Charlie Chaplin as A Tramp

Al Ernest Garcia as The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master

Merna Kennedy as The Proprietor's Step-Daughter Merna, a Circus Rider

Harry Crocker as Rex, a Tight Rope Walker

George Davis as A Magician

Henry Bergman as An Old Clown

Tiny Sandford as The Head Property Man

John Rand as An Assistant Property Man

Steve Murphy as A Pickpocket

Albert Austin as Clown (uncredited)

Chester A. Bachman as Cop (uncredited)

Eugene Barry as Cop (uncredited)

Jack Bernard as Man in Circus Audience (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone as Cop (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin as Clown (uncredited)

Toraichi Kono as Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

H.L. Kyle as Man in Circus Audience (uncredited)

Betty Morrissey as The Vanishing Lady (uncredited)

Jack Pierce as Man Operating Ropes (uncredited)

Wyn Ritchie Evans as Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

Hugh Saxon as Man in Circus Audience (uncredited)

Doc Stone as The Prizefighter (uncredited)

Armand Triller as Clown (uncredited)

Max Tyron as Pickpocket Victim (uncredited)