Edison, the Man

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

Clarence Brown Director Dore Schary Original Story Herbert Stothart Music