Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Cast

  • Jean Arthur as Saunders
  • James Stewart as Jefferson Smith
  • Claude Rains as Senator Joseph Paine
  • Edward Arnold as Jim Taylor
  • Guy Kibbee as Governor Hopper
  • Thomas Mitchell as Diz Moore
  • Eugene Pallette as Chick McGann
  • Beulah Bondi as Ma Smith
  • H. B. Warner as Senate Majority Leader
  • Harry Carey as President of the Senate
  • Astrid Allwyn as Susan Paine
  • Ruth Donnelly as Mrs. Hopper
  • Grant Mitchell as Senator MacPherson
  • Porter Hall as Senator Monroe
  • Pierre Watkin as Senate Minority Leader
  • Charles Lane as Nosey
  • William Demarest as Bill Griffith
  • Dick Elliott as Carl Cook
  • The Hopper Boys:
    • Billy Watson
    • Delmar Watson
    • John Russell
    • Harry Watson
    • Gary Watson
    • Baby Dumpling
  • H. V. Kaltenborn as himself

Uncredited

  • Russell Simpson as Kenneth Allen
  • Dick Jones as Richard "Dickie" Jones, Senate Page Boy
  • Anne Cornwall as Senate Reporter
  • Gino Corrado as Barber
  • Maurice Costello as Diggs – Newsman
  • Alec Craig as Speaker
  • Lew Davis as Senate Clerk
  • Vernon Dent as Senate Reporter
  • Harry Depp as Hat Salesman / Secretary
  • Robert Middlemass as 2nd Radio Announcer
  • Gladys Gale as Committee Woman
  • Stanley Andrews as Senator Hodges
  • Harlan Briggs as Mr. Edwards, howling citizen

Cast notes:

  • Among the unbilled veteran character actors seen in the film are Guy Kibbee's brother, Milton Kibbee, who has a bit as a reporter; Lafe McKee; and Matt McHugh of the McHugh acting family. Also in the film in minor roles are Dub Taylor and Jack Carson, later well-known actors. Silent film character player Hank Mann played a photographer.

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