- Cary Grant
- Matt Howard
- Martha Scott
- Jane Peyton-Howard
- Cedric Hardwicke
- Fleetwood Peyton
- Alan Marshal
- Roger Peyton
- Richard Carlson
- Thomas Jefferson
- Paul Kelly
- Captain Jabez Allen
- Irving Bacon
- Tom Norton
- Elisabeth Risdon
- Aunt Clarissa
- Anne Revere
- Mrs. Norton
- Tom Drake
- James Howard at 16
- Phil Taylor
- Peyton Howard at 18
- Rita Quigley
- Mary Howard at 17
- Libby Taylor
- Dicey
- Richard Gaines
- Patrick Henry
- George Houston
- George Washington
- Ralph Byrd
- James Howard
- Dickie Jones
- Matt Howard at 12
- Buster Phelps
- Tom Jefferson at 11
- Wade Boteler
- Uncle Reuben
- Mary Field
- Susan Howard
- Roy Gordon
- Colonel Jefferson
- Charles Francis
- Mr. Douglas
- Rafael Alcayde
- Lafayette
- Walter Bacon
- Wedding Guest
- Conrad Binyon
- Neighbor Boy
- George Boyce
- Representative
- Peter Caldwell
- Blonde schoolboy in classroom
- Bobby Callahan
- Boy
- Lane Chandler
- Major
- Peter Cushing
- Leslie Stephens
- Jack Deery
- Representative
- Vernon Downing
- John Walker
- Eddie Dunn
- Dunkel
- Sarah Edwards
- Neighbor
- Tom Fadden
- Backwoodsman
- Joe Farey
- Dunkel
- Leon Farey
- Dunkel
- John Gallaudet
- Backwoodsman
- Ralph Gilliam
- Boy
- Jesse Graves
- Robert
- J. Franklin Harrison
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- June Hedin
- Young Mary Howard
- Leyland Hodgson
- British Officer
- J. Anthony Hughes
- Tidewater Representative
- Brandon Hurst
- Wilton
- Olaf Hytten
- Witt
- Boyd Irwin
- Speaker of the House of Burgess
- Claude King
- Governor of Virginia
- Alan Ladd
- Backwoodsman
- Leonard Lawrence
- Boy
- Walter Lawrence
- Representative
- Richard Lyon
- Young Peyton Howard
- Terry Moore
- Neighbor Girl
- Jason Robards Sr.
- Backwoodsman
- Virginia Sale
- Neighbor
- Scott Seaton
- Representative
- Allen D. Sewall
- Neighbor
- Pat Somerset
- Backwoodsman
- Emmett Vogan
- Representative
- Eddy Waller
- Patriot Scout
- Glen Walters
- Neighbor
- Dick Wessel
- Backwoodsman
- James Westerfield
- Backwoodsman
- Dan White
- Will
