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