Gary Cooper as Longfellow Deeds

Jean Arthur as Babe Bennett

George Bancroft as MacWade

Lionel Stander as Cornelius Cobb

Douglass Dumbrille as John Cedar

Raymond Walburn as Walter

H.B. Warner as Judge May

Ruth Donnelly as Mabel Dawson

Walter Catlett as Morrow

John Wray as Farmer

Stanley Andrews as James Cedar (uncredited)

Irving Bacon as Frank (uncredited)

Hank Bell as Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

Billy Bevan as Cabby (uncredited)

Spencer Charters as Mal (uncredited)

Dora Clement as Party Guest (uncredited)

Gino Corrado as Strolling Violinist (uncredited)

George Cooper as Bob (uncredited)

Cecil Cunningham as Minor Role (uncredited)

Emma Dunn as Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)

Mary Lou Dix as Shop Girl (uncredited)

Ann Doran as Girl on Bus (uncredited)

Muriel Evans as Theresa (uncredited)

Bess Flowers as Minor Role (uncredited)

Charles K. French as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

Edward Gargan as Bodyguard (uncredited)

George 'Gabby' Hayes as Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt as Budington (uncredited)

Paul Hurst as 1st Deputy (uncredited)

Edward Keane as Board Member (uncredited)

Charles Lane as Hallor (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint as Dr. Fosdick (uncredited)

Warren Hymer as Bodyguard (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell as Douglas (uncredited)

Lafe McKee as Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

Frank McLure as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

George Meeker as Henneberry (uncredited)

Mayo Methot as Mrs. Semple (uncredited)

James Millican as Interne (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse as Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Mower as Reporter (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux as Waiter (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Bud Osborne as Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited)

Franklin Pangborn as The Tailor (uncredited)

Barnett Parker as Butler (uncredited)

William Phillips as Cameraman (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi as Italian Opera Board Member (uncredited)

Christian Rub as Christian Jenson (uncredited)

Hal Price as Policeman (uncredited)

Charles C. Wilson as County Hospital Guard (uncredited)

Steve Clark as Reporter (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin as Arthur Cedar (uncredited)

Gustav von Seyffertitz as Dr. Emile Von Hallor (uncredited)

Jameson Thomas as Mr. Semple (uncredited)

John Tyrrell as Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Austin as George Rankin (uncredited)

John W. Austin as Party Guest (uncredited)

Louise Bates as Minor Role (uncredited)

Bobbie Beal as Chorine (uncredited)

Georgie Billings as Little Boy (uncredited)

John Binns as Old Lawyer (uncredited)

Wyrley Birch as Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Beatrice Blinn as Assistant Secretary (uncredited)

Katherine Block as Nurse (uncredited)

Sammy Blum as Reporter (uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux as Minor Role (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley as Anderson (uncredited)

Charles Brinley as Farmer (uncredited)

Hal Budlong as Elevator Man (uncredited)

Vera Burnett as Minor Role (uncredited)

Fred Cady as Farmer (uncredited)

Mary Jane Carey as Minor Role (uncredited)

James Carlisle as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham as Policeman (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford as Court Policeman (uncredited)

James Conaty as Auditor (uncredited)

Charles Conrad as Reporter (uncredited)

Georgie Cooper as Party Guest (uncredited)

Thomas A. Curran as Party Guest (uncredited)

Beatrice Curtis as Secretary (uncredited)

Boyd Davis as Young Lawyer (uncredited)

Helen Dickson as Party Guest (uncredited)

Rita Donlin as Minor Role (uncredited)

Walter Downing as Farmer (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll as Farmer (uncredited)

Adabelle Driver as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Paul Everton as Farmer (uncredited)

Florence Dudley as Party Guest (uncredited)

Bobby Dunn as Minor Role (uncredited)

Peter Duray as Minor Role (uncredited)

Janet Eastman as Shop Girl (uncredited)

Oliver Eckhardt as Dr. Emerson (uncredited)

Jay Eaton as Writer (uncredited)

Carlton Griffin as Party Guest (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Robert Ellsworth as Policeman (uncredited)

Juanita Fletcher as Minor Role (uncredited)

Octavio Giraud as Farmer (uncredited)

Jack Hatfield as Reporter (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton as Policeman (uncredited)

Sherry Hall as Charlie (uncredited)

Frank Hammond as Information Booth Man (uncredited)

Sam Harris as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Beth Hartman as Party Guest (uncredited)

Ralph McCullough as Reporter (uncredited)

Althea Henley as Minor Role (uncredited)

Al Herman as Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Holden as Courtroom Guard (uncredited)

Charles Herzinger as Minor Role (uncredited)

Lew Hicks as Chuck Collins (uncredited)

Fay Holderness as Nurse (uncredited)

Frank Holliday as Mr. Dodsworth (uncredited)

Gladden James as Court Clerk (uncredited)

Eddie Kane as Brookfield (uncredited)

William Irving as Writer (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull as Party Guest (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Frederick Lee as Minor Role (uncredited)

Stella LeSaint as Party Guest (uncredited)

James B. Leong as Chinese Chauffeur (uncredited)

Mike Lally as Reporter (uncredited)

Lillian Lawrence as Minor Role (uncredited)

Ann Kunde as Minor Role (uncredited)

Margarete Matzenauer as Madame Pomponi (uncredited)

Margaret McWade as Amy Faulkner (uncredited)

Robert Milasch as Farmer (uncredited)

Harold Miller as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Patricia Monroe as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Gene Morgan as Waiter (uncredited)

Edwin Mordant as Board Member (uncredited)

Jack Montgomery as Farmer (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer as Party Guest (uncredited)

John T. Murray as Writer (uncredited)

Henry Norton as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell as Minor Role (uncredited)

Peggy Page as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Ethel Palmer as Governess (uncredited)

George Pauncefort as Board Member (uncredited)

Gertrude Pedlar as Party Guest (uncredited)

John Picorri as Board Member (uncredited)

Richard Powell as Reporter (uncredited)

Arthur Rankin as Reporter (uncredited)

Ky Robinson as Deputy (uncredited)

Frederick Roland as Board Member (uncredited)

Adrian Rosley as Italian Interpreter (uncredited)

Lillian Ross as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Anne Schaefer as Minor Role (uncredited)

Margaret Seddon as Jane Faulkner (uncredited)

Harvey Shepherd as Interne (uncredited)

Antrim Short as Reporter (uncredited)

Lee Shumway as Bailiff (uncredited)

S.S. Simon as Farmer (uncredited)

Kay Smith as Minor Role (uncredited)

Pat Somerset as Minor Role (uncredited)

Harry Stafford as Board Member (uncredited)

Larry Steers as Party Guest (uncredited)

Bert Stevens as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan as Policeman (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan as Beatle Puss (uncredited)

Peggy Terry as Minor Role (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel as Lawyer (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer as Party Guest (uncredited)

Bess Wade as Minor Role (uncredited)

Pauline Wagner as Phone Operator (uncredited)

Larry Wheat as Clerk (uncredited)

Lee Willard as Businessman (uncredited)

Jack Wise as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Florence Wix as Minor Role (uncredited)

Vesey O'Davoren as Party Guest (uncredited)