Freddie Bartholomew

David Copperfield as a Boy

Frank Lawton

David Copperfield as a Man

Edna May Oliver

Aunt Betsey Trotwood

Jessie Ralph

Clara Peggotty

Madge Evans

Agnes Wickfield as a Woman

Maureen O'Sullivan

Dora Spenlow

Elizabeth Allan

Clara Copperfield

Harry Beresford

Dr. Chillip

Hugh Walpole

The Vicar

Basil Rathbone

Mr. Edward Murdstone

Herbert Mundin

Barkis

John Buckler

Ham Peggotty

Fay Chaldecott

Little Em'ly as a Girl

Una O'Connor

Mrs. Gummidge

Lionel Barrymore

Dan Peggotty

Violet Kemble Cooper

Jane Murdstone

Elsa Lanchester

Clickett

W.C. Fields

Wilkins Micawber

Jean Cadell

Emma Micawber

Lennox Pawle

Mr. Dick

Renee Gadd

Janet

Roland Young

Uriah Heep

Lewis Stone

Mr. Wickfield

Marilyn Knowlden

Agnes Wickfield as a Girl

Hugh Williams

James Steerforth

Florine McKinney

Little Em'ly as a Woman

Ivan F. Simpson

Littimer

Mabel Colcord

Mary Ann

Lionel Belmore

Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)

E. E. Clive

Sheriff's Man (uncredited)

Arthur Treacher

Donkey Man (uncredited)