Mr. Smith Goes To Washington - Cast

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
  • Billy Watson
  • Delmar Watson
  • John Russell
  • Harry Watson
  • Gary Watson
  • Baby Dumpling
  • Larry Simms as The Hopper Boys
  • and H. V. Kaltenborn

Among 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. A number of the cast members and distinctive plot motifs would reappear in It's a Wonderful Life.

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