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Cast and Crew of The Birth of a Nation



Cast

Lillian Gish
Elsie, Stoneman's daughter
Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron, the pet sister
Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron, elder sister
Mary Alden
Lydia [Brown], Stoneman's mulatto housekeeper
Ralph Lewis
Hon. Austin Stoneman, leader of the house
George Siegmann
Silas Lynch, mulatto Lieut. Governor
Gus, a renegade negro Walter Long
Jeff, the blacksmith Wallace Reid
Abraham Lincoln Joseph Henabery
Phil, Stoneman's elder son Elmer Clifton
Mrs. Cameron Josephine Crowell
Dr. Cameron Spottiswoode Aitken
Wade Cameron, second son George Beranger
Duke Cameron, youngest son Maxfield Stanley
Mammy, the faithful servant Jennie Lee
Gen. U.S. Grant Donald Crisp
Gen. Robert E. Lee Howard Gaye
Charles Sumner Sam De Grasse
Nelse William De Vaull
Jake / Sentry at Hospital Willam Freeman
Stoneman's servant Tom Wilson
Klansman Fred Burns
Klansman Allan Sears
Blacksmith Elmo Lincoln
Black Woman Madame Sul-Te-Wan
John Wilkes Booth Raoul Walsh
Tod Robert Harron
Monte Blue
Cameron's Male Servant Harry Braham
Klan Leader Bob Burns
Klansman Edmund Burns
Klansman Edward Burns
Young Girl in Cabin Peggy Cartwright
General Dark Cloud
Elsie's Maid Leonore Cooper
Man Who Falls from Roof Charles Eagle Eye
Klansman John Ford
Laura Keene Olga Grey
Mrs. Lincoln Alberta Lee
Child with Dr. Cameron Betty Marsh
Belle of 1861 Donna Montran
Union Soldier Eugene Pallette
Belle of 1861 Alma Rubens
Volunteer Charles Stevens
Confederate Soldier Jules White
Young Flora Cameron Violet Wilkey
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier David Butler

Crew

Erich von Stroheim
Assistant Director
Novel Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Adaptation Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Screenplay Frank E. Woods
Executive Producer H.E. Aitken
Director of Photography Joseph Carl Breil
Music Joseph Carl Breil
Original Music Composer Jon Mirsalis
Director of Photography Billy Bitzer
Editor Joseph Henabery
Assistant Director Joseph Henabery
Editor James Smith
Editor Rose Smith
Editor Raoul Walsh
Assistant Director Raoul Walsh
Costume Design Robert Goldstein
Costume Design Clare West
Special Effects Walter Hoffman
Special Effects Supervisor Walter Hoffman
Assistant Director Henry B. Walthall
Assistant Director Elmer Clifton
Assistant Director Donald Crisp
Assistant Director Howard Gaye
Director D. W. Griffith
Editor D. W. Griffith
Producer D. W. Griffith
Original Music Composer D. W. Griffith
Writer D. W. Griffith
Presenter D. W. Griffith
Negative Cutter Karl Malkames
Assistant Director Robert Harron
Assistant Director W.S. Van Dyke
Assistant Director Jack Conway
Assistant Director Allan Dwan
Stunts Monte Blue
Assistant Director Monte Blue
Assistant Director Christy Cabanne
Assistant Director Tom Wilson
Camera Operator Karl Brown
Stunts Leo Nomis
Conductor Carli Elinor
Property Master Ralph M. DeLacy
Assistant Director Herbert Sutch
Carpenter Shorty English
Set Designer Frank Wortman
Music Joseph Nurnberger
Assistant Property Master Hal Sullivan
Stunts Charles Eagle Eye
Assistant Director Fred Hamer
Assistant Director Thomas E. O'Brien
Assistant Director Baron von Winther
Painter Cash Shockey
Special Effects Fireworks Wilson
Security Jim Kidd