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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Irving Cummings

Writing Credits  

Ray Harris ... (story)
 
Lamar Trotti ... (screenplay)
 
Boris Ingster ... (contributor to screenplay construction) (uncredited)
Milton Sperling ... (contributor to screenplay construction) (uncredited)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Don Ameche ... Alexander Graham Bell
Loretta Young ... Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
Henry Fonda ... Thomas Watson
Charles Coburn ... Gardner Hubbard
Gene Lockhart ... Thomas Sanders
Spring Byington ... Mrs. Hubbard
Sally Blane ... Gertrude Hubbard
Polly Ann Young ... Grace Hubbard
Georgiana Young ... Berta Hubbard
Bobs Watson ... George Sanders
Russell Hicks ... Mr. Barrows
Paul Stanton ... Chauncey Smith
Jonathan Hale ... President of Western Union
Harry Davenport ... Judge Rider
Beryl Mercer ... Queen Victoria
Elizabeth Patterson ... Mrs. Mac Gregor
Charles Trowbridge ... George Pollard
Jan Duggan ... Mrs. Winthrop
Claire Du Brey ... Landlady
Harry Tyler ... Joe Eliot
Ralph Remley Ralph Remley ... D'Arcy - Singer
Zeffie Tilbury ... Mrs. Sanders
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Esther Brodelet ... Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Tyler Brooke ... Mr. Calhoun (uncredited)
Nora Cecil ... Miss Jenkins (uncredited)
Davison Clark Davison Clark ... Court Attendant at Door (uncredited)
Dick Elliott ... Man Laughing at Demo (uncredited)
John Elliott ... Banker at Demo (uncredited)
Edmund Elton Edmund Elton ... Banker at Demo (uncredited)
Fern Emmett ... Mac Gregor's Maid (uncredited)
Mary Field ... Piano Player (uncredited)
George Guhl ... Mr. Winthrop (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman ... Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Warren Jackson Warren Jackson ... Tom (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet ... Edward (uncredited)
Sheldon Jett Sheldon Jett ... New England Telephone Company Executive (uncredited)
Edward Keane Edward Keane ... Banker at Demo (uncredited)
Jack Kelly ... Banker's Son (uncredited)
Crauford Kent ... General (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint ... Banker at Demonstration (uncredited)
Jarold Clifford Lyons Jarold Clifford Lyons ... Infant (uncredited)
Dave Morris ... Telegrapher (uncredited)
Ottola Nesmith ... Nora (uncredited)
Ruth Robinson Ruth Robinson ... Nurse (uncredited)
John Graham Spacey ... Sir John Cowell (uncredited)
Landers Stevens ... Manager of New England Telephone Exchange (uncredited)
Charles Tannen ... Court Clerk (uncredited)
William Wagner William Wagner ... (uncredited)
Eddy Waller ... Storekeeper (uncredited)
Jack Walsh Jack Walsh ... James J. Starrow (uncredited)
Lillian West Lillian West ... Sanders' Nurse (uncredited)

Produced by 

Kenneth Macgowan ... associate producer
Darryl F. Zanuck ... producer

Music by 

Ernst Toch ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by 

Leon Shamroy ... (photography)

Editing by 

Walter Thompson

Art Direction by 

Richard Day
Mark-Lee Kirk

Set Decoration by 

Thomas Little

Costume Design by 

Royer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Ad Schaumer ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Roger Heman Sr. ... sound (as Roger Heman)
Arthur von Kirbach ... sound

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Sam Benson ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department 

Louis Silvers ... musical director

Additional Crew 

Harry Lloyd Morris ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Crew verified as complete

See also

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