln as Blacksmith (uncredited) Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron Henry B. Walthall as Col. Ben Cameron Robert Harron as Tod Jennie Lee as Mammy Sam De Grasse as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited) Tom Wilson as Stoneman's Servant (uncredited) Dark Cloud as General (uncredited) Lillian Gish as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie Mary Alden as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia George Siegmann as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch Elmer Clifton as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil Maxfield Stanley as Duke Cameron Raoul Walsh as John Wilkes Booth (uncredited) Alberta Lee as Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)

Monte Blue Stunts, Assistant Director Frank E. Woods Screenplay Donald Crisp Assistant Director Carli Elinor Conductor Billy Bitzer Director of Photography Tom Wilson Assistant Director Elmer Clifton Assistant Director Erich von Stroheim Assistant Director D.W. Griffith Producer, Writer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Presenter, Director Christy Cabanne Assistant Director Henry B. Walthall Assistant Director Allan Dwan Assistant Director Robert Harron Assistant Director Raoul Walsh Editor, Assistant Director Joseph Henabery Editor, Assistant Director Howard Gaye Assistant Director Jack Conway Assistant Director W.S. Van Dyke Assistant Director