--- title: "The Birth of a Nation: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation" cast: 50 crew: 53 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # The Birth of a Nation (1915): cast and crew 50 cast and 53 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Lillian Gish](https://film.one/person/lillian-gish.md) as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie - [Mae Marsh](https://film.one/person/mae-marsh.md) as Flora Cameron - [Henry B. Walthall](https://film.one/person/henry-b-walthall.md) as Col. Ben Cameron - [Miriam Cooper](https://film.one/person/miriam-cooper.md) as Margaret Cameron - [Mary Alden](https://film.one/person/mary-alden.md) as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia - [Ralph Lewis](https://film.one/person/ralph-lewis.md) as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman - [George Siegmann](https://film.one/person/george-siegmann.md) as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch - [Walter Long](https://film.one/person/walter-long.md) as Gus - [Robert Harron](https://film.one/person/robert-harron.md) as Tod - [Wallace Reid](https://film.one/person/wallace-reid.md) as Jeff, the Blacksmith - [Joseph Henabery](https://film.one/person/joseph-henabery.md) as Abraham Lincoln - [Elmer Clifton](https://film.one/person/elmer-clifton.md) as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil - Josephine Crowell as Mrs. Cameron - Spottiswoode Aitken as Dr. Cameron - [George Beranger](https://film.one/person/george-beranger.md) as Wade Cameron - Maxfield Stanley as Duke Cameron - Jennie Lee as Mammy - [Donald Crisp](https://film.one/person/donald-crisp.md) as Gen. U.S. Grant - Howard Gaye as Gen. Robert E. Lee - [Sam De Grasse](https://film.one/person/sam-de-grasse.md) as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited) - William De Vaull as Nelse (uncredited) - Willam Freeman as Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited) - Tom Wilson as Stoneman's Servant (uncredited) - Fred Burns as Klansman (uncredited) - Allan Sears as Klansman (uncredited) - Elmo Lincoln as Blacksmith (uncredited) - Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Black Woman (uncredited) - [Raoul Walsh](https://film.one/person/raoul-walsh.md) as John Wilkes Booth (uncredited) - [Monte Blue](https://film.one/person/monte-blue.md) as (uncredited) - Harry Braham as Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited) - Bob Burns as Klan Leader (uncredited) - Edmund Burns as Klansman (uncredited) - Edward Burns as Klansman (uncredited) - Peggy Cartwright as Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited) - Dark Cloud as General (uncredited) - Leonore Cooper as Elsie's Maid (uncredited) - Charles Eagle Eye as Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited) - [John Ford](https://film.one/person/john-ford.md) as Klansman (uncredited) - [Olga Grey](https://film.one/person/olga-grey.md) as Laura Keene (uncredited) - Alberta Lee as Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited) - Betty Marsh as Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited) - Donna Montran as Belle of 1861 (uncredited) - [Eugene Pallette](https://film.one/person/eugene-pallette.md) as Union Soldier (uncredited) - Alma Rubens as Belle of 1861 (uncredited) - Charles Stevens as Volunteer (uncredited) - Jules White as Confederate Soldier (uncredited) - Violet Wilkey as Young Flora Cameron (uncredited) - [David Butler](https://film.one/person/david-butler.md) as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited) - [Merle Oberon](https://film.one/person/merle-oberon.md) as Confederate Soldier's Wife (uncredited) - [Jeanette MacDonald](https://film.one/person/jeanette-macdonald.md) as Volunteer (uncredited) ## Directing - [Donald Crisp](https://film.one/person/donald-crisp.md): Assistant Director - Howard Gaye: Assistant Director - [Joseph Henabery](https://film.one/person/joseph-henabery.md): Assistant Director - Fred Hamer: Assistant Director - [Robert Harron](https://film.one/person/robert-harron.md): Assistant Director - Tom Wilson: Assistant Director - [Raoul Walsh](https://film.one/person/raoul-walsh.md): Assistant Director - [Jack Conway](https://film.one/person/jack-conway.md): Assistant Director - Allan Dwan: Assistant Director - [Elmer Clifton](https://film.one/person/elmer-clifton.md): Assistant Director - Thomas E. O'Brien: Assistant Director - [W. S. Van Dyke](https://film.one/person/w-s-van-dyke.md): Assistant Director - Herbert Sutch: Assistant Director - [Erich von Stroheim](https://film.one/person/erich-von-stroheim.md): Assistant Director - Christy Cabanne: Assistant Director - [Monte Blue](https://film.one/person/monte-blue.md): Assistant Director - Baron von Winther: Assistant Director - [Henry B. Walthall](https://film.one/person/henry-b-walthall.md): Assistant Director - [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Director ## Writing - [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Writer - [Frank E. Woods](https://film.one/person/frank-e-woods.md): Screenplay - Thomas F. Dixon Jr.: Novel, Adaptation, Original Film Writer ## Production - [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Producer - H.E. Aitken: Executive Producer ## Camera - [Joseph Carl Breil](https://film.one/person/joseph-carl-breil.md): Director of Photography - [Billy Bitzer](https://film.one/person/billy-bitzer.md): Director of Photography - Karl Brown: Camera Operator ## Editing - [Raoul Walsh](https://film.one/person/raoul-walsh.md): Editor - [Joseph Henabery](https://film.one/person/joseph-henabery.md): Editor - [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Editor - [James Smith](https://film.one/person/james-smith-8821.md): Editor - [Rose Smith](https://film.one/person/rose-smith.md): Editor - Karl Malkames: Negative Cutter ## Sound and music - [Jon Mirsalis](https://film.one/person/jon-mirsalis.md): Original Music Composer - [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Original Music Composer - [Joseph Nurnberger](https://film.one/person/joseph-nurnberger.md): Music - [Joseph Carl Breil](https://film.one/person/joseph-carl-breil.md): Music - [Carli Elinor](https://film.one/person/carli-elinor.md): Conductor ## Art - Hal Sullivan: Assistant Property Master - Cash Shockey: Painter - Frank Wortman: Set Designer - Ralph M. DeLacy: Property Master ## Costume and make-up - [Clare West](https://film.one/person/clare-west.md): Costume Design - [Robert Goldstein](https://film.one/person/robert-goldstein.md): Costume Design ## Visual effects - Walter Hoffman: Special Effects Supervisor ## Crew - Walter Hoffman: Special Effects - Charles Eagle Eye: Stunts - [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Presenter - Shorty English: Carpenter - Jim Kidd: Security - [Monte Blue](https://film.one/person/monte-blue.md): Stunts - Fireworks Wilson: Special Effects - Leo Nomis: Stunts --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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