- Ethel Waters
- Petunia Jackson
- Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
- Little Joe Jackson
- Lena Horne
- Georgia Brown
- Louis Armstrong
- The Trumpeter
- Rex Ingram
- Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
- Kenneth Spencer
- The General / Rev. Green
- John W. Bubbles
- Domino Johnson
- Oscar Polk
- The Deacon / Fleetfoot
- Mantan Moreland
- First Idea Man
- Willie Best
- Second Idea Man
- Fletcher Rivers
- Third Idea Man
- Leon James
- Fourth Idea Man
- Bill Bailey
- Bill
- Ford Washington Lee
- Messenger Boy
- Butterfly McQueen
- Lily
- Ruby Dandridge
- Mrs. Kelso
- Nick Stewart
- Dude
- Ernest Whitman
- Jim Henry
- Duke Ellington Orchestra
- Duke Ellington's Orchestra
- Hall Johnson Choir
- Church Choir
- Jules Adger
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
- Doris Ake
- Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Juliette Ball
- Jim Henry's Paradise Patron
- Lennie Bluett
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Bernard Bradley
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
- Daisy Bufford
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Jas. Burch
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
- Curry Lee Calmes
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
- Rita Christiani
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
- Vivian Dandridge
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- June Decuire
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
- Dorothea Durham
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Duke Ellington
- Duke Ellington
- Byron Ellis
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
- Joel Fluellen
- Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Louise Franklin
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- William Gillespie
- Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep'
- Suzette Harbin
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Avanelle Harris
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Kathleen Hartsfield
- Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise
- Maggie Hathaway
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Juano Hernandez
- Neighbour
- Cleo Herndon
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Lawaune Ingram
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
- Bobby Johnson
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
- Glenn Leedy
- Boy in Church
- Meade 'Lux' Lewis
- Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love'
- Juanita Moore
- Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
- Tommie Moore
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Jieno Moxzer
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
- Florence O'Brien
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Roger Ohardieno
- Dancer
- Neva Peoples
- Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)
- Amanda Randolph
- Churchgoer
- Louise Ritchie
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
- Henry Phace Roberts
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Carmencita Romero
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Clinton Rosemond
- Doctor
- Archie Savage
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Edward C. Short
- Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep'
- Johnny Thomas
- Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
- Ernestine Wade
- Churchgoer
- Arthur Walker
- Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep'
- Katherine Yorke
- Woman in Audience
- Artie Young
- Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence
