Yankee Doodle Dandy - Cast

Cast

  • James Cagney as George M. Cohan
  • Joan Leslie as Mary Cohan
  • Eddie Foy, Jr. as Eddie Foy
  • Walter Huston as Jerry Cohan
  • Richard Whorf as Sam Harris
  • Irene Manning as Fay Templeton
  • George Tobias as Dietz
  • Rosemary DeCamp as Nellie Cohan
  • Jeanne Cagney as Josie Cohan
  • Frances Langford as Nora Bayes
  • George Barbier as Erlanger
  • S. Z. Sakall as Schwab
  • Walter Catlett as Theatre Manager
  • Minor Watson as Albee
  • Chester Clute as Goff
  • Odette Myrtil as Madame Bartholdi
  • Douglas Croft as George M. Cohan, age 13
  • Patsy Parsons as Josie Cohan, age 12

Cast notes:

  • James Cagney reprised the role of George M. Cohan in the movie The Seven Little Foys (1955), but agreed only on the condition that he receive no money – he did the film as a tribute to Eddie Foy. In Yankee Doodle Dandy, Eddie Foy, Jr. played the role of his own father. In The Seven Little Foys Bob Hope portrayed Foy; Charley Foy served as a narrator.
  • Actress Jeanne Cagney, who played the part of Cohan's sister, was James Cagney's real-life sister. Cagney's brother, William Cagney, was the Associate Producer of the film.
  • Rosemary DeCamp, who played the mother of George M. Cohan, played by James Cagney, was, in fact, 11 years younger than Cagney.
  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt was played by Captain Jack Young, a lookalike who is seen only from the back. An impressionist, Art Gilmore, provided the voice of Roosevelt, uncredited.
  • Uncredited cast members include Eddie Acuff, Murray Alper, Ward Bond, Walter Brooke, Georgia Carroll, Glen Cavender, Spencer Charters, Wallis Clark, William B. Davidson, Ann Doran, Tom Dugan, Bill Edwards, Frank Faylen, Pat Flaherty, James Flavin, William Forrest, William Gillespie, Joe Gray, Creighton Hale, John Hamilton, Harry Hayden, Stuart Holmes, William Hopper, Eddie Kane, Fred Kelsey, Vera Lewis, Audrey Long, Hank Mann, Frank Mayo, Lon McCallister, Edward McWade, George Meeker, Dolores Moran, Charles Morton, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, Francis Pierlot, Clinton Rosemond, Syd Saylor, Frank Sully, Dick Wessel, Leo White and Dave Willock.

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